Wholesale and retail companies in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

There are 173,339 companies in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (ISIC G) registered in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: 173,339 active and 173,323 in the clean B2B universe. Rio Grande do Sul ranks 5th of 27 states for the section and holds 6.3% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 24.1% of Rio Grande do Sul's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 0.96).

Porto Alegre concentrates 15.2% of the active companies, followed by Caxias do Sul (10,072) and Canoas (5,902); the three together hold 24.4%. The median active company is 9.8 years old; 8% were registered in the last year and 22% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 11,317 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Rio Grande do Sul, +6.7% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +16.8%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 64.0% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 21.3%. Size is known for 84% of the active companies; 78% 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.