CNAE 8593-7/00 · Brazil
Ensino de idiomas
35,460 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
- 35,460
- 155th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 6,931
- +22.6% · 140th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 20
- 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.- ASSOCIACAO CULTURA INGLESA - SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- INSTITUTO BRASIL ESTADOS UNIDOSRio de Janeiro (RJ)
- FACEPP CENTRO EDUCACIONAL LTDAPrudentópolis (PR)
- ASSOCIACAO CULTURAL BRASIL ESTADOS UNIDOSSalvador (BA)
- FUNDACAO RICHARD HUGH FISKSão Paulo (SP)
- CULTURA INGLESA MG LTDABelo Horizonte (MG)
- 4YOU2 ENSINO DE IDIOMAS S.A.São Paulo (SP)
- COOPERATIVA DE ENSINO DE LINGUA ESTRANGEIRA MODERNA - COOPLEMBrasília (DF)
- CONSELHO CULTURAL THOMAS JEFFERSONBrasília (DF)
- ASSOCIACAO HISPANO-BRASILEIRA INSTITUTO CERVANTESSão Paulo (SP)
- ASSOCIACAO CULTURA INGLESA DE CURITIBACuritiba (PR)
- BERLITZ CENTRO DE IDIOMAS LTDASão Paulo (SP)
How to assess a company's data
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- How to look up a CNPJ
Check identifiers, dates and registry fields against official sources.
- 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 – 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1
- 0.1 – 0.2
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 13,749
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 4,031
- 3 Minas Gerais 3,448
- 4 Paraná 2,586
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 2,269
- 6 Santa Catarina 2,054
- 7 Bahia 1,000
- 8 Pernambuco 842
- 9 Goiás 773
- 10 Distrito Federal 761
See the 26 federative units
- 11 Espírito Santo 613
- 12 Ceará 531
- 13 Pará 367
- 14 Paraíba 321
- 15 Mato Grosso do Sul 320
- 16 Amazonas 288
- 17 Mato Grosso 271
- 18 Maranhão 230
- 19 Rio Grande do Norte 229
- 20 Alagoas 214
- 21 Sergipe 194
- 22 Piauí 122
- 23 Tocantins 75
- 24 Rondônia 73
- 25 Amapá 39
- 26 Roraima 31
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 4,941
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 2,094
- 3 Curitiba (PR) 1,025
- 4 Belo Horizonte (MG) 965
- 5 Brasília (DF) 761
- 6 Porto Alegre (RS) 587
- 7 Campinas (SP) 552
- 8 Florianópolis (SC) 404
- 9 Recife (PE) 389
- 10 Salvador (BA) 382
See the 30 cities
- 11 Goiânia (GO) 363
- 12 Fortaleza (CE) 314
- 13 São José dos Campos (SP) 309
- 14 Santo André (SP) 308
- 15 Guarulhos (SP) 298
- 16 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 297
- 17 Niterói (RJ) 285
- 18 Sorocaba (SP) 283
- 19 Manaus (AM) 263
- 20 Jundiaí (SP) 258
- 21 Santos (SP) 240
- 22 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 205
- 23 Joinville (SC) 200
- 24 Uberlândia (MG) 197
- 25 Osasco (SP) 191
- 26 João Pessoa (PB) 188
- 27 Mogi das Cruzes (SP) 179
- 28 Piracicaba (SP) 175
- 29 Campo Grande (MS) 167
- 30 Barueri (SP) 160
What activity 8593-7/00 is
- Section P — Educação
- Division — Educação
- Group — Outras atividades de ensino
- Class — Ensino de idiomas
What it covers
- O ensino de idiomas em cursos especializados
- As atividades dos professores de idiomas independentes
Typical activities
- Atividade de professores de idioma independentes
- Atividades de aplicação de exames de proficiência para língua estrangeira
- Curso, ensino de espanhol
- Curso, ensino de francês
- Curso, ensino de idiomas
- Curso, ensino de inglês
- Curso, ensino de italiano
- Curso, ensino de língua brasileira de sinais (libras)
- Curso, ensino de línguas estrangeiras
- Português, curso, ensino de
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 8593-7/00
How many CNAE 8593-7/00 companies are there in Brazil?
35,460 active companies have CNAE 8593-7/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 155th among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 13,749. There, 0.2 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.