Public administration companies in Brazil
ISIC section O: Public administration and defence; compulsory social security. 70,380 records from the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry), 70,380 active, data as of 2026-10-10.
Section O, public administration and defence; compulsory social security, holds 70,380 Brazilian company records as of 2026-10-10, all of them active. By state, São Paulo leads with 8,115 (12% of the section), followed by Minas Gerais (8,077) and Rio Grande do Sul (6,447). The section has a single division, 84 public administration and defence; compulsory social security, with 70,380 records. That is 0.6% of the Brazil registry in this build.
Mostly ministries, municipalities, courts, agencies and social-security bodies; the private rows that appear here are usually miscoded (Ecuador) or trade associations and are flagged by the sector column. Most B2B buyers exclude the section; govtech and public-procurement vendors are the exception. In Brazil, 100% of these rows carry an ISIC class; size is known for 0%; 33.9% have a corporate domain or HTTP-verified website; 1,610 were registered in the 12 months before the extraction. Brazilian rows are active establishments; 2,754 of them are head offices in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).
By state (top 10)
| State | Records | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 8,115 | 8,115 | 11.5% |
| Minas Gerais | 8,077 | 8,077 | 11.5% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 6,447 | 6,447 | 9.2% |
| Paraná | 5,945 | 5,945 | 8.4% |
| Bahia | 4,143 | 4,143 | 5.9% |
| Santa Catarina | 3,349 | 3,349 | 4.8% |
| Pernambuco | 3,043 | 3,043 | 4.3% |
| Goiás | 3,014 | 3,014 | 4.3% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 2,855 | 2,855 | 4.1% |
| Ceará | 2,440 | 2,440 | 3.5% |
Divisions in section O
84 public administration, defence, justice, public order, social security.
| ISIC division | Records | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 84 Public administration and defence; compulsory social security | 70,380 | 70,380 | 100.0% |
Size mix
| size_class | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| micro | 85 | 0.1% |
| small | 63 | 0.1% |
| medium | 0 | 0.0% |
| large | 0 | 0.0% |
| unknown | 70,232 | 99.8% |
Largest classes
| ISIC class (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| 8411 General public administration activities | 49,256 |
| 8412 Regulation of the activities of providing… | 10,890 |
| 8430 Compulsory social security activities | 4,095 |
| 8423 Public order and safety activities | 3,840 |
| 8422 Defence activities | 1,646 |
Largest cities
| City (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| Brasilia | 1,361 |
| Sao Paulo | 1,029 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 817 |
| Recife | 455 |
| Manaus | 307 |
Other sectors in Brazil
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