CNAE 8422-1/00 · Brazil
Defesa
566 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
- 566
- 855th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 0
- 1,276th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 0
- 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.- COMANDO DA MARINHABrasília (DF)
- COMANDO DA AERONAUTICABrasília (DF)
- COMANDO DO EXERCITOBrasília (DF)
- INDUSTRIA DE MATERIAL BELICO DO BRASIL IMBELBrasília (DF)
- COMANDO DA DECIMA REGIAO MILITARFortaleza (CE)
- COMANDO DA 7 REGIAO MILITAR E 7 DIVISAO DE EXERCITORecife (PE)
- COMANDO DA SEXTA REGIAO MILITARSalvador (BA)
- ALADA - EMPRESA DE PROJETOS AEROESPACIAIS DO BRASIL S.ABrasília (DF)
- COMANDO DO 1 GRUPAMENTO DE ENGENHARIAJoão Pessoa (PB)
- ACADEMIA MILITAR DAS AGULHAS NEGRASResende (RJ)
- BASE ADMINISTRATIVA DA GUARNICAO DE NATALNatal (RN)
- INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGIA DO EXERCITORio de Janeiro (RJ)
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Where the companies are
Weight in each federative unit: of every 100 active companies, how many have this main activity
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.0
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 Rio de Janeiro 94
- 2 Rio Grande do Sul 76
- 3 São Paulo 41
- 4 Distrito Federal 36
- 5 Paraná 34
- 6 Minas Gerais 30
- 7 Amazonas 26
- 8 Mato Grosso do Sul 26
- 9 Bahia 24
- 10 Pernambuco 24
See the 26 federative units
- 11 Pará 21
- 12 Goiás 18
- 13 Rio Grande do Norte 17
- 14 Paraíba 14
- 15 Santa Catarina 14
- 16 Maranhão 11
- 17 Rondônia 10
- 18 Mato Grosso 8
- 19 Piauí 8
- 20 Amapá 7
- 21 Roraima 6
- 22 Ceará 5
- 23 Alagoas 4
- 24 Acre 3
- 25 Sergipe 3
- 26 Espírito Santo 2
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 72
- 2 Brasília (DF) 36
- 3 Manaus (AM) 17
- 4 Recife (PE) 14
- 5 Porto Alegre (RS) 13
- 6 Curitiba (PR) 12
- 7 Salvador (BA) 10
- 8 São Paulo (SP) 10
- 9 Campo Grande (MS) 10
- 10 Niterói (RJ) 9
See the 30 cities
- 11 Santa Maria (RS) 9
- 12 Belém (PA) 8
- 13 Natal (RN) 7
- 14 João Pessoa (PB) 7
- 15 Porto Velho (RO) 6
- 16 Boa Vista (RR) 6
- 17 Macapá (AP) 6
- 18 Juiz de Fora (MG) 6
- 19 Marabá (PA) 5
- 20 Belo Horizonte (MG) 5
- 21 Alegrete (RS) 5
- 22 Bagé (RS) 5
- 23 Teresina (PI) 4
- 24 Fortaleza (CE) 4
- 25 Barueri (SP) 4
- 26 Santiago (RS) 4
- 27 Uruguaiana (RS) 4
- 28 Cuiabá (MT) 4
- 29 São Gabriel da Cachoeira (AM) 3
- 30 São Luís (MA) 3
What activity 8422-1/00 is
- Section O — Administração pública, defesa e seguridade social
- Division — Administração pública, defesa e seguridade social
- Group — Serviços coletivos prestados pela administração pública
- Class — Defesa
What it covers
- A administração e gestão das atividades de defesa nacional e das forças armadas terrestres, navais e aéreas, tais como: #- as atividades de engenharia, transporte, comunicação, inteligência e abastecimento das forças armadas #- as atividades de logística militar
- As atividades do Ministério da Defesa e dos comandos militares
What it does not cover
- As atividades de pesquisa e desenvolvimento científico (divisão 72)
- O fornecimento de ajuda militar a países estrangeiros (8421-3/00)Classified under: 8421-3/00 Relações exteriores
- As atividades dos tribunais militares (8423-0/00)Classified under: 8423-0/00 Justiça
- As atividades das escolas militares (divisão 85)
- As atividades dos hospitais militares (8610-1/01) e (8610-1/02)Classified under: 8610-1/01 Atividades de atendimento hospitalar, exceto pronto socorro e unidades para atendimento a urgências 8610-1/02 Atividades de atendimento em pronto socorro e unidades hospitalares para atendimento a urgências
- A organização de assistência em catástrofes civis como: inundações, deslizamentos de terra, etc. (8425-6/00)Classified under: 8425-6/00 Defesa civil
- A administração e o funcionamento da polícia federal e das polícias estaduais e municipais, civis e militares, assim como das polícias rodoviária, de trânsito, portuária e florestal (8424-8/00)Classified under: 8424-8/00 Segurança e ordem pública
Typical activities
- Abastecimento das forças armadas
- Administração e gestão das atividades de defesa nacional
- Administração e gestão das forcas armadas
- Atividades administrativas ministérios militares
- Atividades de engenharia militar
- Atividades de inteligência militar
- Atividades de logística militar
- Ministério da defesa
- Ministérios militares
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8422-1/00
How many CNAE 8422-1/00 companies are there in Brazil?
566 active companies have CNAE 8422-1/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 855th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
Rio de Janeiro, with 94. 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.