fifty percent of economical active population is dedicated to commerce and is service-oriented. since the 1990s, have been increasing the number of small and medium companies, as a result, of the economical crisis and in order to survive the index of unemployment. is important to notice that the laboral force of the small managements which impulse other activities as tourism and handicrafts industry. moreover, huaraz have ever been the center of business, commerce, and finances in the callejón de huaylas and the andean part of ancash, as if the city is the main supplier industry of farming products in the region.