Business services companies in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

The Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) lists 80,603 business services companies (staffing, security, facilities, travel and BPO) in Rio Grande do Sul, of which 80,603 are active. With 6.9% of Brazil's section N records, Rio Grande do Sul is the 5th largest of the country's 27 states for this sector (extraction 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 11.2% of Rio Grande do Sul's records against 10.7% nationally (location quotient 1.05).

Porto Alegre concentrates 32.9% of the active companies, followed by Caxias do Sul (6,660) and Novo Hamburgo (2,590); the three together hold 44.4%. The median active company is 11.2 years old; 9% were registered in the last year and 22% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 6,647 new business services businesses were registered in Rio Grande do Sul, +18.1% on the previous 12 months (national section N: +16.6%). By ISIC division, 81 (services to buildings and landscape activities) is 51.9% of the records and 82 (office administrative, office support and other business support activities) 35.7%. Size is known for 48% of the active companies; 84% 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.