Hospitality and food companies in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

There are 25,712 companies in accommodation and food service activities (ISIC I) registered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: 25,712 active and 25,708 in the clean B2B universe. Rio Grande do Sul ranks 6th of 27 states for the section and holds 6.0% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 3.6% of Rio Grande do Sul's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 0.90).

Porto Alegre concentrates 21.8% of the active companies, followed by Caxias do Sul (1,507) and Canoas (944); the three together hold 31.3%. The median active company is 6.0 years old; 11% were registered in the last year and 31% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 2,439 new hospitality and food businesses were registered in Rio Grande do Sul, +5.0% on the previous 12 months (national section I: +13.8%). By ISIC division, 56 (food and beverage service activities) is 89.9% of the records and 55 (accommodation) 10.1%. Size is known for 91% of the active companies; 81% 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.