What share of the businesses in the main Dominican cities are in Santo Domingo North?

Within the 19 cities on this site Santo Domingo North has 2.6% of the 90,182 registered establishments and 9.8% of the 6,898,540 residents (census 2022, municipalities with their districts).

Economy, jobs and prices in Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte, Dominican Republic: official figures

The 2022 Directorio de Empresas y Establecimientos of the ONE lists 2,326 formal businesses and establishments (public and private, farm and non-farm) in Santo Domingo North, 9th highest among the 19 Dominican cities on this site and 2.2% of the 105,774 in the country (9th of 158 nationwide).

Registered businesses and establishments

2326

2022

Establishments per 1,000 residents

3.4

2022

How many businesses per resident does Santo Domingo North have?

Santo Domingo North has 3.4 registered establishments per 1,000 residents, against 9.8 nationally, 2nd 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 Santo Domingo North?

There are 5.99 registered establishments per km² in Santo Domingo North, against 2.19 for the country, 9th lowest among the 19 Dominican cities on this site on this economic density (13th 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

Does Santo Domingo North have more businesses than its population share suggests?

Santo Domingo North holds 6.3% of the national population but 2.2% of its registered establishments, so its share of businesses is below its share of residents.

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

Is Santo Domingo North a high-density business area?

Santo Domingo North is one of the 40 of 158 municipal units with at least one registered establishment per km²; it has 5.99, 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 Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte compares with other cities in the Dominican Republic

Registered businesses and establishments (DEE 2022) (2022)

Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte ranks 9 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered businesses and establishments (DEE 2022)
6	La Vega	2,940
7	San Francisco de Macoris	2,538
8	Puerto Plata	2,412
9	Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte	2,326
10	La Romana	1,875
11	San Cristóbal	1,748
12	Moca	1,725

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)

Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte ranks 18 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered establishments per 1,000 residents (DEE 2022)
13	San Cristóbal	6.3
14	Baní	6.1
15	San Juan de la Maguana	4.3
16	Boca Chica	3.9
17	Bajos de Haina	3.7
18	Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte	3.4
19	Los Alcarrizos	2.8

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)

Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte ranks 11 of 19, highest first.

Rank	City	Registered establishments per km² (DEE 2022)
8	San Cristóbal	8.25
9	La Romana	6.89
10	Moca	6.85
11	Santo Domingo North - Santo Domingo Norte	5.99
12	Puerto Plata	4.75
13	Boca Chica	4.57
14	La Vega	4.54

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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