CNAE 5240-1/99 · Brazil
Atividades auxiliares dos transportes aéreos, exceto operação dos aeroportos e campos de aterrissagem
4,230 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
- 4,230
- 459th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 878
- +29.7% · 375th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 21
- 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.- NAV BRASIL SERVICOS DE NAVEGACAO AEREA S.A. - NAV BRASILRio de Janeiro (RJ)
- R M SERVICOS AUXILIARES DE TRANSPORTE AEREO LTDARecife (PE)
- W PREMIUM GROUP SERVICOS AUXILIARES EM PORTOS E AEROPORTOS LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- SWISSPORT BRASIL LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- RP ATIVIDADES AUXILIARES AO TRANSPORTE AEREO S/AMaringá (PR)
- TRI-STAR SERVICOS AEROPORTUARIOS LTDAIndaiatuba (SP)
- LEANDRO PESSI & CIA LTDAVárzea Grande (MT)
- PROAIR SERVICOS AUXILIARES DE TRANSPORTE AEREO LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- SUZUKI AIRPORT SERVICES LTDARondonópolis (MT)
- ORBITAL SERVICOS AUXILIARES DE TRANSPORTE AEREO LTDAGuarulhos (SP)
- T. FREITAS SUZUKI LTDARondonópolis (MT)
- AAC LOGISTICS DO BRASIL LTDABarueri (SP)
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Where the companies are
Weight in each federative unit: of every 100 active companies, how many have this main activity
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Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 1,551
- 2 Minas Gerais 436
- 3 Paraná 388
- 4 Goiás 275
- 5 Mato Grosso 231
- 6 Rio de Janeiro 186
- 7 Rio Grande do Sul 173
- 8 Santa Catarina 167
- 9 Distrito Federal 116
- 10 Bahia 93
See the 26 federative units
- 11 Pará 80
- 12 Mato Grosso do Sul 75
- 13 Ceará 71
- 14 Pernambuco 61
- 15 Espírito Santo 49
- 16 Amazonas 41
- 17 Maranhão 41
- 18 Tocantins 41
- 19 Rondônia 28
- 20 Piauí 27
- 21 Paraíba 25
- 22 Rio Grande do Norte 18
- 23 Alagoas 17
- 24 Amapá 11
- 25 Roraima 7
- 26 Sergipe 6
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 580
- 2 Belo Horizonte (MG) 159
- 3 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 144
- 4 Goiânia (GO) 130
- 5 Brasília (DF) 116
- 6 Jundiaí (SP) 107
- 7 Curitiba (PR) 106
- 8 Campinas (SP) 64
- 9 Guarulhos (SP) 61
- 10 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 56
See the 30 cities
- 11 Porto Alegre (RS) 54
- 12 Sorocaba (SP) 50
- 13 Fortaleza (CE) 49
- 14 Uberlândia (MG) 47
- 15 Campo Grande (MS) 42
- 16 São José do Rio Preto (SP) 38
- 17 Manaus (AM) 37
- 18 Cuiabá (MT) 36
- 19 São José dos Campos (SP) 34
- 20 Cascavel (PR) 34
- 21 Maringá (PR) 33
- 22 Tangará da Serra (MT) 31
- 23 Luís Eduardo Magalhães (BA) 29
- 24 Recife (PE) 29
- 25 Londrina (PR) 29
- 26 Florianópolis (SC) 28
- 27 Primavera do Leste (MT) 28
- 28 Belém (PA) 27
- 29 São José dos Pinhais (PR) 27
- 30 Indaiatuba (SP) 24
What activity 5240-1/99 is
- Section H — Transporte, armazenagem e correio
- Division — Armazenamento e atividades auxiliares dos transportes
- Group — Atividades auxiliares dos transportes aéreos
- Class — Atividades auxiliares dos transportes aéreos
What it covers
- A operação de instalações para navegação aérea (radiofaróis, centro de controle de vôo, estações de radar, etc.)
- Os serviços de guarda-volumes em aeroportos
- Os serviços de translado de passageiros dentro dos aeroportos
- Os serviços de prevenção e extinção de incêndios em aeroportos
- O serviço de limpeza de interior de aeronaves
- Outras atividades auxiliares aos transportes aéreos não especificadas anteriormente
- Os serviços de pilotos de aviões constituidos como empresa
What it does not cover
- As escolas de pilotagem (8599-6/02)Classified under: 8599-6/02 Cursos de pilotagem
- Os serviços de alimentação prestados por empresas de catering (5620-1/01)Classified under: 5620-1/01 Fornecimento de alimentos preparados preponderantemente para empresas
- O agenciamento de cargas, exceto para o transporte marítimo (5250-8/03)Classified under: 5250-8/03 Agenciamento de cargas, exceto para o transporte marítimo
Typical activities
- Limpeza de aviões, aeronaves
- Manutenção de interior de aeronaves (carpetes e estofados)
- Operação de centros de controle de vôo
- Operação de estações de radar
- Operação de instalações para navegação aérea
- Operação de radiofaróis
- Pilotos de aviões, aeronaves constituídos como empresa
- Serviços de estacionamento de helicópteros
- Serviços de guarda malas em terminais aéreos, aeroportos
- Serviços de guarda-volumes, em terminais aéreos
- Serviços de hangaragem
- Serviços de hangaragem de helicópteros
See the other 7 typical activities
- Serviços de intermediação entre passageiros e empresas de taxi aéreo
- Serviços de limpeza de interiores de aeronaves
- Serviços de movimentação de cargas e bagagens em terminais aeroportuários (aeroportos)
- Serviços de pilotos de aviões, aeronaves, independentes ou autônomos
- Serviços de prevenção e extinção de incêndio em aeroportos
- Serviços de rebocagem de aeronaves
- Serviços de translado (traslado) de passageiros em terminais aeroportuários (aeroportos)
The activities of class 5240-1
atividades auxiliares dos transportes aéreos, by subclass| Subclass | Active | Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5240-1/01 Operação dos aeroportos e campos de aterrissagem | 165 | 20 | — |
| 5240-1/99 Atividades auxiliares dos transportes aéreos, exceto operação dos aeroportos e campos de aterrissagem · this one | 4,230 | 878 | +29.7% |
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 5240-1/99
How many CNAE 5240-1/99 companies are there in Brazil?
4,230 active companies have CNAE 5240-1/99 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 459th among the country's activities by companies.
Which activities make up class 5240-1?
Class 5240-1 has 2 subclasses: 5240-1/01; 5240-1/99. The official names are in the subclass table. A company declares one main activity and may declare others as secondary activities.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 1,551. There, 0.0 of every 100 active companies have this main activity, against 0.0 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.