CNAE 8541-4/00 · Brazil
Educação profissional de nível técnico
5,050 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
- 5,050
- 437th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 308
- −13.0% · 523rd by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 6
- 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.- CENTRO ESTADUAL DE EDUCACAO TECNOLOGICA PAULA SOUZASão Paulo (SP)
- FUNDACAO DE APOIO A ESCOLA TECNICA DO EST.RIO DE JANEIRORio de Janeiro (RJ)
- INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCACAO, CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DO PARANACuritiba (PR)
- INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCACAO, CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTENatal (RN)
- ETICA ESCOLA DE TECNICOS DE ENFERMAGEM E CURSOS PROFISSIONALIZANTES LTDASalvador (BA)
- FUNDACAO MACONICA MANOEL DOS SANTOSUberlândia (MG)
- ALFA GESTAO DE POLOS LTDA.Cruzeiro do Oeste (PR)
- S.E.G. SISTEMA DE ENSINO LTDAPorto Alegre (RS)
- INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCACAO CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DO ESPIRITO SANTOVitória (ES)
- INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCACAO, CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DA BAHIASalvador (BA)
- INSTITUTO TECNICO EDUCACIONAL POLIVALENTE LTDAPedra Azul (MG)
- QI FACULDADE E ESCOLA TECNICAA LTDAPorto Alegre (RS)
How to assess a company's data
When you open a company's record, use these guides to check the data and understand what each field can establish.
- How to look up a CNPJ
Check identifiers, dates and registry fields against official sources.
- What an active CNPJ means
Active status does not show that a company is debt-free, licensed or able to operate.
- 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 São Paulo 1,195
- 2 Minas Gerais 514
- 3 Rio de Janeiro 474
- 4 Bahia 383
- 5 Paraná 235
- 6 Rio Grande do Sul 234
- 7 Pará 208
- 8 Ceará 204
- 9 Goiás 190
- 10 Pernambuco 183
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Santa Catarina 178
- 12 Maranhão 160
- 13 Mato Grosso 103
- 14 Paraíba 100
- 15 Distrito Federal 98
- 16 Espírito Santo 87
- 17 Rio Grande do Norte 86
- 18 Piauí 82
- 19 Alagoas 61
- 20 Amazonas 57
- 21 Mato Grosso do Sul 55
- 22 Sergipe 49
- 23 Rondônia 32
- 24 Tocantins 28
- 25 Amapá 22
- 26 Roraima 18
- 27 Acre 11
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 328
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 166
- 3 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 157
- 4 Brasília (DF) 98
- 5 Belo Horizonte (MG) 77
- 6 Salvador (BA) 75
- 7 Fortaleza (CE) 74
- 8 Porto Alegre (RS) 63
- 9 Recife (PE) 56
- 10 Goiânia (GO) 53
See the 30 cities
- 11 Belém (PA) 49
- 12 São Luís (MA) 48
- 13 Curitiba (PR) 48
- 14 Manaus (AM) 42
- 15 João Pessoa (PB) 39
- 16 Maceió (AL) 36
- 17 Teresina (PI) 32
- 18 Cuiabá (MT) 32
- 19 Aracaju (SE) 31
- 20 Campinas (SP) 30
- 21 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 29
- 22 Natal (RN) 28
- 23 Feira de Santana (BA) 28
- 24 Sorocaba (SP) 28
- 25 Florianópolis (SC) 28
- 26 Campo Grande (MS) 27
- 27 Vitória (ES) 26
- 28 São Gonçalo (RJ) 25
- 29 Guarulhos (SP) 23
- 30 Niterói (RJ) 22
What activity 8541-4/00 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Educação profissional de nível técnico e tecnológico
- Class — Educação profissional de nível técnico
What it covers
- As instituições que oferecem cursos destinados a proporcionar habilitação profissional, com organização curricular própria, a alunos matriculados no ensino médio ou egressos do ensino médio, por via regular ou supletiva, organizados por áreas profissionais, proporcionando aos alunos habilitação de ensino médio
- As atividades de escolas técnicas, agrotécnicas, industriais, comerciais e de serviços terciários
- As atividades das escolas de cursos técnicos em geral
What it does not cover
- A educação profissional de nível tecnológico (8542-2/00)Classified under: 8542-2/00 Educação profissional de nível tecnológico
- O ensino médio profissionalizante, programa em extinção que está sendo substituído, gradativamente, pelos cursos de educação profissional (8520-1/00)Classified under: 8520-1/00 Ensino médio
Typical activities
- Educação profissional de nível técnico
- Ensino profissional de nível técnico
- Ensino profissional de nível técnico - ead
- Escola agrotécnica de ensino médio
- Escola de cursos técnicos
- Escola técnica comercial
- Escola técnica industrial
- Pública ou particular educação média técnica e profissional
- Pública ou particular educação técnica e profissional
- Pública ou particular educação técnica e profissionalizante
- Pública ou particular escola média de formação técnica e profissional
- Pública ou particular escola técnica e profissional
See the other 5 typical activities
- Pública ou particular escola técnica profissionalizante
- Público ou particular centro de ensino técnico
- Público ou particular colégio de formação técnica e profissionalizante
- Público ou particular ensino médio técnico e profissional
- Público ou particular ensino técnico e profissionalizante
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8541-4/00
How many CNAE 8541-4/00 companies are there in Brazil?
5,050 active companies have CNAE 8541-4/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 437th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 1,195. 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.