Hospitality and food companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro has 41,539 hospitality and food company records in ISIC section I (accommodation and food service activities), 41,539 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 9.6% of the section in Brazil and makes Rio de Janeiro the 3rd largest of 27 states for hospitality and food. The sector is over-represented here: section I is 5.1% of all records in Rio de Janeiro against 4.0% nationally, a location quotient of 1.28.

The city of Rio de Janeiro concentrates 49.6% of the active companies, followed by Niteroi (2,215) and Duque de Caxias (1,221); the three together hold 57.8%. The median active company is 6.0 years old; 11% were registered in the last year and 30% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 4,075 new hospitality and food businesses were registered in Rio de Janeiro, +7.6% on the previous 12 months (national section I: +13.8%). By ISIC division, 56 (food and beverage service activities) is 89.6% of the records and 55 (accommodation) 10.4%. Size is known for 88% of the active companies; 79% 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.