Brazil · ISIC section F · divisions 41–43

Construction companies in Brazil

ISIC section F: Construction. 635,698 records from the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry), 635,698 active, data as of 2026-10-10.

Receita Federal (CNPJ registry)data as of 2026-10-10BR-open-data

Section F, construction, holds 635,698 Brazilian company records as of 2026-10-10, all of them active. By state, São Paulo leads with 164,316 (26% of the section), followed by Minas Gerais (60,850) and Paraná (58,717). The largest divisions are 41 (construction of buildings, 359,712) and 43 (specialized construction activities, 230,559); one further division completes it. That is 5.8% of the Brazil registry in this build.

One of the largest sections in every registry and the noisiest: developers register a company per project (SPE/SPV), so division 41 overstates the number of operating builders. Division 43 (specialised trades) is where the actual contractors are. Construction-tech, building-materials distributors, equipment rental and fintech lenders use this section with a size or age filter. In Brazil, 100% of these rows carry an ISIC class; size is known for 69%; 15.5% have a corporate domain or HTTP-verified website; 68,155 were registered in the 12 months before the extraction. Brazilian rows are active establishments; 547,800 of them are head offices in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

635,698company records
635,698active
635,498clean B2B: active, private, unmasked
28states with records
15.5%with corporate domain or verified website
69%with a known size class
100%with an ISIC class
68,155registered in the last 12 months

By state (top 10)

StateRecordsActiveShare
São Paulo164,316164,31625.8%
Minas Gerais60,85060,8509.6%
Paraná58,71758,7179.2%
Santa Catarina54,77154,7718.6%
Rio Grande do Sul44,30344,3037.0%
Rio de Janeiro39,42539,4256.2%
Goiás31,57931,5795.0%
Bahia24,63424,6343.9%
Ceará18,63518,6352.9%
Distrito Federal15,33515,3352.4%

Divisions in section F

41 construction of buildings, 42 civil engineering, 43 specialised construction activities (electrical, plumbing, finishing, demolition).

ISIC divisionRecordsActiveShare
41 Construction of buildings359,712359,71256.6%
43 Specialized construction activities230,559230,55936.3%
42 Civil engineering45,42745,4277.1%

Size mix

size_classRecordsShare
micro329,76251.9%
small106,74216.8%
medium00.0%
large00.0%
unknown199,19431.3%

Largest classes

ISIC class (top 5)Records
4100 Construction of buildings359,712
4390 Other specialized construction activities66,463
4321 Electrical installation53,447
4330 Building completion and finishing48,196
4322 Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning instal…28,531

Largest cities

City (top 5)Records
Sao Paulo67,580
Rio de Janeiro19,047
Curitiba17,179
Belo Horizonte15,533
Brasilia15,335

Other sectors in Brazil

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