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Companies in Federal District (Brasília), Brazil

231,294 company records from the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry), 231,294 active, data as of 2026-10-10: sectors, municipalities, size and age mix, monthly openings.

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

With 231,294 records (231,294 active) as of 2026-10-10, Federal District (Brasília) holds 2.1% of the companies in Brazil's Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) and is 12th of 27 states by count. The largest sectors are wholesale and retail (50,980), professional services (31,222), business support services (25,084). Relative to the national mix, extraterritorial bodies is the most over-represented sector (location quotient 17.26).

The median active company is 5.3 years old and 34% were registered in the last three years. 29,817 new businesses were registered in the 12 months to September 2026, +37.0% on the previous 12 months, against +20.8% for Brazil as a whole. 96.3% of the active records are in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked) and size is known for 72% of them. 12.9% of the active companies have a website or corporate domain in the file.

231,294company records

231,294active

222,686clean B2B: active, private, unmasked

12th of 27states by records

2.1%of Brazil's records

5.3 ymedian company age

29,817new in 12 months to Sep '26

+37.0%openings vs previous 12 months

Companies by sector

ISIC section	Records	Active	Share	LQ
GWholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles	50,980	50,980	22.0%	0.87
MProfessional, scientific and technical activities	31,222	31,222	13.5%	1.34
NAdministrative and support service activities	25,084	25,084	10.8%	1.01
QHuman health and social work activities	22,214	22,214	9.6%	1.20
SOther service activities	19,801	19,801	8.6%	0.98
FConstruction	15,335	15,335	6.6%	1.13
JInformation and communication	12,872	12,872	5.6%	1.43
IAccommodation and food service activities	10,786	10,786	4.7%	1.17
KFinancial and insurance activities	10,748	10,748	4.6%	1.08
PEducation	7,886	7,886	3.4%	1.16
LReal estate activities	7,008	7,008	3.0%	1.00
CManufacturing	5,984	5,984	2.6%	0.48
HTransportation and storage	4,720	4,720	2.0%	0.56
RArts, entertainment and recreation	3,413	3,413	1.5%	0.91
OPublic administration and defence; compulsory social security	1,361	1,361	0.6%	0.91
AAgriculture, forestry and fishing	801	801	0.3%	0.29
EWater supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation	349	349	0.2%	0.55
DElectricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	296	296	0.1%	0.59
UActivities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies	227	227	0.1%	17.26
BMining and quarrying	104	104	0.0%	0.19
TActivities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods and services	16	16	0.0%	1.69

LQ = location quotient: the section's share of Federal District (Brasília) divided by its share of Brazil. Above 1 = over-represented. Linked sectors have their own Federal District (Brasília) page.

New businesses per month in Federal District (Brasília)

Head offices of private, non-sole-owner companies by opening date (data de abertura), outside public administration and associations; last 24 complete months.

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Month	Openings
September 2026	2,520
August 2026	2,859
July 2026	2,922
June 2026	2,600
May 2026	2,401
April 2026	2,387
March 2026	2,997
February 2026	2,712
January 2026	2,697
December 2025	1,837
November 2025	1,720
October 2025	2,165
September 2025	1,992
August 2025	1,819
July 2025	2,089
June 2025	1,727
May 2025	2,041
April 2025	1,994
March 2025	1,849
February 2025	2,104
January 2025	2,049
December 2024	1,238
November 2024	1,390
October 2024	1,465

New businesses per month, Federal District (Brasília).

Largest municipalities

City / municipality	Active	Share
Brasilia	231,294	100.0%

Size mix

size_class	Active	Share
micro	134,494	58.1%
small	33,079	14.3%
unknown	63,721	27.5%

Brazil: 'unknown' is the registry's 'demais' band, companies above the small-business revenue ceiling or not classified.

Company age

Company age	Active	Share
under 1 year	33,965	14.7%
1–3 years	45,248	19.6%
3–5 years	32,462	14.0%
5–10 years	45,788	19.8%
10–20 years	38,974	16.9%
20 years or more	34,857	15.1%

Preview: 10 companies

Company	City	ISIC division	Size	Registered
PROMO BSB PROMOCOES E EVENTOS LTDAPROMO BSB	Brasilia	73 Advertising and market research	small	2015
CONDOMINIO RESIDENCIAL MONTBELLORESIDENCIAL MONTBELLO	Brasilia	81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	unknown	2008
CONDOMINIO DO EDIFICIO MAR ADRIATICOMAR ADRIATICO	Brasilia	81 Services to buildings and landscape activities	unknown	1990
LUCAS PHARMA LTDALUCAS PHARMA	Brasilia	47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and m…	micro	2022
OLIVEIRA SALES ADVOCACIA	Brasilia	69 Legal and accounting activities	unknown	2026
MIA - MARKETING IMOBILIARIO E ASSESSORIA LTDAJMBR	Brasilia	68 Real estate activities	micro	2018
MENDES & OLIVEIRA INVESTIMENTOS E PARTICIPACAO LTDAMENDES & OLIVEIRA INVESTIMENTOS E PARTICIPACAO	Brasilia	68 Real estate activities	unknown	2021
ABA TEC LTDAABA TEC	Brasilia	18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media	micro	2024
GESTACARE SAUDE DA MULHER LTDAGESTACARE	Brasilia	86 Human health activities	small	2022
HM PRODUCOES LTDAA LOJINHA DE FILMES	Brasilia	59 Motion picture, video and television program…	micro	2010

Ten companies in Federal District (Brasília) drawn at random (seeded) from the clean B2B universe: active, private, not sole-owner, head office. Same public fields as the free samples; no contact data.

Questions about Federal District (Brasília)

How many companies are registered in Federal District (Brasília)?

231,294 records in the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10: 231,294 active and 222,686 in the clean B2B universe (active, private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

What are the largest sectors in Federal District (Brasília)?

Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (50,980); Professional, scientific and technical activities (31,222); Administrative and support service activities (25,084).

How many new companies opened in Federal District (Brasília) in the last 12 months?

29,817 businesses in the 12 months to September 2026 (+37.0% year on year), by opening date (data de abertura), head offices of private non-sole-owner companies.

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Registry: Receita Federal do Brasil — Dados Abertos CNPJ
Data as of: 2026-10-10
Refresh: Monthly. Receita publishes a new extraction roughly every month; the whole dataset is rebuilt from scratch on each release.
Licence: Brazilian federal open data (Lei 12.527/2011; Decreto 8.777/2016)
Identifier: CNPJ
Activity: CNAE 2.0 subclasses (1,359, labelled in English) mapped to ISIC Rev.4 through IBGE/CONCLA table 4.2.2

Fonte: Receita Federal do Brasil — Dados Abertos CNPJ (arquivos.receitafederal.gov.br), extração 2026-10-10. Dados abertos federais (Lei 12.527/2011, Decreto 8.777/2016). Dados transformados por LatSouth; não é um produto oficial da Receita Federal.

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