Hospitality and food companies in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais has 44,968 hospitality and food company records in ISIC section I (accommodation and food service activities), 44,968 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 10.4% of the section in Brazil and makes Minas Gerais the 2nd largest of 27 states for hospitality and food. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 3.9% of Minas Gerais's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 0.99).

Belo Horizonte concentrates 21.6% of the active companies, followed by Uberlandia (2,176) and Juiz de Fora (1,746); the three together hold 30.4%. The median active company is 5.0 years old; 14% were registered in the last year and 35% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 5,368 new hospitality and food businesses were registered in Minas Gerais, +11.0% on the previous 12 months (national section I: +13.8%). By ISIC division, 56 (food and beverage service activities) is 87.5% of the records and 55 (accommodation) 12.5%. Size is known for 94% of the active companies; 86% of those are micro.

Hotels, hostels, restaurants, bars and catering companies. The section is retail-like in volume: thousands of small incorporated restaurants, especially in Brazil and Mexico. Buyers are POS and payments, delivery platforms, food distributors, booking software and hospitality supply. Hotel chains register one company per property in several countries.