What Grant Thornton Ecuador does

Grant Thornton Ecuador (legal entity Grant Thornton Dbrag Ecuador Cía. Ltda., formerly Surlatina Auditores Ltda.) is a private professional services firm established in 1996 and operating as an independent member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL), the UK-incorporated umbrella organization coordinating the global Grant Thornton network of accounting and consulting firms. The firm delivers four core service lines — external financial statement auditing, tax and legal advisory, business consulting, and accounting/payroll outsourcing — supplemented by transactional advisory services including due diligence and business valuations. Its underlying technology stack consists of standard accounting, auditing, and consulting methodologies aligned with Grant Thornton global standards and international financial reporting standards; no proprietary technology platform was disclosed.

The firm is headquartered in Quito with additional offices in Guayaquil (split between Audit/Outsourcing and Tax practices), and employs 110+ professionals according to its own website. It is qualified to provide services to entities regulated by the Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria, and Superintendencia de Bancos, which creates a structural regulatory credential requirement for clients in Ecuador's banking, insurance, securities, and cooperative sectors. Revenue is generated through hourly professional services fees ranging from $45/hour for assistants to $200/hour for partners, with engagement initiated via direct office contact, website forms, phone, email, or in-person consultation under a sales-led go-to-market motion targeting enterprise and regulated private companies. The current Managing Partner is María De Los Ángeles Guijarro.

Grant Thornton Ecuador leverages the global Grant Thornton brand and network access — which spans 150+ countries, approximately 73,000 professionals, and $7.5 billion in aggregate member-firm revenue — as a structural differentiator versus local independent competitors, while remaining legally independent from GTIL under the network's standard member-firm structure.

Name

Grant Thornton Ecuador

Legal name

Grant Thornton Dbrag Ecuador Cía. Ltda.

Website

https://grantthornton.ec

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Grant Thornton Ecuador is a Quito-based professional services firm and member of Grant Thornton International Ltd, providing audit, tax, consulting, and accounting/payroll outsourcing services to private and regulated entities across Ecuador.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Quito

HQ country

Ecuador

HQ region

Latin America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Services Fees: Revenue generated from providing professional services including auditing, tax and legal, consulting, and accounting/nominal outsourcing. Fees are charged based on hourly rates for different professional levels, ranging from $45/hour for assistants to $200/hour for partners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grant Thornton Ecuador is a professional services firm offering external financial statement auditing, tax and legal advisory, business consulting, and accounting and payroll outsourcing (BPS) to private companies and regulated entities across Ecuador. The firm operates as a member of the Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL) network and serves clients through offices in Quito and Guayaquil under hourly-billed engagements led by qualified partners and professional staff.

Product overview

Grant Thornton Ecuador operates as a multi-service professional firm offering a unified portfolio of audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. The core service lines include Auditoría (external financial statement auditing), Tax & Legal (tax advisory), Consultoría (business consulting), and Outsourcing Contable y de Nómina (accounting and payroll outsourcing). These are supported by specialized transactional advisory services including Due Diligence and Valoraciones (business valuations). The Business Process Solutions (BPS) offering provides integrated accounting, tax compliance, and payroll processing under one umbrella. GT Conecta serves as an economic insights and bulletin resource. The firm serves regulated entities including those supervised by Superintendencia de Compañías, Valores y Seguros, Superintendencia de Economía Popular y Solidaria, and Superintendencia de Bancos, with offices in Quito and Guayaquil.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Auditoría External financial statement auditing services provided to private companies and regulated entities in Ecuador, covering compliance with local regulations and international financial reporting standards.
• Tax & Legal
• Consultoría
• Outsourcing Contable y de Nómina (Business Process Solutions)
• Consultoría en servicios transaccionales

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Grant Thornton International Ltd (GTIL)coreOthersGrant Thornton Ecuador (Surlatina Auditores Ltda.) is a member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, a global organization of accounting and consulting firms. GTIL is an international umbrella entity organized as a private limited company by guarantee, incorporated in England and Wales. It provides the global brand, standards, methodologies, and network coordination for member firms.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• BDO Ecuador: BDO member firm in Ecuador providing audit, tax, and outsourcing services. Closest mid-tier peer to Grant Thornton Ecuador in size, service mix, and target client segment (mid-market and private companies).
• Grant Thornton Peru: Sister Grant Thornton member firm in Peru with similar service lines (audit, tax, consulting, BPS). Andean regional peer operating under the same GTIL framework and competing in adjacent jurisdictions for cross-border engagements.
• Mazars Ecuador: Mazars is a global mid-tier accounting network with a presence in Ecuador. Comparable to Grant Thornton Ecuador as a similarly sized international network member firm serving mid-market and regulated-entity clients.
• RSM Ecuador: RSM member firm in Ecuador focused on mid-market audit, tax, and consulting. Directly comparable to Grant Thornton Ecuador in positioning, scale, and service portfolio within the global mid-tier accounting network.
• Baker Tilly Ecuador: Baker Tilly is a global mid-tier accounting and advisory network. As another network-affiliated mid-tier firm, it competes with Grant Thornton Ecuador for similar clients and mandates in Ecuador and across the region.
• Grant Thornton Colombia: Sister Grant Thornton member firm in Colombia, providing audit, tax, and advisory services. While operating in a different geography, it is the closest structural and operational peer given shared GTIL standards, methodology, and brand.

Broad incumbents

• PwC Ecuador: Big Four firm providing audit, tax, and advisory services in Ecuador. Competes with Grant Thornton Ecuador for regulated-entity and large private-company mandates, with global network access similar in structure to GTIL.
• Deloitte Ecuador: Big Four accounting and advisory firm operating in Ecuador with audit, tax, consulting, and risk advisory services. Directly competes with Grant Thornton Ecuador for enterprise and PIE audit mandates, but at much larger scale and broader service portfolio.
• EY Ecuador: Big Four audit and advisory firm operating in Ecuador. Directly comparable to Grant Thornton Ecuador on audit, tax compliance, and transaction advisory, with deeper resources and global coverage.
• KPMG Ecuador: Big Four firm in Ecuador offering audit, tax, and advisory services. Competes head-to-head with Grant Thornton Ecuador for banking, insurance, and corporate audit mandates, with a similarly strong global brand.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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