List of Puerto Rican companies
Encyclopedia
This is a list of notable companies
of Puerto Rico
.
Caribex WorldWide a Total Transportation and Logistic company
Corporation
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of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
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Agriculture, livestock, and food processing
- Café RicoCafé RicoCafé Rico is a Puerto Rican corporation that manufactures coffee branded by the same name. The company's headquarters are located in Barrio San Antón in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Las Americas Avenue/Route 163 and Calle Comercio/Route 133...
(coffee producer) - Café YauconoCafé RicoCafé Rico is a Puerto Rican corporation that manufactures coffee branded by the same name. The company's headquarters are located in Barrio San Antón in the city of Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Las Americas Avenue/Route 163 and Calle Comercio/Route 133...
(coffee producer)
Air travel
- Air CulebraAir CulebraCulebra Air Services, established in 1998 as Air Culebra, is a small Puerto Rican airline company that flies out of the island of Culebra, in Puerto Rico, and the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport, in San Juan.-Destinations:...
(airline) - Fina AirFina AirFina Air was an airline based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It operated charter flights to the Dominican Republic from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Rafael Hernández Airport in Aguadilla and Eugenio María de Hostos Airport in Mayagüez. The airline has now ceased...
(airline) - M&N AviationM&N AviationM&N Aviation is a Puerto Rican Air Charter airline located at the Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan. The airline was founded in 1993.-Fleet details:*1 - Beechcraft 1900*1 - Cessna CitationJet 525A*1 - Cessna CitationJet CJ3...
(airline) - PrinairPrinairPrinair was a Puerto Rican airline. It was Puerto Rico's domestic and international flag carrier airline for almost two decades.- History :Services began in 1966, under the name Aerolíneas de Ponce , with Aero Commanders...
(airline) - Roblex AviationRoblex AviationRoblex Aviation is a cargo airline based in Puerto Rico. This airline started flying in 1997 throughout the Caribbean and surrounding areas. The airline has two bases in Puerto Rico, one at San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and another at the former Air Force base in Aguadilla,...
(airline) - Tol AirTol AirTol Air was a charter and cargo airline based at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was established in 1981 and started operations on 16 May 1983. It operated daily cargo charter flights from Puerto Rico to 10 destinations in the Caribbean...
(cargo airline) - Vieques Air LinkVieques Air LinkVieques Air Link is a small Puerto Rican airline company that links Vieques with Culebra and mainland Puerto Rico.- History :Operations began on 1965, with owner Osvaldo "Val" Gonzalez-Duriex piloting a plane with three passengers from Vieques to Humacao...
(airline)
Construction
- Industrias VassalloIndustrias VassalloIndustrias Vassallo, Inc. is a worldwide leader in the production of PVC injection moulded and extruded goods, and manufacturer and distributor of PVC pipes and accessories, related plastics products, and resin furniture. The company is located in Barrio Coto Laurel in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In...
(PVC manufacturer) - Ponce CementCemexCEMEX is the world's largest building materials supplier and third largest cement producer. Founded in Mexico in 1906, the company is based in Monterrey, Mexico...
(cement manufacturer) - Puerto Rico Iron WorksPuerto Rico Iron WorksPuerto Rico Iron Works is a heavy industry iron foundry located in barrio La Playa in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1918...
(iron foundry) - Empresas Masso (building supplies)
Financial institutions
- Banco Popular De Puerto Rico (BPPR)
- Doral Financial CorporationDoral Financial CorporationThe Doral Financial Corporation is the holding company of Doral Bank.-Background:Doral Bank is a $10 billion-asset financial institution with 40 branches strategically located throughout Puerto Rico...
- First BanCorpFirst BanCorpFirst BanCorp is a publicly owned financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.-History:FirstBank was the first Savings & Loan institution established in Puerto Rico with a capital of $200,000 in 1948...
- Oriental Financial Group, Inc.Oriental Financial Group, Inc.Oriental Financial Group, Inc. , more commonly known as Oriental Financial or Oriental Bank, is a financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico which offers a range of financial services in Puerto Rico and the state of Florida through its four wholly owned subsidiaries: Oriental Bank...
- RG Financial Corporation(defunct)
- Westernbank (defunct)
- EurobankEurobankEuroBancshares, Inc. was a financial holding company located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On April 30, 2010, the bank failed and its deposits and assets were seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
(defunct) - Banco de PonceBanco de PonceBanco de Ponce was one the largest banks in Puerto Rico. In 1990 it merged with Banco Popular creating Puerto Rico's largest bank. At this time, Banco Popular's holding company changed its name to BanPonce Corporation. Banco de Ponce had established an agency in New York that it had converted to a...
(defunct)
Publishing and printing
- Casiano CommunicationsCasiano CommunicationsCasiano Communications is a private Puerto Rico-based company mostly known for its publishing of various periodicals and magazines which are distributed in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, the continental United States and in 20 other countries...
(business weekly Caribbean Business, magazines, business guides) - ClaridadClaridadClaridad is a Spanish-language weekly newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was first published in June, 1959. Claridad served as the official publication of the Pro-Independence Movement and later the Puerto Rican Socialist Party. The paper has been praised for its strong political and...
(newspaper) - El Nuevo DiaEl Nuevo DíaEl Nuevo Día is a Puerto Rican newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States.- History :...
(newspaper) - Primera HoraPrimera HoraPrimera Hora is a newspaper based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico and distributed daily throughout the island.The newspaper is characterized by its light format and easy reading. Its tagline is "Easy to read".- History :...
(newspaper) - The San Juan StarThe San Juan StarThe now-defunct The San Juan Star was an English-language, Pulitzer Prize winning newspaper based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The newspaper was published by Star Media Network, a subdivision of San Juan Star, Inc., which once owned San Juan City Magazine, El Mayagüez Star, and El Ponce Star.The...
(newspaper, now defunct) - El VoceroEl VoceroEl Vocero is a Puerto Rican newspaper that is published in San Juan.Published since 1974, El Vocero was at first the third of the four largest Puerto Rico newspapers, trailing El Mundo and El Nuevo Día and leading The San Juan Star in sales...
(newspaper) - VeaVeaVea is a Puerto Rican gossip magazine that has been published weekly since 1968.As a periodical that reports on the lives and activities of many of the island's entertainment, sports, and political personalities, the magazine is no stranger to controversy...
(magazine)
Retail
- TABOOTabooA taboo is a strong social prohibition relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and or forbidden based on moral judgment, religious beliefs and or scientific consensus. Breaking the taboo is usually considered objectionable or abhorrent by society...
(adult toy store) - Condom WorldCondom WorldCondom World is a chain of stores in Puerto Rico that is dedicated to the sales of condoms, oils, Adult movies and other types of sex related products.Started in the late 1992, Condom World has caused some controversy around Puerto Rico...
(chain of sex and lifestyles stores) - Tiendas KressTiendas KressTiendas Kress is a Puerto Rican chain of stores dedicated in particular to the sales of women's clothes. Tiendas Kress has about 50 stores countrywide in Puerto Rico. Tiendas Kress is a derivate of S. H...
(store chain) - Tiendas TopekaTopeka (store)Tiendas Topeka is a large Puerto Rican retail department store chain.Topeka as a store chain began in the late 1950s, competing with such other stores as Woolworth's, Pitusa and La New York Department Stores....
(store chain) - Rainbow ShopsRainbow ShopsRainbow Shops or Rainbow is a moderately-pricedAmerican retail apparel company comprising several lifestylebrands primarily targeting teens, young women, plus size women,and children. Rainbow is also very popular among college students...
(Clothing store chain) - 579579Year 579 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 579 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Frithuwald succeeds his brother Theodric as...
(Clothing store chain) - Farmacias El AmalFarmacias El AmalFarmacias El Amal, is regional pharmacy chain operating throughout Puerto Rico. It operates more than 40 pharmacies across Puerto Rico. The chain is privately held and was founded in 1973....
(Drug Store Chain, now defunct) - Almacenes Pitusa
Supermarkets
- Pueblo SupermarketsPueblo Supermarkets-History:The brainchild of brothers Harold Toppel and George Toppel, Pueblo began as a single store operation on Roosevelt Avenue in the Puerto Nuevo section of San Juan, Puerto Rico...
(food retailer) - Ralph's (food retailer)
- AmigoAmigo SupermarketsAmigo Supermarkets is a chain of supermarkets located in Puerto Rico owned by Walmart.-Beginnings:Supermercados Amigo was opened by Jose Marti Fuentes. During the company's formative years, it operated small supermarkets across the island; these would be located at small strip malls...
(food retailer)
Television
- Super Siete (television channel)
- Telemundo Puerto RicoTelemundo Puerto RicoThe name Telemundo Puerto Rico may represent:* WKAQ-TV, a Telemundo station in San Juan, Puerto Rico* Telemundo Puerto Rico , a former Spanish-language cable network...
(television channel) - Univision Puerto Rico WLIIWLIIWLII-DT is a full-power television station licensed to Caguas, Puerto Rico. Transmitting its analog signal on channel 11 and digital signal on channel 56, the station is owned and operated by Univision and is branded as Univision Puerto Rico...
(television channel) - WAPA-TVWAPA-TVWAPA-TV is an independent television station located in San Juan, Puerto Rico transmitting over digital channel 27, virtual channel 4. The station is owned by InterMedia Partners and is branded as WAPA Television....
(television channel)
Wholesale, distribution, and logistics
- V. Suarez & Co.V. Suarez & Co.V. Suárez Group is one of Puerto Rico's largest commercial groups with revenues in excess of $500M. Founded in 1943 the organization has grown and diversified.-Subsidiaries:Today V. Suárez Group is diversified into three distinct businesses:* V...
(food distributor) - Cesar Castillo, Inc. (Pharmaceutical distributor, 3PL)
Caribex WorldWide a Total Transportation and Logistic company
- Destileria Serralles (spirits manufacturer)
- Cerveceria India (beer and malta manufacturer)
- National Ballet Theater of Puerto RicoNational Ballet Theater of Puerto RicoThe National Ballet Theater of Puerto Rico is one of the leading ballet companies in Puerto Rico.It was formed by former members of Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico after the company was paralyzed by a dancers' strike in 2004...
(Balleteatro Nacional de Puerto Rico), (ballet companyBallet companyA ballet company is a group of dancers who perform ballet, plus managerial and support staff. Most major ballet companies employ dancers on a year-round basis, except in the United States, where contracts for part of the year are the norm...
) - Promotores LatinosPromotores LatinosPromotores Latinos Known now as "ProLat Entertainment" is one of Puerto Rico's top talent agencies, show producers and entertainment representants....
(show business company)