Tech companies in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais has 35,434 tech company records in ISIC section J (information and communication), 35,434 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 8.4% of the section in Brazil and makes Minas Gerais the 3rd largest of 27 states for tech. The sector is under-represented here: 3.1% of Minas Gerais's records against 3.9% nationally (location quotient 0.80).

Belo Horizonte concentrates 42.7% of the active companies, followed by Uberlandia (3,061) and Juiz de Fora (1,074); the three together hold 54.4%. The median active company is 4.1 years old; 17% were registered in the last year and 41% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 5,899 new tech businesses were registered in Minas Gerais, +28.0% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +40.9%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 61.3% of the records and 63 (information service activities) 12.6%. Size is known for 88% of the active companies; 89% of those are micro.

Division 62 is the 'tech and software' core: software houses, IT consultancies and integrators, the first accounts and the reseller channel for any SaaS or devtool entering the region. 63 adds hosting, SaaS operators and portals; 61 the ISPs and carriers; 58-60 media and publishing. Our LATAM Tech & Software package is this section's divisions 62 and 63 across all seven countries.