Manufacturing companies in Paraná, Brazil

The Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) lists 57,807 manufacturing companies (factories and industrial producers) in Paraná, of which 57,807 are active. With 9.9% of Brazil's section C records, Paraná is the 4th largest of the country's 27 states for this sector (extraction 2026-10-10). The sector is over-represented here: section C is 6.5% of all records in Paraná against 5.4% nationally, a location quotient of 1.21.

Curitiba concentrates 16.0% of the active companies, followed by Maringa (3,237) and Londrina (2,794); the three together hold 26.4%. The median active company is 9.7 years old; 8% were registered in the last year and 21% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 4,045 new manufacturing businesses were registered in Paraná, +10.6% on the previous 12 months (national section C: +7.7%). By ISIC division, 10 (manufacture of food products) is 13.7% of the records and 25 (manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment) 13.2%. Size is known for 87% of the active companies; 80% of those are micro.

This is the section industrial software, ERP, IIoT, logistics, trade-finance and equipment vendors buy most. Division 10 (food) and 25 (fabricated metal products) are usually the largest; 14 (apparel) and 31 (furniture) add many small workshops; 33 (repair and installation of machinery) inflates the count with small service shops, so filter it out for a pure producer list. Size and employee fields matter here more than anywhere: use them where the registry publishes them.