Business services companies in São Paulo, Brazil

There are 394,438 companies in administrative and support service activities (ISIC N) registered in São Paulo, Brazil: 394,438 active and 394,408 in the clean B2B universe. São Paulo ranks 1st of 27 states for the section and holds 33.9% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). The sector is over-represented here: section N is 12.5% of all records in São Paulo against 10.7% nationally, a location quotient of 1.17.

The city of Sao Paulo concentrates 46.1% of the active companies, followed by Campinas (13,228) and Ribeirao Preto (9,050); the three together hold 51.7%. The median active company is 6.2 years old; 12% were registered in the last year and 31% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 46,780 new business services businesses were registered in São Paulo, +18.9% on the previous 12 months (national section N: +16.6%). By ISIC division, 82 (office administrative, office support and other business support activities) is 60.7% of the records and 81 (services to buildings and landscape activities) 26.2%. Size is known for 70% of the active companies; 81% 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.