Business services companies in Bahia, Brazil

There are 37,897 companies in administrative and support service activities (ISIC N) registered in Bahia, Brazil: 37,897 active and 37,895 in the clean B2B universe. Bahia ranks 8th of 27 states for the section and holds 3.3% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). The sector is under-represented here: 7.9% of Bahia's records against 10.7% nationally (location quotient 0.73).

Salvador concentrates 38.5% of the active companies, followed by Feira de Santana (2,488) and Lauro de Freitas (2,272); the three together hold 51.1%. The median active company is 8.8 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 26% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 3,485 new business services businesses were registered in Bahia, +7.0% on the previous 12 months (national section N: +16.6%). By ISIC division, 82 (office administrative, office support and other business support activities) is 39.9% of the records and 81 (services to buildings and landscape activities) 32.9%. Size is known for 64% of the active companies; 88% of those are micro.

Staffing agencies, security firms, cleaning and facilities companies, travel agencies, call centres and the catch-all 'other business support' class. It is a labour-heavy section: HR tech, EOR and payroll, workforce management and fleet vendors use it. Division 82 (business support n.e.c.) is where many outsourcing and BPO companies register.