Tech companies in Santa Catarina, Brazil

There are 23,350 companies in information and communication (ISIC J) registered in Santa Catarina, Brazil: 23,350 active and 23,346 in the clean B2B universe. Santa Catarina ranks 5th of 27 states for the section and holds 5.5% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). The sector is under-represented here: 3.4% of Santa Catarina's records against 3.9% nationally (location quotient 0.86).

Florianopolis concentrates 27.8% of the active companies, followed by Joinville (2,789) and Blumenau (2,166); the three together hold 49.0%. The median active company is 4.1 years old; 18% were registered in the last year and 41% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 4,005 new tech businesses were registered in Santa Catarina, +39.3% on the previous 12 months (national section J: +40.9%). By ISIC division, 62 (computer programming, consultancy and related activities) is 64.5% of the records and 63 (information service activities) 12.9%. Size is known for 88% of the active companies; 87% 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.