Wholesale and retail companies in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Minas Gerais has 271,521 wholesale and retail company records in ISIC section G (wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles), 271,521 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 9.9% of the section in Brazil and makes Minas Gerais the 2nd largest of 27 states for wholesale and retail. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 23.8% of Minas Gerais's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 0.94).

Belo Horizonte concentrates 16.6% of the active companies, followed by Uberlandia (13,763) and Contagem (11,636); the three together hold 25.9%. The median active company is 7.3 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 27% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 22,515 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Minas Gerais, +8.3% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +16.8%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 67.3% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 18.3%. Size is known for 87% of the active companies; 82% 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.