CNAE 8550-3/02 · Brazil
Atividades de apoio à educação, exceto caixas escolares
14,944 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
- 14,944
- 258th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 2,162
- −4.1% · 258th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 14
- 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.- INSTITUTO ANIMA DE EXTENSAO UNIVERSITARIA S/ABelo Horizonte (MG)
- INSTITUICAO ADVENTISTA SUL BRASILEIRA DE EDUCACAOCuritiba (PR)
- INSTITUTO DE GESTAO EDUCACIONAL E VALORIZACAO DO ENSINO - IGEVECampinas (SP)
- SOCIEDADE PORVIR CIENTIFICOPorto Alegre (RS)
- SOCIEDADE MINEIRA DE CULTURABelo Horizonte (MG)
- SOCIEDADE MERIDIONAL DE EDUCACAO SOMEPorto Alegre (RS)
- INSTITUICAO ADVENTISTA SUL-RIO-GRANDENSE DE EDUCACAOPorto Alegre (RS)
- LDS EDUCACIONAL LTDACampinas (SP)
- ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA DE EDUCADORES LASSALISTASPorto Alegre (RS)
- ASSOCIACAO PROPAGADORA ESDEVABelo Horizonte (MG)
- PROJETOS CONSULTORIA EDUCACIONAL LTDASerrinha (BA)
- ACELERA PROGRAMAS EDUCACIONAIS LTDAOsasco (SP)
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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
- 0.1
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 3,983
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 2,166
- 3 Minas Gerais 1,134
- 4 Rio Grande do Sul 1,064
- 5 Paraná 1,012
- 6 Bahia 688
- 7 Goiás 488
- 8 Santa Catarina 454
- 9 Ceará 439
- 10 Distrito Federal 434
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Pernambuco 429
- 12 Pará 363
- 13 Espírito Santo 331
- 14 Maranhão 318
- 15 Piauí 229
- 16 Paraíba 196
- 17 Mato Grosso 184
- 18 Rio Grande do Norte 184
- 19 Amazonas 145
- 20 Sergipe 141
- 21 Mato Grosso do Sul 135
- 22 Tocantins 128
- 23 Alagoas 120
- 24 Rondônia 85
- 25 Acre 34
- 26 Roraima 22
- 27 Amapá 21
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 1,825
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 923
- 3 Brasília (DF) 434
- 4 Curitiba (PR) 337
- 5 Porto Alegre (RS) 272
- 6 Belo Horizonte (MG) 258
- 7 Salvador (BA) 201
- 8 Fortaleza (CE) 178
- 9 Campinas (SP) 162
- 10 Goiânia (GO) 158
See the 30 cities
- 11 Recife (PE) 147
- 12 Niterói (RJ) 144
- 13 São Luís (MA) 116
- 14 Florianópolis (SC) 114
- 15 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 111
- 16 São Gonçalo (RJ) 107
- 17 Londrina (PR) 94
- 18 Teresina (PI) 92
- 19 Natal (RN) 92
- 20 Manaus (AM) 91
- 21 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 87
- 22 Vitória (ES) 85
- 23 João Pessoa (PB) 84
- 24 Santo André (SP) 79
- 25 Maringá (PR) 79
- 26 Maceió (AL) 72
- 27 Santos (SP) 64
- 28 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 64
- 29 Jundiaí (SP) 63
- 30 Aracaju (SE) 61
What activity 8550-3/02 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Atividades de apoio à educação
- Class — Atividades de apoio à educação
What it covers
- As atividades de gestão, assessoria, consultoria, orientação e assistência prestados ao sistema e ao processo educacional em matérias de planejamento, organização, controle, finanças
- As agências promotoras de integração universidade-empresa que visam a incentivar a pesquisa científica e de inovação tecnológica e o ensino (cursos, treinamentos e seminários) voltado para o desenvolvimento empresarial
- Os serviços de testes vocacionais
- Os serviços de avaliação educacional
- As agências promotoras de programas de intercâmbio de estudantes
- As atividades das fundações de apoio à pesquisa ligadas a universidades, exceto na área de saúde
What it does not cover
- A administração de caixas escolares (8550-3/01)Classified under: 8550-3/01 Administração de caixas escolares
- As atividades das fundações de apoio à pesquisa ligadas a universidades na área de saúde (8660-7/00)Classified under: 8660-7/00 Atividades de apoio à gestão de saúde
Typical activities
- Agências promotoras de integração empresa-escola
- Agências promotoras de integração entre empresas e escolas
- Agências promotoras de intercâmbio de estudantes
- Assessoria e consultoria em assuntos educacionais
- Assessoria e consultoria em pedagogia
- Atividades de integração, agenciamento de estágio
- Atividades de neuropsicopedagogia
- Atividades de psicopedagogia
- Consultoria em educação
- Fundações de apoio a pesquisas ligadas a universidades exceto na área de saúde
- Gestão, assessoria, consultoria, orientação e assistência atividades de apoio à educação
- Serviços de assessoria pedagógica
See the other 5 typical activities
- Serviços de avaliação educacional
- Serviços de gestão, assessoria, consultoria, orientação e assistência prestados ao sistema e ao processo educacional
- Serviços de intercâmbio cultural
- Serviços de neuropsicopedagogia
- Serviços de testes vocacionais
The activities of class 8550-3
atividades de apoio à educação, by subclass| Subclass | Active | Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8550-3/01 Administração de caixas escolares | 22,627 | 834 | +39.0% |
| 8550-3/02 Atividades de apoio à educação, exceto caixas escolares · this one | 14,944 | 2,162 | −4.1% |
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8550-3/02
How many CNAE 8550-3/02 companies are there in Brazil?
14,944 active companies have CNAE 8550-3/02 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 258th among the country's activities by companies.
Which activities make up class 8550-3?
Class 8550-3 has 2 subclasses: 8550-3/01; 8550-3/02. The official names are in the subclass table. A company declares one main activity and may declare others as secondary activities.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 3,983. There, 0.0 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.