CNAE 8640-2/01 · Brazil
Laboratórios de anatomia patológica e citológica
1,593 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
- 1,593
- 650th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 83
- +6.4% · 732nd by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.0
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 5
- 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.- CITOCENTER LABORATORIO MEDICO LTDAGoiânia (GO)
- UNIMED CURITIBA PARTICIPACOES S/ACuritiba (PR)
- ATUAL LABORATORIO DE ANALISE CLINICA LTDAColméia (TO)
- LABORATORIO DOLES LTDAGoiânia (GO)
- LABORATORIO DE ANALISES E PESQUISAS CLINICAS CONTINENTE LTDASão José (SC)
- SOLIM MEDICINA DIAGNOSTICA LTDAAracaju (SE)
- ESTRELA DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORIO LTDASousa (PB)
- INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA E DIAGNOSTICO MAURICIO RIOS LTDAPatos de Minas (MG)
- ASSOCIACAO INSTITUTO DE PRESERVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO - IPDVarginha (MG)
- UNILABS DIAGNOSTICOS INTEGRADOS LTDASorocaba (SP)
- LABORATORIO DE PATOLOGIA ROCHA E GONZATTI LTDASanta Cruz do Sul (RS)
- LABORATORIO GUADALUPE S/S LTDABelém (PA)
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Where the companies are
Weight in each federative unit: of every 100 active companies, how many have this main activity
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Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 341
- 2 Minas Gerais 175
- 3 Rio de Janeiro 129
- 4 Rio Grande do Sul 107
- 5 Paraná 86
- 6 Bahia 77
- 7 Pernambuco 76
- 8 Santa Catarina 68
- 9 Goiás 64
- 10 Paraíba 50
See the 26 federative units
- 11 Ceará 49
- 12 Pará 47
- 13 Piauí 37
- 14 Maranhão 35
- 15 Alagoas 32
- 16 Mato Grosso 32
- 17 Rio Grande do Norte 32
- 18 Espírito Santo 31
- 19 Distrito Federal 26
- 20 Mato Grosso do Sul 21
- 21 Tocantins 19
- 22 Amazonas 17
- 23 Rondônia 17
- 24 Sergipe 14
- 25 Amapá 4
- 26 Acre 3
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 145
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 67
- 3 Belo Horizonte (MG) 49
- 4 Curitiba (PR) 30
- 5 Fortaleza (CE) 28
- 6 Recife (PE) 27
- 7 Porto Alegre (RS) 27
- 8 Brasília (DF) 26
- 9 Goiânia (GO) 25
- 10 Campinas (SP) 23
See the 30 cities
- 11 Salvador (BA) 21
- 12 Belém (PA) 18
- 13 Teresina (PI) 18
- 14 Maceió (AL) 17
- 15 João Pessoa (PB) 16
- 16 Natal (RN) 14
- 17 Montes Claros (MG) 14
- 18 Vitória (ES) 13
- 19 Sorocaba (SP) 13
- 20 Londrina (PR) 12
- 21 Caxias do Sul (RS) 12
- 22 Cuiabá (MT) 12
- 23 São Luís (MA) 11
- 24 Feira de Santana (BA) 11
- 25 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 11
- 26 Campo Grande (MS) 11
- 27 Florianópolis (SC) 10
- 28 Passo Fundo (RS) 10
- 29 Uberlândia (MG) 9
- 30 Manaus (AM) 8
What activity 8640-2/01 is
- Section Q — Saúde humana e serviços sociais
- Division — Atividades de atenção à saúde humana
- Group — Atividades de serviços de complementação diagnóstica e terapêutica
- Class — Atividades de serviços de complementação diagnóstica e terapêutica
What it covers
- As atividades dos laboratórios de anatomia patológica e citológica, tais como: #- exames citológicos #- exames citopatológicos #- exames histopatológicos
What it does not cover
- As atividades dos laboratórios de análises clínicas (8640-2/02)Classified under: 8640-2/02 Laboratórios clínicos
Typical activities
- Atividade de autopsias
- Atividades de apoio à medicina legal
- Exame de peças biológicas
- Laboratório de anatomia citológica
- Laboratório de anatomia patológica
- Laboratório de anatomia patológica e citológica
- Serviços de biologia molecular, sequenciamento de dna
- Serviços de teste de dna para determinação de paternidade
- Serviços de teste de paternidade
- Serviços de testes e mapeamentos genéticos
The activities of class 8640-2
atividades de serviços de complementação diagnóstica e terapêutica, by subclassFrequently asked questions about CNAE 8640-2/01
How many CNAE 8640-2/01 companies are there in Brazil?
1,593 active companies have CNAE 8640-2/01 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 650th among the country's activities by companies.
Which activities make up class 8640-2?
Class 8640-2 has 15 subclasses: 8640-2/01; 8640-2/02; 8640-2/03; 8640-2/04; 8640-2/05; 8640-2/06; 8640-2/07; 8640-2/08; 8640-2/09; 8640-2/10; 8640-2/11; 8640-2/12; 8640-2/13; 8640-2/14; 8640-2/99. 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 341. 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.