Hospitality and food companies in São Paulo, Brazil

There are 122,681 companies in accommodation and food service activities (ISIC I) registered in São Paulo, Brazil: 122,681 active and 122,680 in the clean B2B universe. São Paulo ranks 1st of 27 states for the section and holds 28.5% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 3.9% of São Paulo's records against 4.0% nationally (location quotient 0.98).

The city of Sao Paulo concentrates 38.8% of the active companies, followed by Campinas (3,958) and Guarulhos (3,014); the three together hold 44.5%. The median active company is 5.2 years old; 13% were registered in the last year and 34% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 14,028 new hospitality and food businesses were registered in São Paulo, +20.7% on the previous 12 months (national section I: +13.8%). By ISIC division, 56 (food and beverage service activities) is 92.7% of the records and 55 (accommodation) 7.3%. Size is known for 88% of the active companies; 80% 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.