CNAE 4731-8/00 · Brazil
Comércio varejista de combustíveis para veículos automotores
49,198 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
- 49,198
- 118th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 2,635
- −6.3% · 236th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.2
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 5
- 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.- SIM REDE DE POSTOS LTDAFlores da Cunha (RS)
- GDO PARTICIPACOES S/ASão Paulo (SP)
- COMERCIAL BUFFON COMBUSTIVEIS E TRANSPORTES LIMITADAEncantado (RS)
- REDE DOM PEDRO DE POSTOS LTDA.Estiva (MG)
- POSTO MIME S.A.Jaraguá do Sul (SC)
- CASCOL COMBUSTIVEIS PARA VEICULOS LTDABrasília (DF)
- POSTO ICCAR LTDABelém (PA)
- MP POSTOS E LOGISTICA LTDAMarau (RS)
- MUCURIPE COMERCIO DE COMBUSTIVEIS LTDAManaus (AM)
- SANDER COMERCIO DE COMBUSTIVEIS LTDAParaí (RS)
- AUTO POSTO CINCO ESTRELAS LTDABrasília (DF)
- PIONEIRO COMBUSTIVEIS LTDAManaus (AM)
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Where the companies are
Weight in each federative unit: of every 100 active companies, how many have this main activity
- 0.1 – 0.2
- 0.2
- 0.2 – 0.3
- 0.3 – 0.4
- 0.4 – 0.6
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 8,355
- 2 Minas Gerais 5,485
- 3 Bahia 4,349
- 4 Paraná 3,382
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 2,801
- 6 Goiás 2,554
- 7 Rio de Janeiro 2,367
- 8 Ceará 2,169
- 9 Santa Catarina 2,009
- 10 Pará 1,994
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Maranhão 1,971
- 12 Pernambuco 1,799
- 13 Piauí 1,355
- 14 Mato Grosso 1,226
- 15 Espírito Santo 1,000
- 16 Paraíba 966
- 17 Rio Grande do Norte 877
- 18 Amazonas 868
- 19 Mato Grosso do Sul 732
- 20 Alagoas 636
- 21 Tocantins 598
- 22 Rondônia 597
- 23 Sergipe 344
- 24 Distrito Federal 333
- 25 Acre 199
- 26 Roraima 118
- 27 Amapá 107
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 1,604
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 783
- 3 Curitiba (PR) 423
- 4 Goiânia (GO) 402
- 5 Belo Horizonte (MG) 360
- 6 Manaus (AM) 343
- 7 Brasília (DF) 333
- 8 Fortaleza (CE) 292
- 9 Porto Alegre (RS) 291
- 10 Teresina (PI) 258
See the 30 cities
- 11 Recife (PE) 211
- 12 Salvador (BA) 202
- 13 Campinas (SP) 173
- 14 Uberlândia (MG) 171
- 15 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 169
- 16 Campo Grande (MS) 169
- 17 Porto Velho (RO) 158
- 18 Aparecida de Goiânia (GO) 155
- 19 Guarulhos (SP) 154
- 20 Londrina (PR) 142
- 21 Contagem (MG) 140
- 22 Cuiabá (MT) 140
- 23 Maceió (AL) 133
- 24 Feira de Santana (BA) 128
- 25 São José do Rio Preto (SP) 123
- 26 Santo André (SP) 121
- 27 Sorocaba (SP) 121
- 28 São Luís (MA) 120
- 29 Santarém (PA) 119
- 30 Belém (PA) 117
What activity 4731-8/00 is
- Section G — Comércio; reparação de veículos automotores e motocicletas
- Division — Comércio varejista
- Group — Comércio varejista de combustíveis para veículos automotores
- Class — Comércio varejista de combustíveis para veículos automotores
What it covers
- O comércio varejista de combustíveis para veículos automotores realizado em postos de combustíveis
- A venda de gás natural para veículos automotores GNV
- A venda a varejo de combustíveis para barcos de pequeno porte
- O comércio varejista de álcool carburante para veículos automotores
What it does not cover
- O comércio varejista de gás liqüefeito do petróleo (GLP) (4784-9/00)Classified under: 4784-9/00 Comércio varejista de gás liqüefeito de petróleo (glp)
- O comércio varejista de lubrificantes para veículos automotores e para outros usos (4732-6/00)Classified under: 4732-6/00 Comércio varejista de lubrificantes
- O comércio atacadista de combustíveis em aeroportos (4681-8/01)Classified under: 4681-8/01 Comércio atacadista de álcool carburante, biodiesel, gasolina e demais derivados de petróleo, exceto lubrificantes, não realizado por transportador retalhista (t.r.r.)
- O comércio varejista de carvão e lenha (4789-0/99)Classified under: 4789-0/99 Comércio varejista de outros produtos não especificados anteriormente
Typical activities
- Auto posto
- Comércio varejista álcool carburante
- Comércio varejista combustíveis e lubrificantes para barcos de pequeno porte
- Comércio varejista combustíveis natural de petróleo para veículos
- Comércio varejista combustíveis para barcos de pequeno porte
- Comércio varejista de combustíveis para veículos
- Comércio varejista derivados do petróleo
- Comércio varejista gás natural de petróleo para veículos
- Comércio varejista gás natural para veículos
- Comércio varejista gás natural veicular
- Comércio varejista gasolina para veículos
- Comércio varejista gnv
See the other 4 typical activities
- Comércio varejista óleo diesel para veículos
- Posto de abastecimento de veículos
- Posto de combustível
- Posto de gasolina
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 4731-8/00
How many CNAE 4731-8/00 companies are there in Brazil?
49,198 active companies have CNAE 4731-8/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 118th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 8,355. There, 0.1 of every 100 active companies have this main activity, against 0.2 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.