Brazil · ISIC section G · divisions 45–47

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.

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

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).

2,739,920company records
2,739,920active
2,739,583clean B2B: active, private, unmasked
28states with records
12.9%with corporate domain or verified website
86%with a known size class
91%with an ISIC class
300,338registered in the last 12 months

By state (top 10)

StateRecordsActiveShare
São Paulo761,227761,22727.8%
Minas Gerais271,521271,5219.9%
Paraná226,105226,1058.3%
Rio de Janeiro186,752186,7526.8%
Rio Grande do Sul173,339173,3396.3%
Santa Catarina164,588164,5886.0%
Bahia138,872138,8725.1%
Goiás120,402120,4024.4%
Pará72,76172,7612.7%
Mato Grosso68,24668,2462.5%

Divisions in section G

45 motor vehicle trade and repair, 46 wholesale trade, 47 retail trade.

ISIC divisionRecordsActiveShare
47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles1,837,1971,837,19767.1%
46 Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles526,352526,35219.2%
45 Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles376,371376,37113.7%

Size mix

size_classRecordsShare
micro1,838,23667.1%
small531,23019.4%
medium00.0%
large00.0%
unknown370,45413.5%

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 basis164,261

Largest cities

City (top 5)Records
Sao Paulo290,109
Rio de Janeiro81,749
Curitiba51,728
Brasilia50,980
Belo Horizonte44,988

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