CNAE 8591-1/00 · Brazil
Ensino de esportes
16,370 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
- 16,370
- 246th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 2,892
- +24.0% · 224th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 18
- 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.- GHIMPER ESPORTES E ACADEMIAS LTDASorocaba (SP)
- CENTRO DE TREINAMENTO BONIFACIA LTDACuiabá (MT)
- FASTTENNIS ACADEMIA DE TENIS S.A.Belo Horizonte (MG)
- INSTITUTO MOVERIpatinga (MG)
- RAIA LIVRE ESPORTES E ARTIGOS ESPORTIVOS LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- A S COMBAT ACADEMIA LTDA.Ananindeua (PA)
- MAXZONE STUDIO LTDAVitória (ES)
- RGBC LTDACampinas (SP)
- FFIT GRAJAU ACADEMIA LTDARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- 3GN BRASIL ATIVIDADES DE TIRO LTDAPalmeiras (BA)
- GHIMPER ACADEMIAS LTDASorocaba (SP)
- RR ESPORTES LTDAImperatriz (MA)
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 – 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 4,814
- 2 Minas Gerais 1,745
- 3 Paraná 1,506
- 4 Rio de Janeiro 1,456
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 1,203
- 6 Santa Catarina 882
- 7 Bahia 619
- 8 Distrito Federal 552
- 9 Goiás 516
- 10 Ceará 389
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Espírito Santo 333
- 12 Pernambuco 324
- 13 Mato Grosso 296
- 14 Mato Grosso do Sul 249
- 15 Maranhão 223
- 16 Pará 219
- 17 Rio Grande do Norte 163
- 18 Amazonas 129
- 19 Paraíba 126
- 20 Rondônia 122
- 21 Sergipe 117
- 22 Piauí 100
- 23 Alagoas 98
- 24 Tocantins 90
- 25 Amapá 40
- 26 Acre 36
- 27 Roraima 17
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 1,640
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 827
- 3 Brasília (DF) 552
- 4 Curitiba (PR) 473
- 5 Belo Horizonte (MG) 461
- 6 Porto Alegre (RS) 268
- 7 Campinas (SP) 198
- 8 Goiânia (GO) 190
- 9 Salvador (BA) 173
- 10 Fortaleza (CE) 164
See the 30 cities
- 11 Florianópolis (SC) 142
- 12 Recife (PE) 127
- 13 Niterói (RJ) 109
- 14 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 109
- 15 Sorocaba (SP) 107
- 16 Santos (SP) 105
- 17 Vitória (ES) 104
- 18 Manaus (AM) 103
- 19 São Luís (MA) 99
- 20 Campo Grande (MS) 97
- 21 São José dos Campos (SP) 96
- 22 Maringá (PR) 96
- 23 Uberlândia (MG) 94
- 24 Londrina (PR) 94
- 25 Jundiaí (SP) 84
- 26 Guarulhos (SP) 83
- 27 Cuiabá (MT) 80
- 28 Natal (RN) 76
- 29 Aracaju (SE) 76
- 30 Juiz de Fora (MG) 71
What activity 8591-1/00 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Outras atividades de ensino
- Class — Ensino de esportes
What it covers
- As atividades de ensino de esportes em escolas esportivas ou por professores independentes, tais como futebol, basquete, vôlei, tênis, natação, artes marciais, equitação, mergulho, etc.
- As atividades dos técnicos e assistentes de atividades esportivas praticadas por atletas profissionais
What it does not cover
- As atividades de condicionamento físico e esportes recreacionais (9313-1/00)Classified under: 9313-1/00 Atividades de condicionamento físico
Typical activities
- Atividade de aulas de equitação
- Atividades de técnicos e assistentes de atividades esportivas
- Ensino, academia de boxe
- Ensino, curso de artes marciais
- Ensino, curso, escola de atletismo
- Ensino, curso, escola de basquete
- Ensino, curso, escola de capoeira
- Ensino, curso, escola de esportes
- Ensino, curso, escola de futebol
- Ensino, curso, escola de mergulho
- Ensino, curso, escola de natação
- Ensino, curso, escola de squash
See the other 16 typical activities
- Ensino, curso, escola de surf
- Ensino, curso, escola de tênis
- Ensino, curso, escola de tiro ao alvo
- Ensino, curso, escola de tiro esportivo
- Ensino, curso, escola de vôlei
- Ensino de, academia de jiu-jitsu
- Ensino de, academia de judô
- Ensino de, academia de karatê
- Ensino de aikido
- Ensino de halterofilismo
- Escolinha de atletismo
- Escolinha de basquete
- Escolinha de esporte
- Escolinha de futebol
- Escolinha de natação
- Escolinha de vôlei
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8591-1/00
How many CNAE 8591-1/00 companies are there in Brazil?
16,370 active companies have CNAE 8591-1/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 246th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 4,814. 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.