Wholesale and retail companies in Bahia, Brazil

Bahia has 138,872 wholesale and retail company records in ISIC section G (wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles), 138,872 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 5.1% of the section in Brazil and makes Bahia the 7th largest of 27 states for wholesale and retail. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 28.9% of Bahia's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 1.14).

Salvador concentrates 17.5% of the active companies, followed by Feira de Santana (10,596) and Vitoria da Conquista (5,381); the three together hold 29.0%. The median active company is 6.2 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 29% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 12,530 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Bahia, +5.7% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +16.8%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 72.4% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 17.0%. Size is known for 89% of the active companies; 84% of those are micro.

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.