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Companies in Manabí, Ecuador

28,951 company records from the SRI Catastro RUC, 15,462 active, data as of 2026-10-01: sectors, municipalities, size and age mix, monthly openings.

SRI Catastro RUCdata as of 2026-10-01CC-BY-4.0company data only

Manabí has 28,951 company records in the SRI Catastro RUC (15,462 active), 5.1% of Ecuador's total and the 3rd largest of 24 provinces (data as of 2026-10-01). The largest sectors are other services (6,812), wholesale and retail (3,936), health and social care (2,586). Relative to the national mix, other services is the most over-represented sector (location quotient 1.74).

Manta is the largest municipality with 4,938 active companies (31.9%), ahead of Portoviejo and Chone. The median active company is 7.2 years old and 27% were registered in the last three years. 1,312 new businesses were registered in the 12 months to September 2026, +8.4% on the previous 12 months, against +9.9% for Ecuador as a whole. 98.4% of the active records are in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

28,951company records

15,462active

15,209clean B2B: active, private, unmasked

3rd of 24provinces by records

5.1%of Ecuador's records

7.2 ymedian company age

1,312new in 12 months to Sep '26

+8.4%openings vs previous 12 months

Companies by sector

ISIC section	Records	Active	Share	LQ
SOther service activities	6,812	2,370	23.5%	1.74
GWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	3,936	2,429	13.6%	0.75
QHuman health and social work activities	2,586	1,115	8.9%	1.69
FConstruction	2,144	1,290	7.4%	0.99
MProfessional, scientific and technical activities	2,143	1,374	7.4%	0.77
AAgriculture, forestry and fishing	2,007	1,114	6.9%	1.34
CManufacturing	1,618	957	5.6%	0.95
NAdministrative and support service activities	1,362	940	4.7%	0.87
HTransportation and storage	1,308	1,003	4.5%	0.99
LReal estate activities	1,015	632	3.5%	0.47
PEducation	913	333	3.2%	1.16
IAccommodation and food service activities	686	430	2.4%	1.02
OPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security	549	236	1.9%	1.16
JInformation and communication	523	397	1.8%	0.67
RArts, entertainment and recreation	522	339	1.8%	1.34
EWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	327	256	1.1%	1.42
KFinancial and insurance activities	259	142	0.9%	0.23
DElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	108	75	0.4%	0.90
BMining and quarrying	38	18	0.1%	0.14
UActivities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	14	3	0.0%	1.00
TActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and services	1	0	0.0%	0.70

LQ = location quotient: the section's share of Manabí divided by its share of Ecuador. Above 1 = over-represented. Linked sectors have their own Manabí page.

New businesses per month in Manabí

Head offices of private, non-sole-owner companies by activity start date, outside public administration and associations; last 24 complete months.

Show the numbers

Month	Openings
September 2026	127
August 2026	115
July 2026	109
June 2026	108
May 2026	126
April 2026	109
March 2026	103
February 2026	108
January 2026	118
December 2025	92
November 2025	89
October 2025	108
September 2025	122
August 2025	106
July 2025	125
June 2025	95
May 2025	125
April 2025	80
March 2025	83
February 2025	105
January 2025	105
December 2024	72
November 2024	91
October 2024	101

New businesses per month, Manabí.

Largest municipalities

City / municipality	Active	Share
Manta	4,938	31.9%
Portoviejo	4,322	28.0%
Chone	784	5.1%
El Carmen	586	3.8%
Montecristi	557	3.6%
Sucre	545	3.5%
Jipijapa	470	3.0%
Pedernales	458	3.0%
Jaramijo	316	2.0%
Rocafuerte	293	1.9%

Size mix

size_class	Active	Share
unknown	15,462	100.0%

Company age

Company age	Active	Share
under 1 year	1,732	11.2%
1–3 years	2,431	15.7%
3–5 years	2,160	14.0%
5–10 years	3,305	21.4%
10–20 years	3,664	23.7%
20 years or more	2,170	14.0%

Preview: 10 companies

Company	City	ISIC division	Size	Registered
MEGACIETTE S.A.	Manta	70 Activities of head offices; management consu…	unknown	2011
MOLCOB S.A.S.	Manta	41 Construction of buildings	unknown	2025
MI TIERRA EXPORT MITIEXPORTEC S.A.	Portoviejo	46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles an…	unknown	2017
INGENIERÍA DE PROYECTOS AUTOMATIZADOS COXMOX S.A.S.	Chone	62 Computer programming, consultancy and relate…	unknown	2026
CONSORCIO ROCAFUERTE RECREATIVO	Rocafuerte	41 Construction of buildings	unknown	2025
FABRICONSA S.A.S.	Manta	31 Manufacture of furniture	unknown	2021
MARVEL CORP MARVELINMOBILIARIA S.A.S.MARVEL CORP	Portoviejo	41 Construction of buildings	unknown	2026
ROANG S.A.S.	Jama	46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles an…	unknown	2023
COMPAÑIA DE MOTOTAXIS MOTOALMED S.A.	San Vicente	49 Land transport and transport via pipelines	unknown	2013
ASOCIACION DE PRODUCCION PESQUERA SANTA MARIANITA ASOPROPESAMAR	Manta	03 Fishing and aquaculture	unknown	2021

Ten companies in Manabí drawn at random (seeded) from the clean B2B universe: active, private, not sole-owner, head office. Same public fields as the free samples; no contact data.

Questions about Manabí

How many companies are registered in Manabí?

28,951 records in the SRI Catastro RUC as of 2026-10-01: 15,462 active and 15,209 in the clean B2B universe (active, private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

What are the largest sectors in Manabí?

Other service activities (6,812); Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (3,936); Human health and social work activities (2,586).

Which municipalities in Manabí have the most companies?

Manta (4,938), Portoviejo (4,322), Chone (784) active companies.

How many new companies opened in Manabí in the last 12 months?

1,312 businesses in the 12 months to September 2026 (+8.4% year on year), by activity start date, head offices of private non-sole-owner companies.

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Registry: Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) — Catastro RUC
Data as of: 2026-10-01
Refresh: Monthly. SRI republishes the 24 province files each month (current cut 2026-10-01).
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Identifier: RUC
Activity: National CIIU 4.0 codes (INEC): the section letter plus six digits, whose first four digits are the ISIC Rev.4 class

Fuente: Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) del Ecuador, Catastro RUC (www.sri.gob.ec/datasets), corte 2026-10-01, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Datos transformados por LatSouth (solo sociedades, un registro por RUC, clasificación ISIC en inglés, forma jurídica inferida del nombre); no es un producto oficial del SRI.

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