Healthcare companies in Santa Catarina, Brazil

The Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) lists 38,558 healthcare companies (hospitals, clinics, laboratories and care providers) in Santa Catarina, of which 38,558 are active. With 4.4% of Brazil's section Q records, Santa Catarina is the 7th largest of the country's 27 states for this sector (extraction 2026-10-10). The sector is under-represented here: 5.5% of Santa Catarina's records against 8.0% nationally (location quotient 0.69).

Florianopolis concentrates 17.2% of the active companies, followed by Joinville (3,337) and Blumenau (2,132); the three together hold 31.4%. The median active company is 3.8 years old; 17% were registered in the last year and 43% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 6,229 new healthcare businesses were registered in Santa Catarina, +19.3% on the previous 12 months (national section Q: +11.6%). By ISIC division, 86 (human health activities) is 93.4% of the records and 87 (residential care activities) 3.5%. Size is known for 85% of the active companies; 86% 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.