Professional services companies in Goiás, Brazil

The Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) lists 40,512 professional services companies (consultancies, law, accounting, engineering and agencies) in Goiás, of which 40,512 are active. With 3.7% of Brazil's section M records, Goiás is the 8th largest of the country's 27 states for this sector (extraction 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 9.5% of Goiás's records against 10.1% nationally (location quotient 0.94).

Goiania concentrates 47.2% of the active companies, followed by Anapolis (2,706) and Aparecida de Goiania (2,115); the three together hold 59.1%. The median active company is 4.3 years old; 16% were registered in the last year and 40% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 5,114 new professional services businesses were registered in Goiás, +22.7% on the previous 12 months (national section M: +30.9%). By ISIC division, 69 (legal and accounting activities) is 30.0% of the records and 71 (architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis) 20.1%. Size is known for 79% of the active companies; 88% 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.