Wholesale and retail companies in Santa Catarina, Brazil

There are 164,588 companies in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles (ISIC G) registered in Santa Catarina, Brazil: 164,588 active and 164,579 in the clean B2B universe. Santa Catarina ranks 6th of 27 states for the section and holds 6.0% of its national total (data as of 2026-10-10). Its weight in the local economy is close to the national mix: 23.7% of Santa Catarina's records against 25.2% nationally (location quotient 0.94).

Joinville concentrates 8.4% of the active companies, followed by Itajai (12,348) and Florianopolis (11,526); the three together hold 22.9%. The median active company is 7.0 years old; 10% were registered in the last year and 26% in the last three. In the 12 months to September 2026, 12,768 new wholesale and retail businesses were registered in Santa Catarina, +11.2% on the previous 12 months (national section G: +16.8%). By ISIC division, 47 (retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) is 59.4% of the records and 46 (wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 23.7%. Size is known for 85% 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.