CNAE 8520-1/00 · Brazil
Ensino médio
3,712 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
- 3,712
- 488th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 111
- −13.3% · 690th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- 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.- SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE EDUCACAO DE MATO GROSSO DO SULCampo Grande (MS)
- CAMPANHA NACIONAL DE ESCOLAS DA COMUNIDADEJoão Pessoa (PB)
- FUNDACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO EDUCACIONAL DE SAUDE AMBIENTAL CIENTIFICO TECNOLOGICO ECONOMICO SOCIOCULTURAL TURISTICO FUNDESFJuazeiro (BA)
- ASSOCIACAO DA IMACULADA VIRGEM MARIACuritiba (PR)
- FUNDACAO BRADESCOOsasco (SP)
- JUNTA DE EDUCACAO DA CONVENCAO BATISTA MINEIRABelo Horizonte (MG)
- INSTITUICAO ADVENTISTA DE EDUCACAO NOROESTE BRASILEIRAManaus (AM)
- SOCIEDADE UNIFICADA PAULISTA DE ENSINO RENOVADO OBJETIVO - SUPERO LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- ASSOCIACAO PROTETORA DA INFANCIA PROVINCIA DE SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- MOVIMENTO DE EDUCACAO PROMOCIONAL DO ESPIRITO SANTOAnchieta (ES)
- INSTITUTO LEONARDO MURIALDOCaxias do Sul (RS)
- SOCIEDADE EDUCACAO E CARIDADE - SECPorto Alegre (RS)
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
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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
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Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 901
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 421
- 3 Minas Gerais 313
- 4 Bahia 268
- 5 Goiás 200
- 6 Ceará 183
- 7 Pernambuco 159
- 8 Rio Grande do Sul 146
- 9 Paraná 140
- 10 Pará 134
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Santa Catarina 111
- 12 Piauí 94
- 13 Paraíba 88
- 14 Espírito Santo 74
- 15 Maranhão 70
- 16 Mato Grosso 68
- 17 Mato Grosso do Sul 59
- 18 Distrito Federal 57
- 19 Alagoas 48
- 20 Tocantins 41
- 21 Rio Grande do Norte 40
- 22 Sergipe 39
- 23 Amazonas 24
- 24 Rondônia 18
- 25 Acre 7
- 26 Amapá 5
- 27 Roraima 3
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 249
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 194
- 3 Fortaleza (CE) 92
- 4 Recife (PE) 64
- 5 Goiânia (GO) 60
- 6 Brasília (DF) 57
- 7 Teresina (PI) 53
- 8 Salvador (BA) 43
- 9 Porto Alegre (RS) 39
- 10 Belo Horizonte (MG) 34
See the 30 cities
- 11 Campo Grande (MS) 34
- 12 Maceió (AL) 31
- 13 João Pessoa (PB) 28
- 14 Nova Iguaçu (RJ) 28
- 15 Niterói (RJ) 26
- 16 Curitiba (PR) 25
- 17 Aracaju (SE) 23
- 18 Manaus (AM) 22
- 19 Belém (PA) 21
- 20 Natal (RN) 21
- 21 Campinas (SP) 21
- 22 São Luís (MA) 20
- 23 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 19
- 24 São José dos Campos (SP) 19
- 25 Cuiabá (MT) 19
- 26 Palmas (TO) 19
- 27 Bom Jesus da Lapa (BA) 18
- 28 Guarulhos (SP) 18
- 29 Juiz de Fora (MG) 17
- 30 Londrina (PR) 16
What activity 8520-1/00 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Ensino médio
- Class — Ensino médio
What it covers
- As atividades de ensino médio de formação geral (ensino médio regular)
- Os serviços de educação especial no ensino médio
- As instituições que oferecem os cursos e exames supletivos no nível de conclusão do ensino médio da modalidade de ensino de educação de jovens e adultos, ministrados nos estabelecimentos de ensino médio
- O ensino médio profissionalizante, programa em extinção que está sendo substituído, gradativamente, pelos cursos de educação profissional
- As instituições que oferecem cursos normais de nível médio
- As atividades de ensino à distância do ensino médio
- As atividades de ensino especial do ensino médio
What it does not cover
- A educação profissional de nível técnico e tecnológico (grupo 85.4)
Typical activities
- Ensino de libra ensino médio
- Ensino médio
- Ensino médio à distância
- Ensino médio especial
- Ensino médio por correspondência
- Ensino supletivo médio
- Escola normal
- Pública ou particular educação compactada média
- Pública ou particular educação geral de ensino médio
- Pública ou particular educação intensiva média
- Pública ou particular educação média de formação geral
- Pública ou particular educação supletiva média
See the other 3 typical activities
- Pública ou particular escola de ensino médio de formação geral
- Público ou particular ensino geral médio
- Público ou particular ensino médio de formação geral
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8520-1/00
How many CNAE 8520-1/00 companies are there in Brazil?
3,712 active companies have CNAE 8520-1/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 488th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 901. 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.