Ecuador— EC

Company data in Ecuador, by industry

Browse Ecuador company directories across 56 industries — 2,785,670 businesses in the InfobelPRO database, registry-sourced from official Ecuador business registry and enriched with firmographics, location, financials and group structure.

2,785,670

Registered companies

Corporacion Favorita C.A.

Largest company

Other personal service activities n.e.c.

Largest sector

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Rankings

Largest companies in Ecuador

By revenue, one row per corporate group — reported (actual) revenue, updated August 2026.

#	Company (group)	Industry	HQ	Revenue (USD)
1	Corporacion Favorita C.A.	Retail sale in non-specialised stores with food, beverages or tobacco predominating	Quito	$3.9B
2	Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A.	Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs	Guayaquil	$1.6B
3	Corporacion El Rosado S.A.	Other retail sale in non-specialised stores	Guayaquil	$1.6B
4	Primax Comercial del Ecuador S.A.	Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products	Quito	$1.3B
5	Aurelian Ecuador, S.A.	Support activities for other mining and quarrying	Los Encuentros	$1.2B
6	Ecuacorriente S.A.	Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores	El Pangui	$1.1B
7	Ab Inbev Holding Ecuador Ab-inbev S.A.S.	Non-specialised wholesale trade	Sucua	$1.1B
8	Procesadora Nacional de Alimentos C A Pronaca	Production of meat and poultry meat products	Quito	$1.1B
9	Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones, S.A. Conecel	Other telecommunications activities	Guayaquil	$1B
10	Holding Grupo Difare Cia. LTDA.	Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods	Guayaquil	$911M
11	Petroleos y Servicios PYS C.A.	Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilisers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores	Quito	$900M
12	Shaya Ecuador S.A.	Extraction of crude petroleum	Quito	$837M
13	Sociedad Nacional de Galapagos C.A.	Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs	Guayaquil	$818M
14	Tiendas Industriales Asociadas Tia S.A.	Other retail sale in non-specialised stores	Guayaquil	$798M
15	Operadora y Procesadora de Productos Marinos Omarsa S.A.	Marine fishing	Eloy Alfaro	$778M

Top 15 of 25 · Tiendas Tuti Ttde S.A., Gisis S.A., Terpel- Comercial Ecuador Cia. Ltda., Holdingfabril S.A.S., Nestle Ecuador, S.A., Corporacion Real Corprealsa, S.A., AC Bebidas Ecuador ACBE Cia. Ltda., Farmaenlace Cia. Ltda., Schlumberger del Ecuador, S.A., Vitapro Ecuador Cia. Ltda. follow. Methodology →

Corporacion Favorita C.A. leads by reported revenue at $3.9B, the largest of 25 ranked corporate groups.

Coverage

Companies by industry

The B2B industries we cover, ranked by number of companies. Each links to the full directory.

Distribution & wholesale

347,690

Retail companies

297,323

Agriculture & agribusiness

182,963

Manufacturing companies

159,489

Real estate companies

139,627

+ 51 more industries below ↓

Distribution & wholesale is the most populated sector we cover, with 347,690 companies — 12% of Ecuador's 2,785,670 registered.

Distribution

Company size & revenue

By number of employees

1–4

2,164,761

5–9

324,344

10–19

105,766

20–49

33,605

50–99

2,055

100–199

1,205

200–499

940

500–999

332

1000+

235

The 1–4 band is shown with a broken bar — it is ~7× the next band; the smaller bands are scaled against each other so they stay readable. 152,565 companies have no disclosed headcount (excluded).

Around 82% of companies with disclosed headcount employ fewer than five people, so the market skews heavily toward micro-enterprises.

By revenue (local currency)

1–100K

21,658

100K-499K

225,032

500K-999K

1,683,619

1M-4.99M

697,138

5M-9.99M

2,929

10M-49.99M

1,759

50M-99.99M

293

100M-499.99M

241

500M-999.99M

1B+

153,094 companies have no disclosed revenue (excluded from the chart).

The most common disclosed-revenue band is 500K-999K, covering 64% of companies with reported revenue.

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Group linkage

Corporate structure in Ecuador

How much of the market is part of a corporate group vs independent.

11%

Part of a corporate group

89%

Independent

11% of companies belong to a corporate group; the remaining 89% operate independently.

Corporate groups

Largest corporate groups in Ecuador

Ecuadorian-headquartered groups ranked by total group entities worldwide — a measure of corporate reach.

#	Group	Group entities (worldwide)
1	Banco Pichincha C.A.	45
2	Corporacion Favorita C.A.	26
3	Corporación Goeh C.A.	13
4	Hidalgo e Hidalgo S.A.	9
5	Aditmaq Holding Ecuador S.A.	8
6	Hispanogroup S.A.	7
7	Holding Grupo Difare Cia. LTDA.	6
8	Holdingfabril S.A.S.	6
9	Corporacion Real Corprealsa, S.A.	6
10	Holding Sola & Sola Solacciones S.A.	6

Group entities = total members of the corporate family worldwide, for groups whose ultimate parent is in Ecuador.

Banco Pichincha C.A. is the largest corporate group headquartered in Ecuador, with 45 entities worldwide.

Foreign ownership

Foreign-owned vs domestic

Among Ecuador's larger companies, the share ultimately controlled from abroad — and the leading countries of ownership.

42%

Foreign-owned

58%

Ecuadorian-owned

Leading countries of ownership

United States of America

15.9%

Panama

8.3%

Germany

Spain

7.6%

Switzerland

6.7%

Shares calculated on the largest companies by revenue with ownership data available, not an absolute national figure.

United States of America is the leading country of foreign ownership, at 15.9%.

FAQ

Ecuador company data — frequently asked questions

There are 2,785,670 registered companies in Ecuador across all sectors, from sole traders to large enterprises.

By reported revenue, Corporacion Favorita C.A. is the largest company in Ecuador, followed by Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila S.A. and Corporacion El Rosado S.A..

Other personal service activities n.e.c., Non-specialised wholesale trade, Real estate agencies have the most registered companies.

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Sourced from the Infobel DaaS database. The largest-companies ranking is consolidated at corporate-group level (one row per group) and shows reported (actual) revenue in USD; modeled figures are excluded. Distributions cover all registered companies. Industry directories use a NACE-based B2B taxonomy. Last updated August 2026.

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