Construction companies in Bahia, Brazil

Bahia has 24,634 construction company records in ISIC section F (construction), 24,634 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 3.9% of the section in Brazil and makes Bahia the 8th largest of 27 states for construction. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 5.1% of Bahia's records against 5.8% nationally (location quotient 0.88).

Salvador concentrates 26.6% of the active companies, followed by Feira de Santana (1,802) and Lauro de Freitas (1,550); the three together hold 40.2%. The median active company is 6.1 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 28% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 2,191 new construction businesses were registered in Bahia, +3.7% on the previous 12 months (national section F: +7.4%). By ISIC division, 41 (construction of buildings) is 55.3% of the records and 43 (specialized construction activities) 33.4%. Size is known for 74% of the active companies; 83% of those are micro.

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.