CNAE 1821-1/00 · Brazil
Serviços de pré impressão
25,895 active companies in the Brazilian CNPJ registry have this CNAE as their main activity. Look up companies and explore their distribution by state and city.
Source: Receita Federal, CNPJ Open Data · October 2026 publication
What this list shows
We count each active company in the Brazilian CNPJ registry once, by its head office and this CNAE as its main activity. Branches and secondary activities are excluded from this scope. The total describes the registry, not market revenue or company quality.
- Active companies
- 25,895
- 189th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 3,850
- +10.9% · 194th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 15
- in the country: 21
Active companies in this activity
More active establishments and higher registered capital first. This order is not a quality assessment or recommendation.- X MENTOR PRODUCAO E CONTEUDO LTDARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- ALPHA CLICHERIA E SOLUCOES GRAFICAS LTDAValinhos (SP)
- CLICHERIA BLUMENAU LTDABlumenau (SC)
- CASA DA COPIA LTDAMaceió (AL)
- SRS DO BRASIL COMERCIAL LTDACriciúma (SC)
- FOTOGRAV FOTOPOLIMEROS LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- ART TELAS DESIGN E SISTEMAS DE IMPRESSAO LTDASanta Gertrudes (SP)
- POLIBRAS - POLIMEROS DO BRASIL LTDAPorto Alegre (RS)
- TJPRINT COMERCIO DE MATERIAIS PROMOCIONAIS LTDACotia (SP)
- PMG FLEXO CLICHERIA BNU LTDABlumenau (SC)
- IMPRETEC - ARTES GRAFICAS LTDAPorto Alegre (RS)
- ADESKOLLOR ETIQUETAS ADESIVAS LTDAVitória da Conquista (BA)
How to assess a company's data
When you open a company's record, use these guides to check the data and understand what each field can establish.
- How to look up a CNPJ
Check identifiers, dates and registry fields against official sources.
- What an active CNPJ means
Active status does not show that a company is debt-free, licensed or able to operate.
- How to read partner and administrator records
Understand QSA roles and the limits on ownership and representation information.
Where the companies are
Weight in each federative unit: of every 100 active companies, how many have this main activity
- 0.0 – 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 9,206
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 2,590
- 3 Minas Gerais 2,257
- 4 Paraná 1,742
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 1,674
- 6 Santa Catarina 1,553
- 7 Bahia 992
- 8 Pernambuco 868
- 9 Goiás 676
- 10 Ceará 629
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Distrito Federal 622
- 12 Espírito Santo 482
- 13 Paraíba 391
- 14 Rio Grande do Norte 329
- 15 Pará 286
- 16 Amazonas 274
- 17 Maranhão 205
- 18 Alagoas 202
- 19 Mato Grosso do Sul 177
- 20 Mato Grosso 177
- 21 Sergipe 175
- 22 Piauí 159
- 23 Tocantins 83
- 24 Rondônia 63
- 25 Amapá 29
- 26 Roraima 28
- 27 Acre 23
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 4,126
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 1,432
- 3 Curitiba (PR) 720
- 4 Belo Horizonte (MG) 642
- 5 Brasília (DF) 622
- 6 Porto Alegre (RS) 457
- 7 Salvador (BA) 424
- 8 Fortaleza (CE) 350
- 9 Recife (PE) 349
- 10 Goiânia (GO) 305
See the 30 cities
- 11 Campinas (SP) 276
- 12 Florianópolis (SC) 268
- 13 Manaus (AM) 255
- 14 João Pessoa (PB) 201
- 15 Guarulhos (SP) 199
- 16 Santo André (SP) 196
- 17 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 179
- 18 Natal (RN) 163
- 19 Blumenau (SC) 160
- 20 Londrina (PR) 149
- 21 Belém (PA) 145
- 22 Sorocaba (SP) 144
- 23 Joinville (SC) 144
- 24 Osasco (SP) 137
- 25 Niterói (RJ) 135
- 26 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 134
- 27 São José dos Campos (SP) 134
- 28 Valinhos (SP) 128
- 29 Maceió (AL) 125
- 30 Uberlândia (MG) 125
What activity 1821-1/00 is
- Section C — Indústrias de transformação
- Division — Impressão e reprodução de gravações
- Group — Serviços de pré-impressão e acabamentos gráficos
- Class — Serviços de pré-impressão
What it covers
- A clicheria, linotipo e fotocomposição
- A composição / tratamento de texto e imagem em geral
- A confecção de provas de impressão
- Os serviços gráficos de pré-impressão, não especificados anteriormente
Typical activities
- Serviços de fotolitos, clichês, chapas para ofsete (off-set), fotogravuras, composição e outras matrizes para impressão
- Serviços de pré-impressão
- Serviços de provas de impressão
- Tratamento de textos e imagens em geral (pré-impressão), serviço de
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 1821-1/00
How many CNAE 1821-1/00 companies are there in Brazil?
25,895 active companies have CNAE 1821-1/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 189th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 9,206. There, 0.1 of every 100 active companies have this main activity, against 0.1 in the national registry.
Does this total include branches and secondary activities?
No. Each active company is counted once, by its head office and registered main activity. A company may carry out this activity as a secondary activity and be excluded from the count. Geographic distribution uses the registered location; records without a recognized federative unit may be counted nationally without appearing in local groups.
Does active status mean a company is qualified for a contract?
No. Active status describes the Receita Federal registration. It does not establish tax compliance, creditworthiness, licences, ability to fulfil a contract or quality. Check the relevant official documents and the contract's requirements.
How we count
Active companies in the Brazilian CNPJ registry with this as their main activity, counted once by head office. Location is taken from the registry. Where available, openings are for the last 12 months, compared with the previous 12 months.