Healthcare companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro has 87,099 healthcare company records in ISIC section Q (human health and social work activities), 87,099 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 10.0% of the section in Brazil and makes Rio de Janeiro the 3rd largest of 27 states for healthcare. The sector is over-represented here: section Q is 10.7% of all records in Rio de Janeiro against 8.0% nationally, a location quotient of 1.33.

The city of Rio de Janeiro concentrates 57.1% of the active companies, followed by Niteroi (11,067) and Nova Iguacu (1,871); the three together hold 71.9%. The median active company is 3.8 years old; 14% were registered in the last year and 41% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 11,766 new healthcare businesses were registered in Rio de Janeiro, -3.4% 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) 3.2%. Size is known for 71% of the active companies; 80% 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.