CNAE 8512-1/00 · Brazil
Educação infantil - préescola
19,089 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
- 19,089
- 227th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 621
- −24.3% · 425th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 3
- 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.- A.B.P. - ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE PIPASSão Paulo (SP)
- PASTORAL DO MENOR E FAMILIA DA DIOCESE DE FRANCAFranca (SP)
- CENTRO FILANTROPICO DE ASSISTENCIA SOCIAL CHARLES LEONARD SIMON LUNDGRENCaxias do Sul (RS)
- PROV BRAS DA CONGREG IRMAS FILHAS CAR S VICENTE PAULOCuritiba (PR)
- FUNDACAO EDUCACIONAL DE CASTROCastro (PR)
- ASSOCIACAO CENTRO EDUCACIONAL REBRALRio de Janeiro (RJ)
- SOCIEDADE DE ASSISTENCIA E CULTURA SAGRADO CORACAO DE JESUSRio de Janeiro (RJ)
- ASSOCIACAO FAMILIA DE MARIACuritiba (PR)
- ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE EDUCACAO, SAUDE E ASSISTENCIA SOCIAL - ABESSAlvorada (RS)
- CENTRO EDUCACIONAL DE ENSINO SUDESTE PARTICIPACOES S.ARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- OBRAS SOCIAIS DO GRUPO ESPIRITA REGENERACAOGoiânia (GO)
- OBRAS SOCIAIS E EDUCACIONAIS DA IGREJA DE DEUSCuritiba (PR)
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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 – 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.2
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 4,258
- 2 Bahia 2,016
- 3 Rio de Janeiro 1,890
- 4 Minas Gerais 1,523
- 5 Pernambuco 1,124
- 6 Paraná 951
- 7 Rio Grande do Sul 842
- 8 Goiás 709
- 9 Ceará 698
- 10 Pará 642
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Maranhão 598
- 12 Paraíba 547
- 13 Santa Catarina 497
- 14 Rio Grande do Norte 402
- 15 Amazonas 314
- 16 Espírito Santo 302
- 17 Alagoas 295
- 18 Distrito Federal 295
- 19 Sergipe 273
- 20 Piauí 251
- 21 Mato Grosso 249
- 22 Mato Grosso do Sul 157
- 23 Tocantins 96
- 24 Rondônia 61
- 25 Amapá 58
- 26 Roraima 21
- 27 Acre 20
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 1,303
- 2 Salvador (BA) 622
- 3 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 613
- 4 Belo Horizonte (MG) 336
- 5 Curitiba (PR) 313
- 6 Recife (PE) 302
- 7 Brasília (DF) 295
- 8 Manaus (AM) 284
- 9 Fortaleza (CE) 274
- 10 Belém (PA) 231
See the 30 cities
- 11 São Luís (MA) 219
- 12 Goiânia (GO) 211
- 13 São Gonçalo (RJ) 196
- 14 João Pessoa (PB) 172
- 15 Feira de Santana (BA) 170
- 16 Campinas (SP) 160
- 17 Guarulhos (SP) 159
- 18 Maceió (AL) 156
- 19 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 135
- 20 Santo André (SP) 133
- 21 Porto Alegre (RS) 132
- 22 Natal (RN) 126
- 23 Nova Iguaçu (RJ) 114
- 24 Jaboatão dos Guararapes (PE) 107
- 25 Contagem (MG) 102
- 26 Osasco (SP) 100
- 27 Cuiabá (MT) 97
- 28 Aracaju (SE) 95
- 29 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 95
- 30 Camaçari (BA) 87
What activity 8512-1/00 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Educação infantil e ensino fundamental
- Class — Educação infantil - pré-escola
What it covers
- As atividades de ensino pré-escolar em escolas maternais e jardins-de-infância, preferencialmente, para crianças de 4 e 5 anos de idade
- As atividades das classes de alfabetização (CA), quando prestadas por escolas maternais e jardins-de-infância
- As escolas de educação especial que desenvolvem atividades educacionais regulares de educação infantil
What it does not cover
- As atividades de creches (8511-2/00)Classified under: 8511-2/00 Educação infantil - creche
Typical activities
- Educação infantil - pré-escola
- Educação infantil - pré-escola, ensino de libra
- Educação infantil - pré-escola, ensino especial
- Educação pré-escolar
- Educação pré-escolar especial
- Ensino pré-escolar
- Ensino pré-escolar especial
- Ensino pré-escolar público ou particular
- Escola de ensino pré-escolar especial
- Escola maternal
- Jardim de infância público ou particular
- Serviço prestado por escola maternal classes de alfabetização - ca
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8512-1/00
How many CNAE 8512-1/00 companies are there in Brazil?
19,089 active companies have CNAE 8512-1/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 227th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 4,258. There, 0.1 of every 100 active companies have this main activity, against 0.1 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.