Healthcare companies in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul has 51,081 healthcare company records in ISIC section Q (human health and social work activities), 51,081 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 5.9% of the section in Brazil and makes Rio Grande do Sul the 5th largest of 27 states for healthcare. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 7.1% of Rio Grande do Sul's records against 8.0% nationally (location quotient 0.89).

Porto Alegre concentrates 27.7% of the active companies, followed by Caxias do Sul (2,756) and Pelotas (1,909); the three together hold 36.8%. The median active company is 4.0 years old; 16% were registered in the last year and 41% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 7,927 new healthcare businesses were registered in Rio Grande do Sul, +8.9% on the previous 12 months (national section Q: +11.6%). By ISIC division, 86 (human health activities) is 89.1% of the records and 87 (residential care activities) 5.9%. Size is known for 85% of the active companies; 82% 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.