Water and waste companies in Ecuador
ISIC section E: Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation. 4,515 records from the SRI Catastro RUC, 3,555 active, data as of 2026-10-01.
Ecuador's SRI Catastro RUC lists 4,515 companies in water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation (ISIC section E), 3,555 of them active, which is 0.8% of all Ecuadorian records in the LatSouth build (data as of 2026-10-01). By province, Guayas leads with 669 (15% of the section), followed by Pichincha (666) and Azuay (415). The largest divisions are 36 (water collection, treatment and supply, 2,737) and 38 (waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery, 1,211); 2 further divisions complete it.
Water utilities, sanitation concessions, waste haulers, recyclers and environmental remediation firms. Division 38 is the bulk of it: collection, landfills, scrap and materials recovery. Buyers are typically equipment, fleet, compliance and ESG-reporting vendors; municipal utilities register as public-sector entities and are flagged in the sector column. In Ecuador, 100% of these rows carry an ISIC class; the registry publishes no size field; the registry publishes no website or e-mail; 353 were registered in the 12 months before the extraction. There is no street address at the source; location is province, canton and parish.
By province (top 10)
| Province | Records | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guayas | 669 | 423 | 14.8% |
| Pichincha | 666 | 449 | 14.8% |
| Azuay | 415 | 369 | 9.2% |
| Cotopaxi | 379 | 321 | 8.4% |
| Manabí | 327 | 256 | 7.2% |
| Tungurahua | 285 | 273 | 6.3% |
| Imbabura | 195 | 169 | 4.3% |
| Loja | 191 | 163 | 4.2% |
| Bolívar | 186 | 171 | 4.1% |
| Cañar | 165 | 149 | 3.7% |
Divisions in section E
36 water collection and supply, 37 sewerage, 38 waste collection, treatment and disposal; materials recovery, 39 remediation.
| ISIC division | Records | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 Water collection, treatment and supply | 2,737 | 2,425 | 60.6% |
| 38 Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials recovery | 1,211 | 711 | 26.8% |
| 37 Sewerage | 512 | 370 | 11.3% |
| 39 Remediation activities and other waste management services | 55 | 49 | 1.2% |
Size mix
| size_class | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| micro | 0 | 0.0% |
| small | 0 | 0.0% |
| medium | 0 | 0.0% |
| large | 0 | 0.0% |
| unknown | 4,515 | 100.0% |
Largest classes
| ISIC class (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| 3600 Water collection, treatment and supply | 2,737 |
| 3811 Collection of non-hazardous waste | 701 |
| 3700 Sewerage | 512 |
| 3830 Materials recovery | 329 |
| 3812 Collection of hazardous waste | 81 |
Largest cities
| City (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| Quito | 535 |
| Guayaquil | 436 |
| Latacunga | 224 |
| Cuenca | 142 |
| Ambato | 100 |
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