Healthcare companies in Bahia, Brazil

There are 45,443 companies in human health and social work activities (ISIC Q) registered in Bahia, Brazil: 45,443 active and 45,057 in the clean B2B universe. Bahia ranks 6th of 27 states for the section and holds 5.2% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). The sector is over-represented here: section Q is 9.4% of all records in Bahia against 8.0% nationally, a location quotient of 1.18.

Salvador concentrates 35.8% of the active companies, followed by Feira de Santana (2,789) and Vitoria da Conquista (1,974); the three together hold 46.3%. The median active company is 4.3 years old; 15% were registered in the last year and 39% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 6,657 new healthcare businesses were registered in Bahia, +11.2% on the previous 12 months (national section Q: +11.6%). By ISIC division, 86 (human health activities) is 94.6% of the records and 88 (social work activities without accommodation) 3.1%. Size is known for 86% of the active companies; 89% of those are micro.

Hospitals, clinics, laboratories, dental and medical practices, care homes and social-assistance organisations. In Brazil and Colombia a large share of division 86 is physicians incorporated as single-practitioner companies; filter by size or legal form to separate institutions from practices. Healthtech, medical supply, health-plan and revenue-cycle vendors are the buyers.