Tech companies in Guayas, Ecuador

Guayas has 4,835 tech company records in ISIC section J (information and communication), 3,009 of them active, according to the SRI Catastro RUC as of 2026-10-01. That is 31.7% of the section in Ecuador and makes Guayas the 2nd largest of 24 provinces for tech. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 2.6% of Guayas's records against 2.7% nationally (location quotient 0.98).

Guayaquil concentrates 82.0% of the active companies, followed by Samborondon (199) and Daule (156); the three together hold 93.8%. The median active company is 4.9 years old; 16% were registered in the last year and 33% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 485 new tech businesses were registered in Guayas, +74.5% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +50.9%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 40.9% of the records and 61 (telecommunications) 23.1%.

Division 62 is the 'tech and software' core: software houses, IT consultancies and integrators, the first accounts and the reseller channel for any SaaS or devtool entering the region. 63 adds hosting, SaaS operators and portals; 61 the ISPs and carriers; 58-60 media and publishing. Our LATAM Tech & Software package is this section's divisions 62 and 63 across all seven countries.