Does Bonao have more businesses than its population share suggests?

Bonao holds 1.3% of the national population but 1.2% of its registered establishments, so its share of businesses is below its share of residents.

What share of the businesses in the main Dominican cities are in Bonao?

Within the 19 cities on this site Bonao has 1.4% of the 90,182 registered establishments and 2.1% of the 6,898,540 residents (census 2022, municipalities with their districts).

Economy, jobs and prices in Bonao, Dominican Republic: official figures

The 2022 Directorio de Empresas y Establecimientos of the ONE lists 1,249 formal businesses and establishments (public and private, farm and non-farm) in Bonao, 6th lowest among the 19 Dominican cities on this site and 1.2% of the 105,774 in the country (14th of 158 nationwide).

Registered businesses and establishments

1249

2022

Establishments per 1,000 residents

8.6

2022

How many businesses per resident does Bonao have?

Bonao has 8.6 registered establishments per 1,000 residents, against 9.8 nationally, 9th lowest among the 19 Dominican cities on this site on that ratio.

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

What is the business density of Bonao?

There are 1.82 registered establishments per km² in Bonao, against 2.19 for the country, 3rd lowest among the 19 Dominican cities on this site on this economic density (27th of 158 among the 158 municipal units nationwide).

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

Is Bonao a high-density business area?

Bonao is one of the 40 of 158 municipal units with at least one registered establishment per km²; it has 1.82, and the national figure is 2.19.

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

How Bonao compares with other cities in the Dominican Republic

Registered businesses and establishments (DEE 2022) (2022)

Bonao ranks 14 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered businesses and establishments (DEE 2022)
11	San Cristóbal	1,748
12	Moca	1,725
13	San Pedro de Macorís	1,704
14	Bonao	1,249
15	Baní	970
16	Los Alcarrizos	932
17	Boca Chica	645

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

Registered establishments per 1,000 residents (DEE 2022) (2022)

Bonao ranks 11 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered establishments per 1,000 residents (DEE 2022)
8	La Vega	10.4
9	Higüey	10.1
10	Santo Domingo East - Santo Domingo Este	8.7
11	Bonao	8.6
12	San Pedro de Macorís	7.8
13	San Cristóbal	6.3
14	Baní	6.1

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

Registered establishments per km² (DEE 2022) (2022)

Bonao ranks 17 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered establishments per km² (DEE 2022)
13	Boca Chica	4.57
14	La Vega	4.54
15	San Francisco de Macoris	3.34
16	Higüey	2.07
17	Bonao	1.82
18	Baní	1.56
19	San Juan de la Maguana	0.36

Source: Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data · saved copy

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Sources

Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales (IDIAF), from Oficina Nacional de Estadística (ONE) census and DEE data: Cambios demográficos en República Dominicana, 2010-2022 (Annexes 1 to 3 and Tables 29 to 31: municipal population from the 2010 and 2022 censuses and establishments from the Directorio de Empresas y Establecimientos 2022, both of the ONE), read 29 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 0f1ac7e645f8…)

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