CNAE 8424-8/00 · Brazil
Segurança e ordem pública
722 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
- 722
- 807th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 5
- 1,135th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 1
- 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.- SAO PAULO SECRETARIA DA ADMINISTRACAO PENITENCIARIASão Paulo (SP)
- POLICIA MILITAR DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- POLICIA CIVIL DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- POLICIA MILITAR DO ESTADO DE MINAS GERAISBelo Horizonte (MG)
- POLICIA MILITARRecife (PE)
- SECRETARIA DE ADMINISTRACAO PENITENCIARIA E RESSOCIALIZACAORecife (PE)
- POLICIA MILITAR DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSOCuiabá (MT)
- CE GOV POLICIA MILITAR DO CEARAFortaleza (CE)
- SECRETARIA DE DEFESA SOCIALRecife (PE)
- CORPO DE BOMBEIROS DA POLICIA MILITAR DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DA SEGURANCA PUBLICAGoiânia (GO)
- POLICIA MILITAR DO PIAUITeresina (PI)
How to assess a company's data
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- How to look up a CNPJ
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- What an active CNPJ means
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- 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
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.0
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 Bahia 99
- 2 Maranhão 74
- 3 Goiás 72
- 4 Rondônia 60
- 5 Minas Gerais 53
- 6 São Paulo 43
- 7 Santa Catarina 31
- 8 Mato Grosso 28
- 9 Amazonas 24
- 10 Paraná 21
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Rio de Janeiro 21
- 12 Rio Grande do Sul 21
- 13 Ceará 20
- 14 Paraíba 20
- 15 Pernambuco 18
- 16 Alagoas 16
- 17 Pará 16
- 18 Tocantins 13
- 19 Espírito Santo 12
- 20 Rio Grande do Norte 10
- 21 Sergipe 10
- 22 Distrito Federal 9
- 23 Mato Grosso do Sul 9
- 24 Piauí 8
- 25 Roraima 5
- 26 Acre 4
- 27 Amapá 4
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 Porto Velho (RO) 20
- 2 São Luís (MA) 15
- 3 São Paulo (SP) 15
- 4 Manaus (AM) 10
- 5 Goiânia (GO) 10
- 6 Belém (PA) 9
- 7 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 9
- 8 Brasília (DF) 9
- 9 Palmas (TO) 9
- 10 Florianópolis (SC) 8
See the 30 cities
- 11 Fortaleza (CE) 7
- 12 Recife (PE) 6
- 13 Salvador (BA) 6
- 14 Vitória (ES) 6
- 15 Cuiabá (MT) 6
- 16 Ji-Paraná (RO) 5
- 17 Vilhena (RO) 5
- 18 Chapadinha (MA) 5
- 19 Natal (RN) 5
- 20 Porto Alegre (RS) 5
- 21 Campo Grande (MS) 5
- 22 Guajará-Mirim (RO) 4
- 23 Rolim de Moura (RO) 4
- 24 Rio Branco (AC) 4
- 25 Boa Vista (RR) 4
- 26 Macapá (AP) 4
- 27 Barra do Corda (MA) 4
- 28 Aracaju (SE) 4
- 29 Ariquemes (RO) 3
- 30 Cacoal (RO) 3
What activity 8424-8/00 is
- Section O — Administração pública, defesa e seguridade social
- Division — Administração pública, defesa e seguridade social
- Group — Serviços coletivos prestados pela administração pública
- Class — Segurança e ordem pública
What it covers
- 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
- As atividades das secretarias de segurança da administração estadual e municipal
What it does not cover
- A direção e o funcionamento do corpo de bombeiros (8425-6/00)Classified under: 8425-6/00 Defesa civil
- A operação de laboratórios policiais (7120-1/00)Classified under: 7120-1/00 Testes e análises técnicas
- A direção e o funcionamento das forças armadas (8422-1/00)Classified under: 8422-1/00 Defesa
Typical activities
- Administração e funcionamento da guarda municipal
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia civil
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia de transito
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia estadual
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia federal
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia florestal
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia militar
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia municipal
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia portuária
- Administração e funcionamento da polícia rodoviária
- Secretaria de segurança estadual, municipal
- Segurança e ordem pública
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8424-8/00
How many CNAE 8424-8/00 companies are there in Brazil?
722 active companies have CNAE 8424-8/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 807th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
Bahia, with 99. 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.