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Private security activities companies in Ecuador · ISIC N801

2,367 registered companies · 1,904 active (80%)

Activity is classified with the ISIC code (CIIU in Spanish), the international classification the registry uses to order what every company does; this page groups the companies under code N801.

The sector in figures

Financial statements filed with the Superintendencia de Compañías · year 2025

Declared revenue
$1,205 M
Share of the country
0.7%
Companies that filed statements
1,736
Median margin
1%

Of the 1,736 companies that filed statements for 2025, 1,191 recorded sales and 865 closed with a profit; half of those with sales billed less than $205 k.

In this sector, according to the INEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, the national statistics institute, 2025), the average job pays $ 560 a month. Women hold 27% of the jobs, companies provide 84% of the employment, and the sector accounts for 5.5% of registered employment. Averages from an INEC sample, not totals.

Revenue by year 2000 → 2025 · ×20.7
$58 M
$1,205 M
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025
See the full series
2000
$58 M
2001
$106 M
2002
$152 M
2003
$183 M
2004
$200 M
2005
$225 M
2006
$259 M
2007
$297 M
2008
$377 M
2009
$446 M
2010
$475 M
2011
$584 M
2012
$685 M
2013
$796 M
2014
$845 M
2015
$897 M
2016
$795 M
2017
$796 M
2018
$864 M
2019
$799 M
2020
$747 M
2021
$783 M
2022
$895 M
2023
$1,068 M
2024
$1,175 M
2025
$1,205 M

The sector map · 2025

Azuay: $22 M declared · 37 companies Bolívar: $4.1 M declared · 15 companies Carchi: $3.1 M declared · 9 companies Cañar: $810 k declared · 6 companies Chimborazo: $12 M declared · 35 companies Cotopaxi: $6 M declared · 35 companies El Oro: $35 M declared · 82 companies Esmeraldas: $2.1 M declared · 18 companies Galápagos: $0 declared · 1 companies Guayas: $478 M declared · 527 companies Imbabura: $22 M declared · 57 companies Loja: $13 M declared · 17 companies Los Ríos: $9.2 M declared · 36 companies Manabí: $31 M declared · 95 companies Morona Santiago: $1.7 M declared · 5 companies Napo: $832 k declared · 8 companies Orellana: $25 M declared · 13 companies Pastaza: $709 k declared · 11 companies Pichincha: $498 M declared · 621 companies Santa Elena: $3.5 M declared · 12 companies Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas: $19 M declared · 37 companies Sucumbíos: $8.6 M declared · 20 companies Tungurahua: $8.6 M declared · 32 companies Zamora Chinchipe: $1.3 M declared · 7 companies Galápagos

Azuay: $22 M declared · 37 companiesBolívar: $4.1 M declared · 15 companiesCarchi: $3.1 M declared · 9 companiesCañar: $810 k declared · 6 companiesChimborazo: $12 M declared · 35 companiesCotopaxi: $6 M declared · 35 companiesEl Oro: $35 M declared · 82 companiesEsmeraldas: $2.1 M declared · 18 companiesGalápagos: $0 declared · 1 companiesGuayas: $478 M declared · 527 companiesImbabura: $22 M declared · 57 companiesLoja: $13 M declared · 17 companiesLos Ríos: $9.2 M declared · 36 companiesManabí: $31 M declared · 95 companiesMorona Santiago: $1.7 M declared · 5 companiesNapo: $832 k declared · 8 companiesOrellana: $25 M declared · 13 companiesPastaza: $709 k declared · 11 companiesPichincha: $498 M declared · 621 companiesSanta Elena: $3.5 M declared · 12 companiesSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas: $19 M declared · 37 companiesSucumbíos: $8.6 M declared · 20 companiesTungurahua: $8.6 M declared · 32 companiesZamora Chinchipe: $1.3 M declared · 7 companies Point at or tap a province to see its figure

$709 k $498 M · logarithmic scale

2025 revenue by province of domicile. Boundaries: Natural Earth.

The sector’s provinces

The largest by revenue

  1. Transportadora Ecuatoriana de Valores Tevcol Cia. Ltda. $53 M
  2. Asesoria, Seguridad y Vigilancia Asevig - Liderman Cia. Ltda. $43 M
  3. Compañia de Seguridad Integral Insevig Cia. Ltda. $32 M
  4. Cajamarca Protective Services C. Ltda. Cajaprotserv $29 M
  5. G4S Secure Solutions (Ecuador) Cia. Ltda. $26 M

Segment concentration

the 5 largest: 15.2% the other 1,186: 84.8%

Concentration index (HHI): 90, unconcentrated; the largest takes 4.4% of revenue. The HHI measures how the market is shared out, from 0 to 10,000: the higher it is, the more it is concentrated in few hands.

Among the segment’s companies with recorded sales in 2025, each assigned in full to its declared main activity.

More specific activities

Companies

Sorted by highest revenue · name · most recent

Companies in this list: name, RUC, location, revenue and legal status
Company RUC Location Revenue 2025 · USD Status
(C.e.g.b.s.) Corporacion Empresarial Granda Baquerizo Silva Seguridad Privada Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 0992469897001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
24-7Security Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0691786531001 Riobamba, Chimborazo 0 Active
2B Security Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1792961017001 Pichincha — Historical
360 Iron Security Gidv Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0791843432001 Machala, El Oro 83 k Active
360.Security Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793136214001 Quito, Pichincha 39 k Active
365 Safeforce Group Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793218604001 Quito, Pichincha 0 Active
365Securityforce Cia.ltda. Security guard services 2390052696001 Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo de los Tsachilas 187 k Active
4Sur Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793154492001 Quito, Pichincha 0 Active
A&c-seguridad Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1091788949001 Imbabura — Historical
A&l Seguridad, Vigilancia y Proteccion Alsevip Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993370778001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
A&p Security Corporación de Seguridad Arias&paredes Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793215980001 Quito, Pichincha 4 k Active
A.s Security Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0591761048001 Latacunga, Cotopaxi 215 k Active
A.S.E.P.R.I. Cia. Ltda. Armoured car services (transport of valuables) 1791292618001 Pichincha — Historical
A7a Security Vip's Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793209724001 Quito, Pichincha 28 k Active
Aasi Amaya Asociados Seguridad Integral Compañia de Responsabilidad Limitada Security guard services 1793190988001 Quito, Pichincha 1 k Active
Abarca Seguridad Abarcomseg Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0691774341001 Riobamba, Chimborazo 38 k Active
Abrilsecurity Cia.ltda. Escort (bodyguard) services 0993371289001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Accisegur Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 1792087546001 Pichincha — Historical
Acersig Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793214193001 Quito, Pichincha 0 Active
Acestraining Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 1792333644001 Quito, Pichincha 38 k Active
Acgseguridad Especializada Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793239992001 Quito, Pichincha — Active
Acoproem Cia.ltda. Security guard services 2490037627001 Santa Elena, Santa Elena 0 Active
Acronimo de Seguridad Privada Compañia Limitada Acrosafe Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993389003001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Acuña & Delgado Acuñaydelgado Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993233870001 Durán, Guayas — In dissolution
Administracion, Servicios y Seguridad Admisesa S.A. Security guard services 0991245189001 Guayaquil, Guayas — Inactive
Advanced Security Cia. Ltda. Adsecurity Security guard services 0992735953001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Advanced Security Cia. Ltda. Advsec Escort (bodyguard) services 0992867647001 Guayaquil, Guayas 25 k Active
Adviser Security Advisecur Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993374549001 Guayaquil, Guayas 4 k Active
Aegisglobal Security C.L. Security guard services 1793227062001 Riobamba, Chimborazo 0 Active
Aei Security C.ltda. Security guard services 0993368633001 Guayaquil, Guayas 550 k Active
Aeroseg Servicio Tecnico de Seguridad Privada Cia. Ltda Security guard services 1791914465001 Quito, Pichincha 1.6 M Active
Ag-vector Security Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993368185001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Agencia de Operaciones de Seguridad y Protección Privada R.A. Osegprosa Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993365270001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Agencia de Protectores Privados del Ecuador Moran Ageproecua Cia. Ltda. Other private security activities: lie detector (polygraph), fingerprinting, etc. 0992908025001 Guayaquil, Guayas 105 k Active
Agencia de Seguridad Blacksand C.ltda. Armoured car services (transport of valuables) 0993068144001 Guayaquil, Guayas — In dissolution
Agencia de Seguridad Privada Asegpriv Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0190441792001 Pichincha — Historical
Agencia de Seguridad y Vigilancia Privada Asevip Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993288330001 Guayaquil, Guayas 1.1 M Active
Agency Security International Asin Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993242160001 Guayaquil, Guayas — Active
Agentes de Proteccion Centinelas Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993371099001 Guayaquil, Guayas 4 k Active
Agentes de Seguridad y Vigilancia Agenteseg Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1091768700001 Ibarra, Imbabura 882 k Active
Agentes Interventores de Seguridad Aniseg Cia.ltda. Security guard services 0993401813001 Guayaquil, Guayas 0 Active
Agevip Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1793226712001 Quito, Pichincha 0 Active
Agil Seguridad Agilseg Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 1792162327001 Quito, Pichincha 44 k Active
Agrupacion de Seguridad Privada y Electronica Agsep Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1891809362001 Tisaleo, Tungurahua 85 k Active
Aguicentinela Seguridad Privada Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 1792317436001 Quito, Pichincha 160 Active
Aguidos Security Compañia Limitada Aguidossecurity Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1792952875001 Quito, Pichincha — In dissolution
Aguil-seg Aguilas de Seguridad Cia. Ltda. Security guard services 0992143347001 Guayas — Historical
Aguilarseg-ecuador Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1891812147001 Ambato, Tungurahua — Active
Águilas de la Noche Cia.ltda. B.I.C. Security guard services 0691785585001 Riobamba, Chimborazo 0 Active
Aguilasdoradassecurity Cia.ltda. Security guard services 1091763059001 Montúfar, Carchi 4 k Active

Corporate information from official public records of Ecuador · where this data comes from