Publishing of books companies in Ecuador · ISIC J581

624 registered companies · 484 active (78%)

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 J581.

The sector in figures

Financial statements filed with the Superintendencia de Compañías · year 2025

Declared revenue: $145 M
Share of the country: 0.1%
Companies that filed statements: 415
Median margin: 2.2%

Of the 415 companies that filed statements for 2025, 244 recorded sales and 181 closed with a profit; half of those with sales billed less than $60 k.

In this sector, according to the INEC (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, the national statistics institute, 2025), the average job pays $ 1,165 a month. Women hold 33% of the jobs, companies provide 60% of the employment, and the sector accounts for 1.5% of registered employment. Averages from an INEC sample, not totals.

Revenue by year 2000 → 2025 · ×3.5

$42 M

$236 M

$145 M

2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025

See the full series

2000: $42 M
2001: $71 M
2002: $97 M
2003: $100 M
2004: $110 M
2005: $120 M
2006: $146 M
2007: $153 M
2008: $163 M
2009: $150 M
2010: $167 M
2011: $195 M
2012: $219 M
2013: $236 M
2014: $167 M
2015: $164 M
2016: $144 M
2017: $150 M
2018: $156 M
2019: $132 M
2020: $89 M
2021: $107 M
2022: $101 M
2023: $138 M
2024: $135 M
2025: $145 M

The sector map · 2025

Azuay: $506 k declared · 28 companiesBolívar: no dataCarchi: $34 k declared · 3 companiesCañar: $144 k declared · 7 companiesChimborazo: $409 k declared · 17 companiesCotopaxi: $30 k declared · 1 companiesEl Oro: $85 k declared · 2 companiesEsmeraldas: $0 declared · 1 companiesGalápagos: $239 k declared · 1 companiesGuayas: $78 M declared · 139 companiesImbabura: $526 k declared · 7 companiesLoja: $1.7 M declared · 4 companiesLos Ríos: $150 k declared · 8 companiesManabí: $7 M declared · 23 companiesMorona Santiago: $99 k declared · 4 companiesNapo: $12 k declared · 2 companiesOrellana: no dataPastaza: $0 declared · 1 companiesPichincha: $55 M declared · 137 companiesSanta Elena: no dataSanto Domingo de los Tsáchilas: $348 k declared · 11 companiesSucumbíos: $38 k declared · 3 companiesTungurahua: $588 k declared · 16 companiesZamora Chinchipe: no data Point at or tap a province to see its figure

$12 k $78 M · logarithmic scale

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

The sector’s provinces

The largest by revenue

Segment concentration

the 5 largest: 43.8% the other 239: 56.2%

Concentration index (HHI): 638, unconcentrated; the largest takes 20.1% 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
Fotontyc S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0691787460001	Riobamba, Chimborazo	—	Active
Front Stage Media Frontmedia S.A.S. Publishing (including online publishing) of catalogues of photographs, engravings, postcards, greeting cards, forms, posters, reproductions of works of art, advertising and other printed matter	0993410720001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Presencia de Marca Presmar S.A.S. Publishing (including online publishing) of catalogues of photographs, engravings, postcards, greeting cards, forms, posters, reproductions of works of art, advertising and other printed matter	0993410725001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Kyroned S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1498318556001	Morona, Morona Santiago	—	Active
Nmsj S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	0993410485001	Alfredo Baquerizo Moreno (Juján), Guayas	—	Active
Numio S.A.S. Online publishing of statistics and other information	0993410089001	Samborondón, Guayas	—	Active
Ciencias en Palabras Editorial S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993410126001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
La Brava Digitalecua S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1793240558001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Ionexia S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0791845718001	Machala, El Oro	—	Active
Educapluseditorial S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993409367001	Naranjito, Guayas	—	Active
Editorial Difab S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993409130001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Quantara Editorial S.A.S. Publishing of books in audio format and of encyclopaedias on CD-ROM	0993408718001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Proestadisticas & Analytics S.A.S. Online publishing of statistics and other information	0993408589001	Samborondón, Guayas	—	Active
Prico Ediciones S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993408559001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Mundi Probooks S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993408405001	Samborondón, Guayas	—	Active
Newsdata Ec S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993408056001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Rplab - Educational Robotics & Languages S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1391939161001	Portoviejo, Manabi	—	Active
Editorial BLR Eblr S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0691787254001	Riobamba, Chimborazo	—	Active
Intellectum Ai Solutions S.A.S.	1793236353001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Ag Alex Gualpa Bienes Raices Agbr S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1793236144001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Metagrama Editorial S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993407283001	Milagro, Guayas	—	Active
Legitimados S.A.S.	1793235978001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Soluciones Publicitarias Aasg S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1793235879001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
New Cerebral S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1793235747001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Sanru S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1891813395001	Ambato, Tungurahua	—	Active
Quantumpress S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1793235513001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Elementalec S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1793235521001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Editorialamanecer S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993406871001	Naranjal, Guayas	—	Active
Plasm Art S.A.S. Publishing (including online publishing) of catalogues of photographs, engravings, postcards, greeting cards, forms, posters, reproductions of works of art, advertising and other printed matter	0993406774001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Olapremium S.A.S.	0195175209001	Cuenca, Azuay	—	Active
Editorial Entre Maestros Edima S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0691787119001	Riobamba, Chimborazo	—	Active
Sbjc Editions S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1691729858001	Pastaza, Pastaza	—	Active
Zonajuridica S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1793233573001	Quito, Pichincha	—	Active
Editorial Medica Ecuatoriana Emedicec S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	2091768039001	Santa Cruz, Galapagos	—	Active
Editorial Epistemologías del Sur y Derechos Situados Episur S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993404671001	Guayaquil, Guayas	0	Active
Arti Editorial S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993404645001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Persefone Libreria y Editorial S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1793232639001	Quito, Pichincha	0	Active
Editorial Proyecto Ecuador Ediprec S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993404252001	Guayaquil, Guayas	0	Active
Inblueeditorial Digital S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0891793892001	Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas	—	Active
Procilpress S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1891813122001	Ambato, Tungurahua	0	Active
Editorial Union Ecuador Ediunec S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	1793232827001	Quito, Pichincha	0	Active
Diariolarepublicaec S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	0993403845001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Auronews S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	0993403770001	Guayaquil, Guayas	0	Active
Dhwty S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	0691786991001	Guano, Chimborazo	0	Active
Luxortv Comunicacion S.A.S.	0993403544001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Sirioec S.A.S. Publishing (including online publishing) of catalogues of photographs, engravings, postcards, greeting cards, forms, posters, reproductions of works of art, advertising and other printed matter	1091799360001	Ibarra, Imbabura	—	Active
Estrella Ediciones Diginova S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993403212001	Milagro, Guayas	0	Active
Nexa Editores Casa Editorial Internacional - Nexapress S.A.S. Publishing of newspapers, magazines and other periodicals, including advertising ones, with a frequency greater than four times a week. This information may be published in print or electronic form, including on the Internet	1391938440001	Portoviejo, Manabi	0	Active
Guanyu S.A.S. Publishing of books, printed brochures, dictionaries, encyclopaedias and the like, atlases, maps and charts. Includes the sale of advertising space	0993403075001	Guayaquil, Guayas	—	Active
Almesas Alternative Media S.A.S.	0993403124001	Guayaquil, Guayas	0	Active

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