Manufacturing companies in São Paulo, Brazil

There are 155,370 companies in manufacturing (ISIC C) registered in São Paulo, Brazil: 155,370 active and 155,348 in the clean B2B universe. São Paulo ranks 1st of 27 states for the section and holds 26.6% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 4.9% of São Paulo's records against 5.4% nationally (location quotient 0.92).

The city of Sao Paulo concentrates 28.1% of the active companies, followed by Guarulhos (4,426) and Campinas (3,181); the three together hold 33.0%. The median active company is 10.2 years old; 8% were registered in the last year and 21% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 11,123 new manufacturing businesses were registered in São Paulo, +11.6% on the previous 12 months (national section C: +7.7%). By ISIC division, 33 (repair and installation of machinery and equipment) is 15.5% of the records and 25 (manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment) 12.0%. Size is known for 83% of the active companies; 69% 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.