Brazil · ISIC section H · divisions 49–53

Transport and logistics companies in Brazil

ISIC section H: Transportation and storage. 395,367 records from the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry), 395,367 active, data as of 2026-10-10.

Receita Federal (CNPJ registry)data as of 2026-10-10BR-open-data

Section H, transportation and storage, holds 395,367 Brazilian company records as of 2026-10-10, all of them active. By state, São Paulo leads with 103,556 (26% of the section), followed by Minas Gerais (44,509) and Paraná (41,759). The largest divisions are 49 (land transport and transport via pipelines, 288,869) and 52 (warehousing and support activities for transportation, 77,446); 3 further divisions complete it. That is 3.6% of the Brazil registry in this build.

Road freight carriers dominate division 49 and are the long tail; freight forwarders, customs brokers, port and airport operators register under 52. Fleet telematics, fuel cards, insurance, freight marketplaces and cross-border logistics vendors use this section. Owner-driver carriers appear as companies only when incorporated, which varies by country. In Brazil, 100% of these rows carry an ISIC class; size is known for 79%; 16.6% have a corporate domain or HTTP-verified website; 40,129 were registered in the 12 months before the extraction. Brazilian rows are active establishments; 311,562 of them are head offices in the clean B2B universe (private, not sole-owner, name unmasked).

395,367company records
395,367active
387,423clean B2B: active, private, unmasked
28states with records
16.6%with corporate domain or verified website
79%with a known size class
100%with an ISIC class
40,129registered in the last 12 months

By state (top 10)

StateRecordsActiveShare
São Paulo103,556103,55626.2%
Minas Gerais44,50944,50911.3%
Paraná41,75941,75910.6%
Rio Grande do Sul31,50431,5048.0%
Santa Catarina28,56828,5687.2%
Rio de Janeiro22,03422,0345.6%
Bahia17,17817,1784.3%
Goiás16,50916,5094.2%
Mato Grosso14,97414,9743.8%
Espírito Santo9,0709,0702.3%

Divisions in section H

49 land transport (road freight, passenger, pipelines), 50 water transport, 51 air transport, 52 warehousing and support activities, 53 postal and courier.

ISIC divisionRecordsActiveShare
49 Land transport and transport via pipelines288,869288,86973.1%
52 Warehousing and support activities for transportation77,44677,44619.6%
53 Postal and courier activities22,36522,3655.7%
50 Water transport4,2684,2681.1%
51 Air transport2,4192,4190.6%

Size mix

size_classRecordsShare
micro241,94761.2%
small69,23617.5%
medium00.0%
large00.0%
unknown84,18421.3%

Largest classes

ISIC class (top 5)Records
4923 Freight transport by road230,782
4922 Other passenger land transport47,684
5221 Service activities incidental to land tran…35,181
5229 Other transportation support activities14,939
5210 Warehousing and storage14,846

Largest cities

City (top 5)Records
Sao Paulo32,714
Rio de Janeiro10,367
Curitiba6,912
Guarulhos5,367
Belo Horizonte5,249

Other sectors in Brazil

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