Tech companies in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rio Grande do Sul has 23,347 tech company records in ISIC section J (information and communication), 23,347 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 5.5% of the section in Brazil and makes Rio Grande do Sul the 6th largest of 27 states for tech. The sector is under-represented here: 3.3% of Rio Grande do Sul's records against 3.9% nationally (location quotient 0.83).

Porto Alegre concentrates 44.0% of the active companies, followed by Caxias do Sul (1,270) and Novo Hamburgo (854); the three together hold 53.1%. The median active company is 4.5 years old; 20% were registered in the last year and 39% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 4,446 new tech businesses were registered in Rio Grande do Sul, +76.7% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +40.9%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 59.3% of the records and 63 (information service activities) 13.8%. Size is known for 88% of the active companies; 83% 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.