CNAE 9001-9/01 · Brazil
Produção teatral
17,301 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
- 17,301
- 237th of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 2,316
- −9.0% · 247th by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.1
- do this activity
- Openings per 100 active
- 13
- 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.- BRAIN + SOLUCOES CULTURAIS LTDARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- CONTARTE EVENTOS CRIATIVOS LTDACuritiba (PR)
- G. JORDAN SOCIEDADE UNIPESSOAL LIMITADARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- MARJORIE ESTIANO EVENTOS ARTISTICOS LTDACuritiba (PR)
- CETOR7 - CENTRO EDUCACIONAL TEATRO PARA ORATORIA LTDASão José de Ribamar (MA)
- LAMIRA ARTES CENICAS LTDAPalmas (TO)
- ALECRIM BR PRODUCOES ARTISTICAS LTDABrasília (DF)
- PEQUENA CENTRAL DE PRODUCOES ARTISTICAS LTDARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- RIZKY STUDIO LTDARio de Janeiro (RJ)
- MADE IN LU CRIACAO E ARTE LTDASão Paulo (SP)
- MARCO ZERO PRODUCOES LTDAFortaleza (CE)
- LUMIATO PRODUCOES ARTISTICAS LTDABrasília (DF)
How to assess a company's data
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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
- 0.0
- 0.0
- 0.1 – 0.2
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 6,871
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 3,897
- 3 Minas Gerais 1,183
- 4 Paraná 944
- 5 Rio Grande do Sul 850
- 6 Santa Catarina 560
- 7 Bahia 484
- 8 Pernambuco 391
- 9 Ceará 355
- 10 Distrito Federal 326
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Goiás 301
- 12 Rio Grande do Norte 140
- 13 Espírito Santo 136
- 14 Paraíba 131
- 15 Pará 106
- 16 Mato Grosso do Sul 92
- 17 Maranhão 89
- 18 Mato Grosso 83
- 19 Sergipe 83
- 20 Amazonas 76
- 21 Piauí 61
- 22 Alagoas 54
- 23 Acre 23
- 24 Tocantins 22
- 25 Amapá 21
- 26 Rondônia 17
- 27 Roraima 5
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 4,197
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 2,961
- 3 Curitiba (PR) 600
- 4 Belo Horizonte (MG) 534
- 5 Porto Alegre (RS) 351
- 6 Salvador (BA) 327
- 7 Brasília (DF) 326
- 8 Campinas (SP) 254
- 9 Niterói (RJ) 233
- 10 Fortaleza (CE) 229
See the 30 cities
- 11 Goiânia (GO) 202
- 12 Recife (PE) 197
- 13 Florianópolis (SC) 156
- 14 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 111
- 15 Santo André (SP) 109
- 16 Ribeirão Preto (SP) 107
- 17 Guarulhos (SP) 98
- 18 Jundiaí (SP) 91
- 19 Santos (SP) 89
- 20 Osasco (SP) 83
- 21 João Pessoa (PB) 78
- 22 Natal (RN) 74
- 23 Manaus (AM) 72
- 24 Uberlândia (MG) 72
- 25 São Gonçalo (RJ) 69
- 26 São Luís (MA) 67
- 27 São José do Rio Preto (SP) 67
- 28 São Caetano do Sul (SP) 66
- 29 Sorocaba (SP) 66
- 30 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 65
What activity 9001-9/01 is
- Section R — Artes, cultura, esporte e recreação
- Division — Atividades artísticas, criativas e de espetáculos
- Group — Atividades artísticas, criativas e de espetáculos
- Class — Artes cênicas, espetáculos e atividades complementares
What it covers
- As atividades de produção e promoção de apresentações ao vivo de grupos e companhias de teatro em casas de espetáculos e em teatros
- As demais atividades das companhias de teatro
- As atividades de atores independentes
What it does not cover
- As atividades de agenciamento de profissionais para atividades culturais e artísticas (7490-1/05)Classified under: 7490-1/05 Agenciamento de profissionais para atividades esportivas, culturais e artísticas
- As atividades de agenciamento de elenco, inclusive para o teatro (7810-8/00)Classified under: 7810-8/00 Seleção e agenciamento de mão de obra
- As atividades de reserva e de venda de ingressos para teatro (7990-2/00)Classified under: 7990-2/00 Serviços de reservas e outros serviços de turismo não especificados anteriormente
- As atividades de gestão de salas de teatro (9003-5/00)Classified under: 9003-5/00 Gestão de espaços para artes cênicas, espetáculos e outras atividades artísticas
Typical activities
- Atividade de ator independente
- Atividade de companhia teatral
- Atividade de grupo, conjunto teatral
- Atividade de organização, promoção de eventos de teatro
- Atividade de produção teatral
- Atividades de artes cênicas teatrais independentes
- Companhia de teatro
- Evento cultural teatral
- Serviços de figuração
The activities of class 9001-9
artes cênicas, espetáculos e atividades complementares, by subclass| Subclass | Active | Openings | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9001-9/01 Produção teatral · this one | 17,301 | 2,316 | −9.0% |
| 9001-9/02 Produção musical | 95,366 | 19,087 | +5.3% |
| 9001-9/03 Produção de espetáculos de dança | 807 | 70 | +25.0% |
| 9001-9/04 Produção de espetáculos circenses, de marionetes e similares | 543 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 9001-9/05 Produção de espetáculos de rodeios, vaquejadas e similares | 728 | 60 | −9.1% |
| 9001-9/06 Atividades de sonorização e de iluminação | 36,400 | 7,631 | +14.8% |
| 9001-9/99 Artes cênicas, espetáculos e atividades complementares não especificadas anteriormente | 11,394 | 583 | −10.3% |
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 9001-9/01
How many CNAE 9001-9/01 companies are there in Brazil?
17,301 active companies have CNAE 9001-9/01 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 237th among the country's activities by companies.
Which activities make up class 9001-9?
Class 9001-9 has 7 subclasses: 9001-9/01; 9001-9/02; 9001-9/03; 9001-9/04; 9001-9/05; 9001-9/06; 9001-9/99. 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 6,871. 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.