Healthcare companies in Manabí, Ecuador

There are 2,586 companies in human health and social work activities (ISIC Q) registered in Manabí, Ecuador: 1,115 active and 1,090 in the clean B2B universe. Manabí ranks 3rd of 24 provinces for the section and holds 8.6% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-01). The sector is over-represented here: section Q is 8.9% of all records in Manabí against 5.3% nationally, a location quotient of 1.69.

Portoviejo concentrates 31.6% of the active companies, followed by Manta (268) and Chone (70); the three together hold 61.9%. The median active company is 7.6 years old; 8% were registered in the last year and 21% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 85 new healthcare businesses were registered in Manabí, +16.4% on the previous 12 months (national section Q: +6.0%). By ISIC division, 88 (social work activities without accommodation) is 73.9% of the records and 86 (human health activities) 19.6%.

Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental and medical practices, care homes and social-assistance organisations. In Brazil and Colombia a large share of division 86 is physicians incorporated as single-practitioner companies; filter by size or legal form to separate institutions from practices. Healthtech, medical supply, health-plan and revenue-cycle vendors are the buyers.