Wholesale and retail companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

There are 186,752 companies in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (ISIC G) registered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 186,752 active and 186,701 in the clean B2B universe. Rio de Janeiro ranks 4th of 27 states for the section and holds 6.8% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 22.8% of Rio de Janeiro's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 0.91).

The city of Rio de Janeiro concentrates 43.8% of the active companies, followed by Duque de Caxias (9,393) and Niteroi (8,542); the three together hold 53.4%. The median active company is 7.5 years old; 9% were registered in the last year and 25% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 14,595 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Rio de Janeiro, +9.2% 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 86% of the active companies; 77% 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.