# Ecuador Company Finder: SRI RUC Registry, ISIC, English (`latsouth/ecuador-company-finder`) Actor

Search 569k Ecuadorian companies (sociedades) from the SRI Catastro RUC by province, canton and CIIU/ISIC activity: RUC, legal and trade name, form, status, start date. CC BY 4.0 data in English. Company data only.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/latsouth/ecuador-company-finder.md
- **Developed by:** [LatSouth Data](https://apify.com/latsouth) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Business
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

Pay per event

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Ecuador Company Finder: SRI RUC registry, ISIC, canton

**By [LatSouth](https://latsouth.com).** Search **568,800 Ecuadorian companies** (sociedades) from the Servicio de Rentas
Internas' Catastro RUC: filter by **province, canton, parish, CIIU / ISIC Rev.4 activity and start of activities**, and get
RUC, legal and trade name, legal form, status, parish and English industry labels in one clean schema.

Company data only: natural persons are not in the data; no e-mail, phone, owners or legal representatives.

| | |
|---|---|
| Rows | 568,800 RUCs · **292,929** active, private, not sole-owner (the default filters) |
| Data as of | 2026-10-01 (SRI monthly release); every row carries `data_as_of` |
| Price | US$0.003 per company returned: **1,000 companies = US$3** |
| Typical run | about 5-6 s on the platform (prefilled example 5.6 s; 100 Guayaquil retailers 5.5 s) |

### Who it's for

- **Sales teams entering Ecuador**: "IT companies in Quito", "retailers in Guayaquil", "new S.A.S. in Azuay since 2025".
- **Market sizing**: `OUTPUT.total_matching` counts the segment even if you pull a sample.
- **Enrichment**: start from a segment and feed RUCs and names to your CRM.

### Coverage (measured on the current release, default filters = 292,929 companies)

| Field | Companies | Share |
|---|---:|---:|
| ISIC division and class (CIIU4 native) | 292,802 | ~100% |
| Start of activities | 292,929 | 100% |
| Province, canton and parish (`parish`, parroquia of the head office) | 292,929 | 100% |
| Trade name | 205,887 (all rows) | 36% of all rows |
| Street address / size | — | not published |

Software and IT services (ISIC division 62): **4,586** companies. Pichincha 90,639, Guayas 88,372, Azuay 15,849. 56,280
started activities since 2025-01-01.

### Input examples

The Console form is prefilled with `{"isic_divisions": ["62"], "regions": ["PICHINCHA"], "max_results": 10}`.

**Companies in two Quito parishes (accents optional)**

```json
{
  "regions": ["PICHINCHA"],
  "parishes": ["Inaquito", "La Concepcion"]
}
```

**Supermarkets and retail in Guayaquil (CIIU G4711)**

```json
{
  "activity_codes": ["G4711"],
  "regions": ["EC-G"],
  "cities": ["Guayaquil"]
}
```

**IT companies in Quito that started since 2024, newest first**

```json
{
  "isic_divisions": ["62", "63"],
  "cities": ["Quito"],
  "registered_after": "2024-01-01",
  "sort_by": "registration_date_desc"
}
```

**Manufacturers in Azuay and Tungurahua**

```json
{
  "isic_sections": ["C"],
  "regions": ["Azuay", "TUNGURAHUA"],
  "max_results": 3000
}
```

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| `regions` | Province (name with or without accents, slug, or ISO 3166-2 such as `EC-P` Pichincha, `EC-G` Guayas) |
| `cities` | Canton as published (QUITO, GUAYAQUIL, CUENCA...) |
| `isic_sections`, `isic_divisions`, `activity_codes` | ISIC Rev.4 letter / division, or SRI CIIU code with or without its section letter (`G4711` or `4711`); combined with OR |
| `keyword` | Substring in the English or Spanish activity label or the legal / trade name |
| `registered_after`, `registered_before` | On the start-of-activities date |
| `only_active`, `exclude_public_sector`, `exclude_sole_owner` | Default **true** |
| `sort_by` | `registration_date_desc` (default), `registration_date_asc`, `tax_id` |
| `max_results` | Default 1,000 via API |

### Output

LatSouth unified schema (same names as the [LATAM Company Finder](https://apify.com/latsouth/latam-company-finder)):
`tax_id` (RUC, 13 digits), `tax_id_formatted`, `legal_name`, `trade_name`, `legal_form` + `legal_form_normalized`,
`is_active`, `status` (active, inactive, suspended), `sector`, `activity_code_local` / `activity_label_local`,
`activity_label_en`, `isic_section` / `isic_division` / `isic_class` with English labels, `region` (province),
`region_name`, `region_iso`, `city` (canton), `registration_date` + `registration_date_basis`, `data_as_of`, `source`,
`source_license`.

### Sources, licence and attribution

Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) del Ecuador, Catastro RUC by province (<https://www.sri.gob.ec/datasets>),
**CC BY 4.0** — commercial use allowed with attribution, a licence link and an indication of changes. Keep this credit
(each row's `source` holds it):

> Fuente: Servicio de Rentas Internas (SRI) del Ecuador, Catastro RUC por provincia (https://www.sri.gob.ec/datasets),
> corte 2026-10-01, licencia CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Datos transformados (solo
> sociedades, un registro por RUC, clasificacion ISIC en ingles, forma juridica inferida del nombre); no es un producto
> oficial del SRI.

### Limitations

- **No street address**: the open Catastro publishes province, canton and parish of the head office, not the street.
  This actor returns province, canton and parish.
- **No size or workers**, e-mail, phone or website.
- `legal_form` is inferred from the company name (the SRI file has no legal-form column); 43k rows are "no determinado".
- About 21% of company RUCs issued by the SRI do not pass the classic modulo-11 check digit test; they are real RUCs.

### Pricing

Pay per event: `company-result`, **US$0.003** per company row returned (1,000 = US$3). Set a maximum cost per run and the
actor stops when it is reached (`OUTPUT.stopped_by_budget`). Full files and custom segments:
<https://latsouth.com/data/ecuador/>.

### Related

- [LATAM Company Finder](https://apify.com/latsouth/latam-company-finder): the same schema for 7 countries.
- [LATAM Company Enrichment](https://apify.com/latsouth/latam-company-enrichment): look up a list of RUCs.

### Privacy

Company data only. You are responsible for lawful use under the LOPDP and for honouring opt-out requests
(hello@latsouth.com). Methodology: <https://latsouth.com/methodology/>

# Actor input Schema

## `regions` (type: `array`):

Leave empty for all of Ecuador. Pick from the list, or type the name (accents optional) or the ISO 3166-2 code (e.g. EC-A).

## `cities` (type: `array`):

Canton as the registry publishes it, accents optional.

## `isic_sections` (type: `array`):

ISIC Rev.4 sections (the UN industry standard every country's code was mapped to). Combined with divisions using OR.

## `isic_divisions` (type: `array`):

ISIC Rev.4 divisions, e.g. 62 = computer programming and IT consultancy, 70 = management consultancy, 46 = wholesale trade.

## `activity_codes` (type: `array`):

Native activity code or prefix, e.g. G4711 or 4711 (letter optional). Combined with the ISIC filters by OR.

## `keyword` (type: `string`):

Case- and accent-insensitive substring in the English and Spanish activity labels and in the company name (e.g. software, logistica, clinica).

## `registered_after` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD, on registration_date (start of activities).

## `registered_before` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD, on registration_date.

## `only_active` (type: `boolean`):

Keep companies the registry reports as active.

## `exclude_public_sector` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out government bodies, state-owned companies and international organizations.

## `exclude_sole_owner` (type: `boolean`):

Leave out sole-owner companies (EIRL, unipersonal, EIRELI) and entities whose name is a person's name. Their names are masked (\*\*\*) anyway.

## `parishes` (type: `array`):

Parroquia of the head office as the SRI Catastro RUC publishes it, accents optional (e.g. Iñaquito, Tarqui).

## `sort_by` (type: `string`):

Order of results.

## `max_results` (type: `integer`):

You pay per company returned (US$0.003 each: 1,000 companies = US$3). The run also stops at your spending limit. Default 1,000 when called via API without this field.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "regions": [
    "PICHINCHA"
  ],
  "isic_divisions": [
    "62"
  ],
  "only_active": true,
  "exclude_public_sector": true,
  "exclude_sole_owner": true,
  "sort_by": "registration_date_desc",
  "max_results": 10
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `companies` (type: `string`):

Matching companies, one item per row. Download as JSON, CSV, Excel or XML via the dataset API.

## `summary` (type: `string`):

total_matching, rows pushed, data_as_of, attribution, applied input and whether the run stopped at the buyer's budget cap.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "regions": [
        "PICHINCHA"
    ],
    "isic_divisions": [
        "62"
    ],
    "max_results": 10
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("latsouth/ecuador-company-finder").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "regions": ["PICHINCHA"],
    "isic_divisions": ["62"],
    "max_results": 10,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("latsouth/ecuador-company-finder").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "regions": [
    "PICHINCHA"
  ],
  "isic_divisions": [
    "62"
  ],
  "max_results": 10
}' |
apify call latsouth/ecuador-company-finder --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,latsouth/ecuador-company-finder"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/oTsz5Zq0ATRDLVctH/builds/g6NOiOlx4hoa29O3F/openapi.json