Wholesale and retail companies in Brazil
ISIC section G: Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles. 2,739,920 records from the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry), 2,739,920 active, data as of 2026-10-10.
Section G, wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles, holds 2,739,920 Brazilian company records as of 2026-10-10, all of them active. By state, São Paulo leads with 761,227 (28% of the section), followed by Minas Gerais (271,521) and Paraná (226,105). The largest divisions are 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 1,837,197) and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, 526,352); one further division completes it. That is 25.1% of the Brazil registry in this build.
The largest section everywhere. Division 46 (wholesale) is the B2B half: distributors and importers that payments, trade-finance, logistics and B2B-marketplace vendors target. Division 47 (retail) is the merchant universe for payments, POS and e-commerce enablement. 45 holds dealerships and repair shops. Filter by division first; the section total is too broad for any single campaign. In Brazil, 91% of these rows carry an ISIC class; size is known for 86%; 12.9% have a corporate domain or HTTP-verified website; 300,338 were registered in the 12 months before the extraction. Brazilian rows are active establishments; 2,353,580 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 | 761,227 | 761,227 | 27.8% |
| Minas Gerais | 271,521 | 271,521 | 9.9% |
| Paraná | 226,105 | 226,105 | 8.3% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 186,752 | 186,752 | 6.8% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 173,339 | 173,339 | 6.3% |
| Santa Catarina | 164,588 | 164,588 | 6.0% |
| Bahia | 138,872 | 138,872 | 5.1% |
| Goiás | 120,402 | 120,402 | 4.4% |
| Pará | 72,761 | 72,761 | 2.7% |
| Mato Grosso | 68,246 | 68,246 | 2.5% |
Divisions in section G
45 motor vehicle trade and repair, 46 wholesale trade, 47 retail trade.
| ISIC division | Records | Active | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 1,837,197 | 1,837,197 | 67.1% |
| 46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 526,352 | 526,352 | 19.2% |
| 45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles | 376,371 | 376,371 | 13.7% |
Size mix
| size_class | Records | Share |
|---|---|---|
| micro | 1,838,236 | 67.1% |
| small | 531,230 | 19.4% |
| medium | 0 | 0.0% |
| large | 0 | 0.0% |
| unknown | 370,454 | 13.5% |
Largest classes
| ISIC class (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| 4771 Retail sale of clothing, footwear and leat… | 266,063 |
| 4752 Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass… | 233,833 |
| 4772 Retail sale of pharmaceutical and medical… | 181,272 |
| 4711 Retail sale in non-specialized stores with… | 180,793 |
| 4610 Wholesale on a fee or contract basis | 164,261 |
Largest cities
| City (top 5) | Records |
|---|---|
| Sao Paulo | 290,109 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 81,749 |
| Curitiba | 51,728 |
| Brasilia | 50,980 |
| Belo Horizonte | 44,988 |
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