Professional services companies in Bahia, Brazil

There are 41,695 companies in professional, scientific and technical activities (ISIC M) registered in Bahia, Brazil: 41,695 active and 35,353 in the clean B2B universe. Bahia ranks 7th of 27 states for the section and holds 3.8% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). The sector is under-represented here: 8.7% of Bahia's records against 10.1% nationally (location quotient 0.86).

Salvador concentrates 37.9% of the active companies, followed by Lauro de Freitas (2,464) and Feira de Santana (2,318); the three together hold 49.3%. The median active company is 4.6 years old; 15% were registered in the last year and 37% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 4,850 new professional services businesses were registered in Bahia, +25.8% on the previous 12 months (national section M: +30.9%). By ISIC division, 69 (legal and accounting activities) is 34.2% of the records and 71 (architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis) 23.0%. Size is known for 71% of the active companies; 90% of those are micro.

Consultancies, law and accounting firms, engineering offices, agencies and design studios. Division 70 also holds 'activities of head offices', where many group holding companies register, so it overstates consultancies. Division 69 is a channel in itself: accountants file for most small companies in Brazil and Colombia. Professional-services software, payroll, legal-tech and B2B marketing vendors buy this section.