10+ years
Public financial statements for every new company, tracked year by year.
PRESS ROOM · ECUADOR SMB DATA
Of every 100 restaurants that open in Ecuador, 36 survive.
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What we have published
The series is called «Echando a perder se aprende» (Learning by making mistakes). These are the first two installments.
Restaurants: 36 out of 100 are still alive. Insurance brokers: 90.
Companies opened in 2014–2015 that were still filing financial statements in 2025, per 100. The 5 industries with the highest and the 5 with the lowest survival rates, out of 39.
All industries: 58
Insurance brokers
90
Road freight transport
78
Private security
77
Accounting and tax consulting
71
IT consulting
67
Event planning
41
Building cleaning
41
Vehicle rental
39
Road construction
37
Restaurants
36
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Fuente: Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, archivo abierto bi_ranking.csv (al 26-oct-2026). Cálculos de CompraVenta360.
¿Qué negocio abrir en Ecuador? Lo que dicen 10 años de balances (What business should you open in Ecuador? What 10 years of financial statements reveal)
Of companies opened in 2014–2015, 78% were still alive after 3 years, 70% after 5 and 58% after 10. Across industries, the difference ranges from 90% to 36%.
Read article ↗Abrir una empresa en Ecuador es cada vez más difícil: de 80 a 65 sobreviven (Opening a company in Ecuador is getting harder: survivors fall from 80 to 65)
Of every 100 companies opened in 2014, 80 were still alive after 3 years; of those opened in 2018, only 65. And it did not rise again.
80 → 65
survive 3 years (2014 vs 2018)
Why Ney
10+ years
of financial statements analyzed
39 industries
compared
Founder
of CompraVenta360
Master's
in Brokerage Management
Story angles
01
What business to open in Ecuador
from 90 to 36 out of 100, depending on the industry.
02
Opening a company is getting harder
from 80 to 65 survive 3 years.
03
Restaurants
the most dreamed-of business and one of the least likely to survive.
04
Selling your business in Ecuador
why almost nobody knows what their SMB is worth.
Questions he can answer
- Which businesses survive longest in Ecuador, and why?
- Is opening a restaurant a good idea?
- Why are fewer and fewer new companies surviving?
- What is an SMB worth and how is it sold?
- What should someone check before buying an operating business?
- What changed with the SAS company form?
Quotable lines
In Ecuador there is no market for selling a small business: there are friends, cousins and lawyers. That is why many owners don't know what their business is worth.
Before you open a business, look at how many in your industry are still alive after five years. That number tells you more than any course.
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Upcoming topics
Each topic is offered exclusively to one outlet. Choose the one that fits your section.
November 2026
Does initial capital matter?
Do companies that start with more assets survive longer?
Economy / Entrepreneurship
In preparationDecember 2026
The SAS, five years later
Do companies created online since 2020 hold up as well as traditional ones?
Economy / Public policy
In preparationJanuary 2027
Quito, Guayaquil or Cuenca
In which city does a new company survive longer?
Local / Business
In preparationFebruary 2027
How much does an SMB really earn?
Typical margins and profitability by industry
Business / Personal finance
In preparation
Where the numbers come from
- Source: Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, open file bi_ranking.csv. Each new company is tracked year by year through 2025.
- “Alive” means the company filed financial statements with sales that year. If it stopped reporting, it counts as closed even if it is still operating.
- Excludes natural persons; the data covers companies and SAS.
- Reported profit is useful for comparing industries, not as an exact value.
- The outlet receives the table used to calculate each figure so it can verify it.
SPOKESPERSON
Ney Torres
Founder of CompraVenta360, the marketplace for buying and selling SMBs in Ecuador. Quito.
- Managing Partner of Value Investment Fund, Inc.
- Developed Urbanización Fontana in Santo Domingo (400 homes).
- Master’s degrees in Real Estate Development and Brokerage Management; degrees in Finance and Business Administration.
- Producer of the Financially Free Podcast. Speaks Spanish and English.
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