Secondary Sector
Loreto has 6 registered manufacturing firms which constitute 4.3% of the total number of business establishments in the formal sector. Five of them are engaged in the furniture industry and one in hollow block production. They are considered micro-small enterprises.
Guano trading is also present in the municipality.
The electric provider of the majority of the household in the municipality is Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO).
Potable water is provided by 7 water refilling stations found in four barangays of Loreto: Poblacion, Sto. Nino, Sto. Tomas and Kauswagan.
Tertiary Sector
The financial institutions registered in the municipality are the Center of Agriculture and Rural Development (CARD), ASA, and PBC only, which are all located in Barangay Poblacion. In December 2018, the municipality recorded a total of 355 business establishments that caused a 45% increase in the count of the formal business sector compared to the total number (162) of registered firms in 2015. Most of the business establishments are in wholesale (161) and retail (21) trading. Gasoline stations, pharmacies, agriculture supply stores, hardware, motor parts stores, general merchandise, and variety stores are some of the businesses present in the municipality.
The service establishments are mostly engaged in agricultural activities such as corn/rice mills and transport. Other businesses include eateries, lodging houses, beauty parlors, computer shops, and videoke bars.
Tourism in the municipality is not well recorded and tourist sites/attractions are not yet developed or are loosely managed. Panlabuhan Floating Village, Simbahan Cave in Waloe, and the lakes in Agusan Marsh that are part of Loreto are some of the probable high yielding tourist destinations.
Reference: Loreto, Agusan del Sur MPDO, CBMS 2018