Professional services companies in Guayas, Ecuador

There are 17,919 companies in professional, scientific and technical activities (ISIC M) registered in Guayas, Ecuador: 10,936 active and 10,916 in the clean B2B universe. Guayas ranks 2nd of 24 provinces for the section and holds 32.7% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-01). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 9.7% of Guayas's records against 9.6% nationally (location quotient 1.01).

Guayaquil concentrates 83.4% of the active companies, followed by Samborondon (954) and Daule (435); the three together hold 96.1%. The median active company is 5.5 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 28% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 1,089 new professional services businesses were registered in Guayas, +1.4% on the previous 12 months (national section M: +12.5%). By ISIC division, 70 (activities of head offices; management consultancy activities) is 33.5% of the records and 69 (legal and accounting activities) 23.8%.

Consultancies, law and accounting firms, engineering offices, agencies and design studios. Division 70 also holds 'activities of head offices', where many group holding companies register, so it overstates consultancies. Division 69 is a channel in itself: accountants file for most small companies in Brazil and Colombia. Professional-services software, payroll, legal-tech and B2B marketing vendors buy this section.