CNAE 7420-0/03 · Brazil
Laboratórios fotográficos
3,512 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
- 3,512
- 500th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 1,058
- +19.5% · 352nd by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 30
- 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.- LABORCOLOR LABORATORIO FOTOGRAFICO LTDAVitória (ES)
- NATAL FOTO COLOR LTDAPorto Velho (RO)
- FOTO GRAFICA LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- ZOLET LABORATORIOS FOTOGRAFICOS LTDASão Miguel do Oeste (SC)
- COLORTEC LABORATORIO FOTOGRAFICO LTDAPorto Velho (RO)
- DRY BRASIL LTDAFortaleza (CE)
- BIG FOTO REVELACOES FOTOGRAFICAS LTDAFarroupilha (RS)
- FOTO ESTUDIO VIGNATTI LTDACaibi (SC)
- PAPARAZZI ESTUDIO FOTOGRAFICO LTDA.Cotia (SP)
- VALDIR ARTUR FRIEDRICH & CIA LTDASanta Cruz do Sul (RS)
- DESTAQUE FOTO, ESTUDIO E COMERCIO LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- UNI PHOTO DIGITAL LTDASanta Cruz do Capibaribe (PE)
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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 1,007
- 2 Minas Gerais 314
- 3 Rio de Janeiro 304
- 4 Paraná 248
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 220
- 6 Santa Catarina 213
- 7 Bahia 140
- 8 Pernambuco 115
- 9 Goiás 113
- 10 Ceará 109
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Pará 84
- 12 Distrito Federal 82
- 13 Espírito Santo 79
- 14 Mato Grosso 77
- 15 Paraíba 66
- 16 Rio Grande do Norte 50
- 17 Maranhão 47
- 18 Alagoas 40
- 19 Amazonas 34
- 20 Mato Grosso do Sul 32
- 21 Rondônia 30
- 22 Sergipe 27
- 23 Tocantins 25
- 24 Piauí 23
- 25 Acre 13
- 26 Amapá 10
- 27 Roraima 8
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 467
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 151
- 3 Brasília (DF) 82
- 4 Curitiba (PR) 78
- 5 Belo Horizonte (MG) 59
- 6 Fortaleza (CE) 52
- 7 Porto Alegre (RS) 51
- 8 Salvador (BA) 48
- 9 Goiânia (GO) 45
- 10 Recife (PE) 41
See the 30 cities
- 11 Manaus (AM) 30
- 12 Florianópolis (SC) 28
- 13 João Pessoa (PB) 26
- 14 Natal (RN) 25
- 15 Cuiabá (MT) 25
- 16 Campinas (SP) 24
- 17 Belém (PA) 22
- 18 Maceió (AL) 22
- 19 Niterói (RJ) 20
- 20 Guarulhos (SP) 20
- 21 Sorocaba (SP) 19
- 22 Maringá (PR) 19
- 23 Uberlândia (MG) 18
- 24 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 18
- 25 São Luís (MA) 17
- 26 Juiz de Fora (MG) 16
- 27 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 16
- 28 São José do Rio Preto (SP) 16
- 29 Londrina (PR) 16
- 30 Joinville (SC) 16
What activity 7420-0/03 is
- Section M — Atividades profissionais, científicas e técnicas
- Division — Outras atividades profissionais, científicas e técnicas
- Group — Atividades fotográficas e similares
- Class — Atividades fotográficas e similares
What it covers
- As atividades de laboratório de revelação de filmes e de processamento de fotografias, tais como: #- as atividades dos laboratórios de revelação, impressão e ampliação fotográfica #- a revelação de filmes fotográficos, a impressão e a ampliação de fotografias #- os serviços de foto em 1 hora (que não sejam parte de loja de material fotográfico) #- a revelação de películas de filmes não destinada à indústria cinematográfica #- a montagem de slides #- a cópia, a restauração e o retoque de fotografias
What it does not cover
- O processamento e montagem de filmes cinematográficos (5912-0/99)Classified under: 5912-0/99 Atividades de pós produção cinematográfica, de vídeos e de programas de televisão não especificadas anteriormente
- As bibliotecas e os serviços de armazenamento de fotos e filmes (9101-5/00)Classified under: 9101-5/00 Atividades de bibliotecas e arquivos
Typical activities
- Atividades de revelação, impressão, ampliação de filmes fotográficos
- Cópias, restauração de, retoque de fotografias
- Laboratório de revelação de filmes fotográficos
- Laboratório fotográfico
- Montagem de diapositivos
- Serviços de edição de fotografias, exceto para serviços gráficos de pré-impressão
- Serviços de montagem de slides
- Serviços de revelação de fotos
The activities of class 7420-0
atividades fotográficas e similares, by subclass| Subclass | Active | Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7420-0/01 Atividades de produção de fotografias, exceto aérea e submarina | 100,480 | 19,106 | +2.7% |
| 7420-0/02 Atividades de produção de fotografias aéreas e submarinas | 4,227 | 1,029 | +7.2% |
| 7420-0/03 Laboratórios fotográficos · this one | 3,512 | 1,058 | +19.5% |
| 7420-0/04 Filmagem de festas e eventos | 30,437 | 9,669 | +31.6% |
| 7420-0/05 Serviços de microfilmagem | 122 | 51 | — |
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 7420-0/03
How many CNAE 7420-0/03 companies are there in Brazil?
3,512 active companies have CNAE 7420-0/03 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 500th among the country's activities by companies.
Which activities make up class 7420-0?
Class 7420-0 has 5 subclasses: 7420-0/01; 7420-0/02; 7420-0/03; 7420-0/04; 7420-0/05. 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 1,007. 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.