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Escudo de San Pedro de la Paz

San Pedro de la Paz

Región del Biobío153.516 inhabitantsPoblación proyectada INE 2024112 km² of area1.377 inh./km²$38.053M ingreso municipalSINIM · ingreso total percibido · 2025
Profile today2050
The comuna in context · among 346 comunas
Finance
$227.716/inhab.
4th lowest budget per inhabitant
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Livability
69.7/100
8th most liveable in the country
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Education
660 pts
8th best PAES reading comprehension
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Society
+85%
20th fastest population growth (since 2002)
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Power
470 organizations
24th most organizations requesting lobby meetings with it
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Population
+9,1%
Population would grow between now and 2050
Society
9,5%
Multidimensional poverty · 321st highest of 346
Finance
$248 thousand
per inhabitant per year · rank 334 of 346
Safety
3.955
cases per 100k inhab. · 308th in the country
Education
660,4 pts
above the national median in the PAES (576,9 pts)
Finance
291st
most dependent on the Common Fund of 340
Summary

What the comuna hasSource: OpenStreetMap

373 Squares and green areas
59 Schools
34 Kindergartens
17 Health centers
11 Pharmacies
4 Fire stations
3 Carabineros
2 Libraries
1 Universities
1 Institutes

San Pedro de la Paz es una comuna y ciudad chilena perteneciente a la provincia de Concepción, en la región del Biobío. Está situada al sur y al poniente del río Biobío, dentro del área metropolitana del Gran Concepción, limitando al norte con la comuna de Hualpén, al noreste con la comuna de Concepción, al este con la comuna de Chiguayante, al sur con la comuna de Coronel, y al oeste con el océano Pacífico. Administrativamente, pertenece al 20.º distrito electoral y a la 10.ª circunscripción senatorial.

Introductory text from Wikipedia, bajo licencia CC BY-SA.

Liveability index · EIU style

69.7 /100
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#8 of 346 · most liveable in the country (EIU weighting)
Safety58
Health83
Culture and environment79
Education54
Infrastructure67
AuthoritiesWho leads the comuna, its council, sessions and lobbying requests

Mayor · 2024-2028Source: DecideChile · SERVEL

Juan Spoerer B.
CHILE VAMOS · EVOLUCION POLITICA
16.555
votes (20.96%)
100.806
Electoral roll
89,27%
Turnout
Mayoral history · 6 terms
JS
Juan Spoerer B.
2024-2028 · EVOLUCION POLITICA
16.555
votes
JE
Javier Enrique Guiñez Castro
2021-2024 · IND
8.043
votes
AR
Audito Retamal Lazo
2008-2012 · IND
10.986
votes
JS
Jaime Soto Figueroa
2004-2008 · PS
16.499
votes
JS
Jaime Soto Figueroa
2000-2004 · PS
12.094
votes
JS
Jaime Soto Figueroa
1996-2000 · PS
7.237
votes

SERVEL · TRICEL (1992-2008) · DecideChile (2024) · Wikidata (pre-1992)

Concejo MunicipalSource: DecideChile · SERVEL

JC
Jose Caballero G.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
4.448
votes
JW
Jaime Weinborn A.
CHILE VAMOS UDI-EVOPOLI E INDEPENDIENTES · EVOLUCION POLITICA
3.882
votes
CO
Camila Ortiz C.
POR CHILE, SEGUIMOS · FRENTE AMPLIO
3.203
votes
YM
Yasna Mardones S.
REPUBLICANOS E INDEPENDIENTES · PARTIDO REPUBLICANO DE CHILE
2.511
votes
FV
Felipe Vasquez C.
CHILE MUCHO MEJOR · PARTIDO SOCIALISTA DE CHILE
2.406
votes
CZ
Carmen Zapata H.
CHILE VAMOS RENOVACIÓN NACIONAL - INDEPENDIENTES · RENOVACION NACIONAL
1.837
votes
EN
Edgar Navarrete M.
VERDES LIBERALES POR UNA COMUNA SEGURA · INDEPENDIENTE
1.774
votes
XR
Ximena Reyes A.
PARTIDO SOCIAL CRISTIANO E INDEPENDIENTES · INDEPENDIENTE
1.700
votes

Official council minutesSource: CPLT · Active Transparency inventory (Law 20.285)

What the council resolvesSource: Official minutes · AI extraction (ongoing)

Resolutions extracted
615
of 258 minutes read
Money involved
$17.234.245.785
sum of resolutions with amounts
ResolutionTypeAmountVote
Aprobación de renovación de patentes de alcoholes para el primer semestre de 2020Licenseunanimidad
Aprobación de nuevas patentes de alcoholesLicenseunanimidad
Aprobación del Acta de la Comisión de Alcoholes N° 01-2020Licenseunanimidad
Aprobación del Acta N° 112 del Concejo MunicipalOtherunanimidad
4.2 · Adjudicación de licitación para adquisición de farmacos en centros de saludTender
4.1 · Adjudicación de licitación para reposición iluminación en canchas de fútbolTender$47.183.500

Resolutions voted by the council, automatically extracted from the official minutes (extraction ongoing: coverage grows as the 94.917 indexed minutes are processed). May contain reading errors; the official document is the municipality's PDF.

Comptroller auditsSource: CGR · Municipal Observatory

Findingstotal
81
Highly complex
20
Audit reports
0
YearFindingsAltam.Compl.Median.Reports
201921696
2018211
20173510169
2015233812

CGR severity classification · audit findings on the municipality and its corporations

Who requests meetings with the municipalitySource: InfoLobby · CPLT (Law 20,730)

  • IA
    Inmobiliaria Ays S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 24 audiencias · 2016–2023
  • BP
    Bo Paper Biobio S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 10 audiencias · 2015–2020
  • Ad
    Asociación de Funcionarios de Asistentes de la Educación de San Pedro de la Paz
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2016–2024
    Lobby / interest management · 2 audiencias · 2021–2022
  • IL
    Inmobiliaria Laguna Chica Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2019–2025
  • CG
    Compañía General de Electricidad S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 8 audiencias · 2017–2024
  • Md
    Marketing de Ciudad Consultores E.I.R.L.
    Lobby / interest management · 7 audiencias · 2017
  • Cd
    Comité de Adelnto y Seguridad Pro Plaza
    Lobby / interest management · 7 audiencias · 2017–2022
  • A
    Afusam
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2015–2017
  • SC
    Systech Chile Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2021–2022
  • Iy
    Ingenieria y Construcciones Santa Sofia
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2017–2019
  • CO
    Club Olímpico San Pedro de la Paz
    Lobby / interest management · 6 audiencias · 2016–2018
  • AT
    Andean Telecom Partners Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2023–2025
  • UD
    Universidad de Concepcion
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2017–2019
  • IS
    Innovit SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2018–2023
  • IP
    Inversiones Patagual Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2021–2023
  • GS
    Gas Sur S.A.
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2016–2022
  • al
    Agricola los Batros Ltda.
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2019–2022
  • PV
    Publicidad Via Publica Chile SpA
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2019–2021
  • A
    Afudaem
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2021–2024
  • FC
    Fundacion Creciendo Avanzamos
    Lobby / interest management · 5 audiencias · 2024–2025
and 443 more organizations that requested meetings

Organisations that registered Lobby Law meetings with this municipality. Registering the meeting is mandatory for the official, so the list shows who asked to be heard, not whether they got anything.

PopulationWho lives here, how they study, their healthcare and more

Population and living conditionsSource: INE · CENSO · MINEDUC · ADIS

Population trend

83.721
inhabitants
155.071
inhabitants
20022025

How it has changedSource: Official INE series 2002–2026 (2017 base).

See the full trajectory to 2050
Since 2002
+87%
inhabitants
Estimated population 2050
170.717
+4% vs. 2035 (164.457)
Over 60 · 2050
29,48%
21,5% in 2035 · +8 pts of ageing

INE projects comuna population only through 2035; the 2050 values are an own estimate by the monitor, anchored to the official INE 2050 national total (21,626,079 inhab, 32.1% aged 60+). Not an official comuna figure.

IndicatorValueSource
Homes with public water supply (2017 Census)98,81 %CENSO 2017 2017
School disengagement (leaves the system)1,1 %MINEDUC 2023
School enrollment1.427 studentsMINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
Municipal enrollment17,6 %MINEDUC · aggregated by hexagons 2024
PAES reading comprehension (DEMRE)660,4 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
PAES mathematics M1 (DEMRE)697,7 ptsDEMRE · MINEDUC datos abiertos 2026
poblacion_censo150.992 inh.2024 Census 2024
Income poverty (CASEN 2022)5,4 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Pobreza multidimensional (CASEN 2022)9,5 %CASEN 2022 · SAE Observatorio MDSF 2022
Indigenous peoples8,08 %2024 Census 2024

The PAES year is that of the admission process: the test is sat in November of the previous year. The average covers only those who registered to apply to university —not every secondary-school graduate— and groups them by the comuna of the school they graduated from, not by where the student lives. Here it rests on 1.810 students registered for the PAES.

Registro Social de Hogares

People in the RSH
118.264
55.630 households
Households in the most vulnerable 40%
27.336
49% of RSH households
Female-headed households
57%
31.687
Elderly (60+)22.24219%
Children and adolescents (<18)27.07723%
Foreign nationals3.1233%
Belonging to indigenous peoples7.6856%
People with moderate/severe dependency2.4022%
Single-person households23.11142%

A monthly administrative snapshot of the Social Household Registry (self-registration to access benefits), as of abril 2026. The "bracket 40" is the socioeconomic rating of the most vulnerable 40%. It is a registry, not a survey: it complements CASEN (biennial) with fresh data, but well-off comunas under-register. Source: ADIS, Ministry of Social Development and Family.

School educationSource: MINEDUC Open Data 2025

School enrollment
26.464
61 schools
Students per teacher
12,4
2.138 teachers
national median: 10,15
Average attendance
88,7%
national median: 89,8%
Priority studentsSEP
47,6%
socioeconomic vulnerability
national median: 66,8%
Where they study · by provider
Public (municipal + SLEP) 16%Private subsidized 68%Private paid 16%
Pass rate
98,5%
national median: 98,2%
Dropoutschool withdrawal
1,66%
dropout during the year
national median: 1,77%

Aggregate of all the comuna's schools (RBD → comuna). Pass/withdrawal and attendance are from the 2025 school year. SIMCE is not published as open data (managed by the Quality Agency, by request only); the available quality proxy is passing, dropout and attendance. The PAES result appears in the social section.

Municipal healthcare (primary care)Source: SINIM · MINSAL / FONASA

CESFAM
4
Clinics
0
Rural health posts
0
FONASA enrollees
105.400
69% of the population
Doctors employed
53
Health staff by contract type
Permanent staff: 640Contract staff: 188Fee contracts: 140
Primary-care medical visits · per year
75.621
236.665
20102025
Medical specialties served · 7 in the comuna (public system)
Adult PsychiatryChild PsychiatryAdult GynecologyPediatricsAdult UrologyPediatric GynecologyPediatric Urology

Specialties with services recorded at the comuna's public facilities (REM DEIS, 2024). These are services performed, not doctor headcount. Excludes the private network.

Comprehensive home visits · per year
5.002
4.903
20192025

REM-26 section A (DEIS/MINSAL): comprehensive family visits, summed across the comuna's facilities. The last year is partial while DEIS consolidates monthly reports.

Comuna's primary-care centers · FONASA 2025 enrollees (103.890 in total)
CenterTypeProvider typeEnrollees% brackets A-B
Centro de Salud Familiar San Pedro de la PazFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal32.35655%
Centro de Salud Familiar Lomas ColoradasFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal27.06848%
Centro de Salud Familiar Boca SurFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal24.08864%
Centro de Salud Familiar San Pedro de la CostaFamily Health Center (CESFAM)Municipal18.01859%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Boca Sur ViejoCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal1.56067%
Centro Comunitario de Salud Familiar Boca SurCommunity Family Health Center (CECOSF)Municipal80070%

FONASA brackets A-B ≈ lowest incomes (A: without resources). Source: FONASA, as of Dec 31, 2025, DEIS code.

Costs · 2025
Health spending accrued: $28.257.997.000 ($268.102/enrollee)MINSAL per capita: $15.726.773.000Municipal contribution: $1.032.103.000

Indigenous peoplesSource: 2024 Census (INE) · CONADI via IDE SMA

Indigenous population
12.197
8.1% of the census population (Census 2024)
Indigenous communities
1
RNAI CONADI registry · Mar 2024
PeoplePeople% of total
Mapuche11.78096.6%
Aymara1110.9%
Diaguita880.7%
Otro720.6%

2024 Census: people who consider themselves as belonging to an indigenous people (small counts are suppressed for confidentiality at the source and not shown). Communities: CONADI national registry as of March 2024 — Araucanía and Los Lagos not refreshed in that update, the count is a floor. Land grants: 2022 registry.

Community organizationSource: RPJSFL Civil Registry (Law 20.500/19.418) · as of Jun 2026

Active neighborhood councils
79
Councils per 1,000 inhabitants
0.5
density of territorial organization
Non-profit organizations
1.148
the entire active civil fabric
Committees (water, housing, progress)
419
Sports
112
For the elderly
52
Cultural
45
Social and aid
32
Foundations and corporations
17
Religious
3
Trade associations and cooperatives
1
Fire brigades
1

All the comuna's active non-profit legal entities (Law 20.500 / 19.418), classified by organization name. It portrays the civil fabric: not just neighborhood councils, also committees, sports clubs, cultural and elderly groups, foundations and fire brigades.

6 Local media · 3 Comunitaria · 3 FMSource: SUBTEL · broadcasting licences · Regional Media Survey (MSGG)

Local mediaTypedial
DFDIGITAL FMFM105.5 FM
LCLOMAS COLORADASComunitaria106.9 FM
PPRIMAVERAComunitaria107.9 FM
CCCentro Cultural Plenitud · holderComunitaria107.5 FM
COComunicaciones Oscar Rene Johansen Marchant E.I.R.L. · holderFM104.5 FM
LJLos Jovenes Construyen Desarrollo · holderFM95.7 FM

The dial (frequency) of every FM, AM and community radio with a studio in the comuna (SUBTEL, active sound broadcasting concessions). National networks appear in their headquarters' comuna, not necessarily where they broadcast. When SUBTEL records no brand name, its holder (the concession holder).

Foreign-born populationSource: 2024 Census · INE

Foreign nationals
6.771
4,5% of the census population (Census 2024)
Main origin
Venezuela
4.435 people · 65% of the foreigners
Main countries of origin
4.435 Venezuela
603 Colombia
432 Argentina
296 Perú

International immigrants per the 2024 Census (people born outside Chile living in the comuna). Nationwide they are 1,608,650 people, 8.8% of the population.

Housing and housing deficitSource: MINVU (Encampment Registry + 2024 Census deficit + subsidies) · INE

Families in informal settlements
444
8 encampments (2024 Registry)
Housing deficit
2.242
4,3% of the comuna's households
Housing permits · 2024
1.898
147.334 m² · new construction
Subsidies Integrated System · DS01
2.478
paid · 2011–2025
Subsidies Solidarity Fund · DS49
3.422
beneficiaries · 2012–2026
Subsidies Rental · DS52
525
paid · 2014–2024

Encampments: MINVU National Registry 2024 (irregular settlements and the families living in them). Quantitative deficit: homes missing per the 2024 Census (doubling-up + unrecoverable overcrowding). Permits: new homes authorized by the Works Directorate in 2024 (INE) — measures future construction, not stock. Subsidies: MINVU by application comuna — DS49 accrues beneficiaries by resolution year; DS01 and DS52 accrue payments by application cohort (national totals in the source file differ ~1–6% from the comuna sum; the comuna series is published).

What the homes are like

99.141homes · by type (2017)
House
41.332 · 80%
House
38.608 · 81.3%
Apartment
10.011 · 19.4%
Apartment
8.529 · 18%
Shack/improvised dwelling
202 · 0.4%
Shack/hut/shanty
170 · 0.4%
Other private
90 · 0.2%
Other private
89 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
88 · 0.2%
Room in old house/tenement
14 · 0%
Mobile
5 · 0%
Mobile
3 · 0%
77%owner-occupied · tenure (2002)
Owned outright
9.858 · 47.8%
Owned, being paid off
6.110 · 29.6%
Rented
3.047 · 14.8%
Free of charge
1.119 · 5.4%
Provided for work
485 · 2.4%

Housing type: 2017 Census · tenure: 2002 Census (INE).

Elderly careSource: Chile Cuida · National Assets / SENAMA

Long-stay residencesELEAM
2
Beds
158
6,1 per 1,000 over-60s

Long-stay facilities for the elderly registered in Chile Cuida. Comunas without ELEAM send their elders to other comunas. With projected ageing (see Demographic projection), this capacity defines whether one can age in one's own comuna.

ResourcesBudget, spending, municipal procurement and more

Benefits under special regimesSource: Laws/SII/BCN/MTT/Treasury · deep-research verified

Fiscal or economic treatments that apply only to this comuna or its zone, not the rest of Chile. The chip color shows who it reaches: municipality, community, residents, companies or workers.

Others
Asignación de zona 20% (DL 249)workerspreliminary data
DL 249/1974 art. 7 · DL 3.551/1980 art. 25 · Ley 19.354

Sobresueldo mensual a funcionarios públicos según aislamiento/costo de vida: 20% del sueldo base (art. 7 DL 249). A los funcionarios municipales llega vía art. 25 del DL 3.551/1980 y el monto se aumenta en 40% (Ley 19.354) — salud primaria municipal (Ley 19.378) la percibe sin ese aumento; asistentes de la educación y personal de corporaciones no la perciben (Código del Trabajo). El %/territorio usa la división de 1974: dentro de una comuna pueden regir % mayores en localidades específicas (retenes, islas, cordillera) no reflejados acá; la CGR resuelve caso a caso. Comunas sin asignación no aparecen.

20% del sueldo base (municipal: ×1,4 por Ley 19.354)· vigente (art. 7 versión 22-dic-2021, verificado 2026-07-02)Source

Budget and revenue sourcesSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Total revenue · 2025
$38.053.335.000
Own revenue
$19.310.095.000
51% of the total
Municipal Common Fund
$11.903.690.000
31% of the total
State transfers
$1.018.502.000
3% of the total
Ingreso total y desglose de ingresos propios

Total revenue · trend (2001–2025)

$4.017.053.000
$38.053.335.000
20012025

Own revenue breakdown (IPP) · 2025

46.4%
12.3%
13.8%
7.0%
20.6%
Property tax$8.956.027.000
Business licenses$2.369.425.000
Vehicle permits$2.660.342.000
Cleaning fees$1.343.243.000
Other own revenue$3.981.058.000
Special-law revenues · 2025
Mining licenses (Law 19.143): $2.576.000

Distributed by law to specific comunas; they arrive via transfers.

Revenue by sector · 2025
44.4%
23.6%
31.9%
Municipal$38.053.335.000
Education$20.230.490.000
Health$27.344.606.000
Municipal Common Fund balance · 2025
Net recipient: it receives $7.265.162.000 more than it contributes.
Evolución por fuente de ingreso

Permanent own revenue (IPP) · trend

$1.765.546.000
$19.310.095.000
20012025

FCM received · trend

$1.243.959.000
$11.903.690.000
20012025

State transfers · trend

$196.352.000
$1.018.502.000
20012025

Municipal spending and budget executionSource: SINIM · SUBDERE

Current budget · 2025
$41.080.600.000
Accrued spending · 2025
$38.399.177.000
Execution rate
93.5%
Unexecuted: $2.681.423.000
Medium execution: it executed 93.5%. Left unspent: $2.681.423.000.

Accrued spending · trend

$3.933.345.000
$38.399.177.000
20012025

Distribution by management area · 2025

56.3%
37.8%
Internal management$21.605.061.000
Community services$14.500.498.000
Social programs$1.974.158.000
Municipal activities$183.457.000
Recreational programs$70.272.000
Cultural programs$65.731.000

What the budget is spent on · 2025

Spending lineAmount% of spending
Municipal healthcare (primary care) · comuna health-sector spending$28.257.997.00073.6%
Goods and services (operations) · supplies, contracts, maintenance$16.405.184.00042.7%
Municipal personnel · municipal wages and fees$9.594.753.00025.0%
Cleaning, garbage and landfills · waste collection and disposal$5.696.414.00014.8%
Electricity (facilities)$1.729.791.0004.5%
Transfers to health$1.032.103.0002.7%
Investment (works and projects)$1.022.804.0002.7%
Water (facilities)$658.692.0001.7%
Street lighting$370.265.0001.0%
Councillor stipends$107.813.0000.3%
Travel allowances$5.883.0000.0%
Commissions and representation$218.0000.0%

Share of total accrued spending. Lines overlap (personnel sits inside several areas), so they don't add to 100%. Source: SINIM.

Personal y dotación municipal

Spending composition · 2025

25.0%
42.7%
32.3%
Personnel (Subt. 21)$9.594.753.000
Goods and services (Subt. 22)$16.405.184.000
Others$12.399.240.000

Personnel by contract type · 2025

46.5%
19.1%
12.5%
7.6%
14.4%
Permanent staff$5.714.460.000
Contract staff$2.345.782.000
Fee contracts$1.534.511.000
Labor Code$935.623.000
Community progs.$1.771.971.000

Municipal headcount · 2023

57.2%
35.9%
6.9%
Permanent staff174
Contract staff109
Fee contracts21
Total: 304 staffFee contracts: 6.9% of the headcountWomen: 51.2%Professionalization: 51.2%
Cost/staffer permanent: $28.523.833/yearCost/staffer contract: $23.874.339/yearCost/staffer fees: $48.198.048/year

Municipal staff by contract status (SINIM, 2023). Cost per staffer = annual spending of the type ÷ same-year headcount.

Inversión, servicios básicos y obras

Investment and authorities' expenses · 2025

Municipal investment: $1.022.804.000 (2.7% of spending)Councillor stipends: $107.813.000Travel allowances: $5.883.000Commissions and representation: $218.000

Basic and general services · 2025

Garbage and landfills: $5.696.414.000Street lighting: $370.265.000Electricity: $1.729.791.000Water: $658.692.000

Final works approvals (DOM) · per year

80
66
20012025

Building permits issued · per year

506
89
20122025

What it buys · Mercado PúblicoSource: ChileCompra · open data

Open profile in Monitor Mercado Público
Historic amount
$166.919.559.441
Purchase orders
56.770

Purchase-order amount · trend

$674.696.892
$8.431.378.979
20072026
Top suppliersAmountPOs
Constructora Garcia Gross y Cia. Ltda.$13.228.188.8893
Tecnologías de la Información Exceed$4.271.137.2553
Nucleo Paisajismo S a$3.400.773.3531
Leonardo Eugenio Galaz Opitz$3.352.139.4157
Constructora a y M Limitada$3.043.059.8124
K. y P. Servicios Limitada$3.010.795.2005
Sociedad Constructora B y F Ltda.$2.868.699.58731
Enel Distribucion Chile S.A.$2.768.971.2002

Purchase mechanism · 2026

Tender $7.292.745.43386%
Agile Purchase $539.203.8716%
Framework Agreement $473.079.1686%
Direct award discretionary$126.350.5051%

Companies and economic activitySource: SII · company statistics and roster (domicile/HQ)

Registered companies
9.246
domiciled in the comuna
Dependent workers
41.705

Pyramid by sales bracket

59.6%
14.9%
23.1%
Micro (≤2,400 UF)5.510 companies
Small (≤25k UF)1.376 companies
Medium (≤100k UF)171 companies
Large (>100k UF)53 companies
No sales/no info2.136 companies

Largest companies domiciled in the comuna

CompanyLine of businessSales bracketWorkers
Constructora Manzano y Asociados LimitadaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 4 (>1M UF)1.076
Difor Chile Sociedad AnonimaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 4 (>1M UF)884
Foraction Chili SpAINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)681
Papelera dos S.A.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 4 (>1M UF)227
Cecor S.A.COMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 4 (>1M UF)153
Comercial Yolanda LimitadaCOMERCIO AL POR MAYOR Y AL POR MENOR; REPARACLarge 3580
Blocks And Cutstock S aINDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 3249
Ingenieria Maestranza y Montajes Hector Vega Zuniga Ltda.INDUSTRIA MANUFACTURERALarge 2846
Empresa de Servicios Himce LimitadaSUMINISTRO DE AGUA; EVACUACION DE AGUAS RESIDLarge 2819
Consorcio Constructor Esperanza y CompañiaCONSTRUCCIONLarge 2672

SII roster of legal entities (public). Due to tax secrecy sales come in brackets, never amounts. The comuna is that of the domicile/HQ: operations may be elsewhere.

Investment in SEIA projects

Under review
3
US$ 43 M declared
Approved last 5 years
7
US$ 180 M declared
Construction jobsunder review
120
+ 17 in operations
Construction jobsapproved 5 yrs
827
peak labor
ProjectOwnerStatusInvestment (US$M)Constr. jobs
MODIFICACIÓN RCA N°141_LOTES 1 Y 2DIAInmobiliaria el Olmo S.A.Approved78,747100
Modificación Proyecto Viviendas del Plan de Emergencia Habitacional D.DIAConstructora Manzano y Asociados LiUnder Review39,539120
Proyecto Inmobiliario Los Acacios y Canelillos de San PedroDIAInmobiliaria San Pedro SpAApproved39200
Plaza del Mar IIDIAConstructora José Miguel García y CApproved26,661120
AMPLIACIÓN DEL CONJUNTO HABITACIONAL SAN PEDRODIAInmobiliaria Socovesa Sur S.A.Approved13160
Viento NorteDIAInmobiliaria Costa Norte SpAApproved1380
Proyecto Pintor Pedro LunaDIAConavicoopApproved9,5167
Sistema de Producción de Agua Potable, Recinto Los PionerosDIAAguas San Pedro S.A.Under Review1,5
Sistema de Producción de Agua Potable, Recinto RosarioDIAAguas San Pedro S.A.Under Review1,5
Extracción de Áridos desde el Río Biobío en San Pedro de la PazDIAIngenieria, Maquinarias y ConstruccApproved0,051

Investment DECLARED by the owner upon entering SEIA (not necessarily materialized; the RCA expires after 5 years without works). Multi-comuna projects: prorated investment, jobs counted in full. Jobs = declared peak labor (source PRISMA/SOFOFA). Source: e-SEIA + PRISMA.

TerritoryClimate, biodiversity, national heritage, SEIA-approved projects and more

Roads and motorwaysSource: OpenStreetMap · 2026 snapshot

Kilometres of trunk road
44 km
Motorways and trunk roads crossing the comuna

Road infrastructure of the MOP and concession holders, not the municipality: it measures how much highway crosses the territory, not municipal management. Only comunas with roads of this category are counted.

Environment and air qualitySource: MMA · SINCA + PPDA + RETC

No air monitoring station (SINCA) in the comuna.

1monitoring stations· measures MP10; SO2· station: MASISA Mapal
vigenteleña residencialMP2,5
PPDA Concepción Metropolitano
DS 6/2018 · published 2019 · see plan

Zone with decontamination plan Plan Concepcion Metropolitano · critical pollutant MP2.5

Air emissions from industrial sources · tons/year (RETC 2020)
14 t SO₂
0 t MP10
0 t MP2,5
0 t Material particulado

Air quality observed at MMA's SINCA stations within the comuna (2020); when there are several, the worst is shown. The scale compares the annual average with the WHO 2021 guideline (PM2.5 = 5 · PM10 = 15 µg/m³, international health reference) and the Chilean annual primary standard (PM2.5 = 20 · PM10 = 50 µg/m³): green within the WHO guideline, amber between guideline and standard, red above the national standard. "Days above standard" use the 24-h daily standard (PM2.5 = 50 · PM10 = 150 µg/m³). RETC emissions = declared point sources (industry/energy), excludes diffuse sources like residential firewood.

Biodiversity and protected areasSource: SNASPE · SEIA baselines

Species of flora, fauna and funga documented in the baselines of the projects evaluated by SEIA in the comuna — what their environmental studies recorded in the territory. Conservation status (RCE/IUCN) and Chilean endemism are flagged.

120
Species
57
Flora
59
Fauna
4
Funga
37
In conservation status
24
Endemic to Chile
Species in conservation category
Carmelita de concepciónPercilia irwiniENBelloto del surBeilschmiedia berteroanaENPocha de los lagosCheirodon galusdaeVUBelloto del norte, belloto (genérico)Beilschmiedia miersiiVURuilNothofagus alessandriiENQueuleGomortega keuleENPitaoPitavia punctataENPatagua, patahuaCrinodendron pataguaVURana chilenaCalyptocephalella gayiVUPejerrey chilenoBasilichthys australisVULagartija de schröederLiolaemus schroederiVUTolloDiplomystes nahuelbutaensisENBagre grandeNematogenys inermisENBagrecitoTrichomycterus chiltoniENPancoraAegla concepcionensisENPeladillaAplochiton zebraENCarmelitaPercilia gillissiENDelfín chilenoCephalorhynchus eutropiaVUAraucaria, pehuén, piñonero, pino piñonero, pino chileno, pino araucaria, pewen, guiliuAraucaria araucanaENPuyeGalaxias maculatusVUPingüino de humboldt, pingüino, pájaro niño, patranka, humboldt penguin (inglés), peruvian penguin (inglés)Spheniscus humboldtiENBagrecitoTrichomycterus areolatusVUGaviota garumaLeucophaeus modestusVUZarapito de pico recto, aguja café, becasina de mar, hudsonian godwit (inglés)Limosa haemasticaVULamprea de bolsaGeotria australisVULinguePersea lingueVUZorro colorado, zorro culpeo, zorro coloradode tierra del fuego, zorro culpeo de tierra del fuegoLycalopex culpaeusVUMenta de árbolClinopodium multiflorumNTSapito de cuatro ojosPleurodema thaulNTRana de ceja, ranita de antifazBatrachyla taeniataNTPerca truchaPercichthys truchaNTPelícano peruano, pelícano de humboldtPelecanus thagusNTLilePhalacrocorax gaimardiNTChorlo de collarCharadrius collarisNTConcón, kongkong, lechuza batarazStrix rufipesNTPalmilla, quilquil, arriquilquilBlechnum hastatumNTCuervo de pantanoPlegadis chihiNT

CR critically endangered · EN endangered · VU vulnerable · NT near threatened (Species Classification Regulation / IUCN). ★ endemic to Chile. Extracted from SEIA studies by kingdom; presence reflects what baselines characterized, not a census.

10 Wetlands · 10 urban · 2.664 haSource: National Wetlands Inventory · SIMBIO (MMA)

CodeWetlandHectares
HUR-08-78Ríos Biobío- Laja y Trib.urban2.156 /25.795
HUR-08-36Laguna Grande de San Pedrourban160
HUR-08-34Los Batrosurban160
HUR_08-33Playa Costa Sururban80
HUR-08-35Laguna Chica de San Pedrourban77
HUR_08Laguna La Posada 2urban31 /60
HUR-08-45San Pedro N 7urban0
HUR-08-43San Pedro N°5urban0
HUR-08-44San Pedro N°6urban0
HUR-08-46San Pedro N 8urban0

Area = hectares of wetland within the comuna boundary (apportioned using the DPA table of each record). For wetlands shared between comunas, "portion / total" is shown. "Urban" = urban wetland (HUR code). Official source migrated to the SBAP (Law 21,600).

Large projects approved by SEIASource: SEIA · approved projects

Projects with an environmental permit (RCA) approved by SEIA and declared investment above US$ 10 million, located in the comuna according to the case file and grouped by sector. Every sector with at least one project is listed: this is not a ranking or a selection. 25 projects totaling US$ 830 million, approved between 2006 and 2024. When a project spans several comunas, its investment is split among them.

Real estate16 projects · US$ 494 M · 2008–2024
Inmobiliaria el Olmo S.A.MODIFICACIÓN RCA N°141_LOTES 1 Y 2 · Conjunto Habitacional Costa San Francisco
Transport Infrastructure2 projects · US$ 148 M · 2014–2020
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del EstadoCONSTRUCCIÓN NUEVO PUENTE FERROVIARIO BIOBÍO · Extensión Biotren a Coronel - Vías Férreas Electrificadas y Señalizadas, Comunicaciones, Paraderos y Obras Anexas
Hydraulic Infrastructure1 project · US$ 90 M · 2018
Sociedad Concesionaria Puente Industrial S.A.CONCESIÓN VIAL PUENTE INDUSTRIAL
Energy3 projects · US$ 83 M · 2006–2020
Bo Paper Bio Bío S.A.PLANTA DE COGENERACIÓN CON BIOMASA EN NORSKE SKOG BIO BIO · Nueva Subestación Seccionadora Guindo 220/66 kV
Miscellaneous industrial facilities1 project · US$ 15 M · 2008
Masisa S.A.Aumento de Capacidad Instalada de Melaminización de Tableros en Planta Mapal melaminización de tableros enMapal (e-seia)
Others2 projects · US$ 0 M · 2015–2017
Transportes Bello e Hijos Ltda.TRANSPORTES DE SUSTANCIAS PELIGROSAS REGIONES XV, I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, RM, TRANSPORTES BELLO E HIJOS LTDA. · Ampliación Transporte Terrestre de Sustancias Químicas

Approved is not the same as built or operating: the RCA authorises the project, but some were never carried out and others have since closed.

Source: projects with an RCA approved by SEIA (investment declared by the developer, split among the comunas the project spans). Under each sector are its two largest projects by investment. It is the best public proxy for large industrial sites; SERNAGEOMIN’s registry of active mining operations (by mineral and type of operation) is a layer not yet incorporated.

Basic utilitiesSource: SISS · CNE · MINEDUC

Distribuidora eléctrica
CGE
Empresa sanitaria (agua y alcantarillado)
ESSBIO · also Aguas San Pedro
Higher education
3 campuses in the comuna

Almost no comuna has its own utility: it is served by a major regional concession holder. Water = urban operational territory (SISS; rural goes via APR); electric = concession distributor per the tariff decree (CNE); higher education = university, IP and CFT campuses (MINEDUC/SIES), with the nearest comuna when there are none.

Environmental conflictsSource: SNIFA · SMA + Environmental Search · Environmental Courts

Final SMA sanctions

Final sanctions
5
Sanctioned entities
5
companies, individuals and institutions
Total fines
36 UTA
5 with fines
Sanctioned entityAuditable unitCategoryFine (UTA)
Newin Deportes y Recreacion SpATODO ES CANCHAAmenities15
Ebco S.A.EDIFICIO NAHUELHousing and Real Estate10
Living Acalis SpARESIDENCIA ADULTO MAYOR MONTAHUEAmenities7
Inmobiliaria e Inversiones Maria de las Mercedes SpAEDIFICIO MICHIMALONCOHousing and Real Estate2
Gastronomia Baquedano SpALOMO ALEMÁN SPPAmenities1

Environmental sanctions final from the SMA (no pending appeals) whose auditable unit sits in the comuna: companies, individuals and institutions (including the municipality). Fine in UTA (Annual Tax Unit). Source: Public Sanctions Registry, SNIFA.

Appeals before the Environmental Courts

Appeals
2
on projects in the comuna
Upheld
1
the court sided with the claimant
Case no.Parties / projectSubjectDecision
3.501 - 2024
3TA
Javier Guerrero Pellerano y otros con Comité de Ministros
Concesión Vial Puente Industrial
Environmental assessment – Citizen participationRejects
R-8-2021
3TA
Inmobiliaria el Bosque S.A con Dirección Ejecutiva del Servicio de Evaluación Ambiental
Brisas II
Environmental AssessmentUpheld

Appeals resolved by the Environmental Courts (Law 20.600) on the comuna's projects or facilities, geolocated by the associated project (SEIA) or sanctioned facility (SMA). Partial coverage: Supreme Court appeals and cases without a locatable act are excluded. Source: 1st Environmental Court's Environmental Search.

Green areasSource: SINIM · SUBDERE (2025)

Green space per capita
9 m²
90% of the CNDU standard
standard 10 m²

Municipally maintained green area per inhabitant (SINIM). The National Urban Development Council recommends a minimum of 10 m²/inhab (WHO, ~9). Self-reported by municipalities, with quality varying across comunas.

National heritageSource: National Monuments Council (Feb 2026)

National monuments
2
Nature sanctuaries
2

Monuments declared by decree (official CMN roster). Excludes archaeological and public monuments. Declaration entails legal protection and intervention restrictions.

Territorial burdensSource: SUBDERE (waste, Jun 2023) · Gendarmería (Jun 2025) · SISS (WWTP)

Infrastructure this comuna carries — often serving others.

FacilityTypeDetail
ES - SAN PEDROPTAS · emisario submarinoESSBIO S.A. · discharges into mar
Where this comuna's waste goes
Relleno Sanitario Cemarc (Penco) · 55.139 t/year

Official registries: they exclude illegal dumps and rural WWTPs (no consolidated public registry).

Forest firesSource: CONAF · Occurrence and damage statistics (2023-2024)

Wildfires · 2023-2024
42
Area affected
21 ha
mostly grassland
Cumulative last 5 seasons
232 ha
includes the 2022-2023 mega-season

Occurrence and area affected by wildfires (CONAF). The 5-season cumulative gives a fairer picture than a single year: fire is episodic and big catastrophes concentrate in few seasons. The area is comuna-wide, not just urban.

Winter riskSource: SENAPRED · winter critical points 2026 (via FAU U. de Chile)

Critical points registered
203
At high or very high risk
98
25 very high
Main threat
Anegamiento de caminos/pasos…
Anegamiento de caminos/pasos a desnivel

Points in the comuna where SENAPRED identifies winter-rain risk (channel overflows, flooding, collector collapse, landslides, mudflows, snow), with risk level and the agency responsible for the fix.

Climate and climate changeSource: ARClim · MMA + CR2/UC (CMIP6 modeling)

Mean annual temperature
12,83°C
2035-2065 projection: +1,03°C
Annual precipitation
1.212 mm
projection: -1%
Hot days>30°C
0
projection: +2 days
Frost days
1

Modeled climatology (CMIP6 downscaling ~5 km): present ≈ 1980-2010, projection ≈ 2035-2065 middle scenario. Not recent weather observation.

SafetyCrime, road crashes and municipal security infrastructure

Crimes (police cases)Source: CEAD · Ministry of Public Security

Police cases · 2025
6.072
all crimes
Rate per 100,000 inhab.
3.955
Police cases · trend
5.981
6.072
20102025
By crime type · 2025
CrimeCasesRate/100k
Domestic violence1.119729
Threats1.024667
Property damage701457
Larceny486317
Minor injuries339221
Burglary of an inhabited place296193
Alcohol and drug use in public spaces269175
Burglary of an uninhabited place262171
Robbery with violence or intimidation225147
Weapons-related crimes172112
Theft of items from vehicles158103
Motor vehicle theft14595

Showing the 12 crimes with most cases of 29.

Police cases (reports + arrests) recorded by Carabineros and PDI. Not victimization (ENUSC measures the real figure, higher due to underreporting). The rate uses INE 2024 population. Source: CEAD, Ministry of Public Security.

What the municipality does

Municipal security infrastructure and staff declared to SINIM (since 2016). Excludes Carabineros and PDI, which are national.

Surveillance cameras
75
Guards and inspectors
10
1 per 15.352 hab
Patrol fleet
14
cars, pickups, motorcycles, bikes
Patrol fleet by type
Cars: 10Pickups: 4
Surveillance cameras · trend
60
75
20202025

Road crashesSource: CONASET · Data Observatory (2024)

Crashes · 2024
531
Deaths
6
3,9 per 100,000 inhab.
Injured
306
58 serious
Pedestrian collisions
52
4 pedestrians killed

Crashes georeferenced by CONASET (urban + highway) during 2024. The only per-comuna source; covers ~70% of the country's deaths (non-geolocatable ones are excluded), so it slightly underestimates the total. Pedestrian collision is the leading cause of pedestrian death.