Wholesale and retail companies in Paraná, Brazil

Paraná has 226,105 wholesale and retail company records in ISIC section G (wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles), 226,105 of them active, according to the Receita Federal (CNPJ registry) as of 2026-10-10. That is 8.3% of the section in Brazil and makes Paraná the 3rd largest of 27 states for wholesale and retail. Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 25.6% of Paraná's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 1.01).

Curitiba concentrates 22.9% of the active companies, followed by Maringa (14,970) and Londrina (14,332); the three together hold 35.8%. The median active company is 7.5 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 26% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 18,979 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Paraná, +11.5% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +16.8%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 63.6% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 20.6%. Size is known for 88% 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.