CNAE 9491-0/00 · Brazil
Atividades de organizações religiosas ou filosóficas
139,537 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
- 139,537
- 43rd of 1,329 activities
- Opened in 12 months
- 6,891
- −13.9% · 141st by openings
- Of every 100 companies in the country
- 0.5
- 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.- IGREJA UNIVERSAL DO REINO DE DEUSSão Paulo (SP)
- IGREJA DO EVANGELHO QUADRANGULARSão Paulo (SP)
- IGREJA MUNDIAL DO PODER DE DEUSSantos (SP)
- IGREJA INTERNACIONAL DA GRACA DE DEUSRio de Janeiro (RJ)
- IGREJA CRISTA MARANATAVila Velha (ES)
- ASSOCIACAO BRASILEIRA D'A IGREJA DE JESUS CRISTO DOS SANTOS DOS ULTIMOS DIASSão Paulo (SP)
- UNIAO CENTRAL BRASILEIRA DA IGREJA ADVENTISTA DO SETIMO DIAArtur Nogueira (SP)
- IGREJA EVANGELICA ASSEMBLEIA DE DEUS EM SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- CONGREGACAO CRISTA NO BRASILSão Paulo (SP)
- MITRA ARQUIDIOCESANA DE BELO HORIZONTEBelo Horizonte (MG)
- MITRA ARQUIDIOCESANA DE SAO PAULOSão Paulo (SP)
- ASSOCIACAO DA IGREJA METODISTA - 1 REGIAO ECLESIASTICARio de Janeiro (RJ)
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
- 0.3 – 0.4
- 0.4 – 0.5
- 0.5 – 0.7
- 0.7 – 0.8
- 0.8 – 1.3
Federative units with the most companies
- 1 São Paulo 34,524
- 2 Rio de Janeiro 20,768
- 3 Minas Gerais 14,810
- 4 Bahia 8,425
- 5 Paraná 7,371
- 6 Rio Grande do Sul 7,103
- 7 Goiás 6,134
- 8 Santa Catarina 4,542
- 9 Espírito Santo 4,467
- 10 Pernambuco 3,357
See the 27 federative units
- 11 Pará 3,112
- 12 Ceará 3,008
- 13 Distrito Federal 2,974
- 14 Maranhão 2,459
- 15 Mato Grosso 2,395
- 16 Mato Grosso do Sul 2,347
- 17 Amazonas 2,052
- 18 Paraíba 1,581
- 19 Rondônia 1,420
- 20 Tocantins 1,172
- 21 Piauí 1,079
- 22 Alagoas 1,045
- 23 Rio Grande do Norte 1,033
- 24 Sergipe 867
- 25 Acre 671
- 26 Amapá 476
- 27 Roraima 328
Cities with the most companies
active companies by head office
- 1 São Paulo (SP) 10,362
- 2 Rio de Janeiro (RJ) 6,629
- 3 Brasília (DF) 2,974
- 4 Belo Horizonte (MG) 2,059
- 5 Salvador (BA) 1,655
- 6 Manaus (AM) 1,474
- 7 Goiânia (GO) 1,439
- 8 Nova Iguaçu (RJ) 1,429
- 9 São Gonçalo (RJ) 1,378
- 10 Duque de Caxias (RJ) 1,361
See the 30 cities
- 11 Guarulhos (SP) 1,293
- 12 Curitiba (PR) 1,220
- 13 Fortaleza (CE) 1,211
- 14 Campo Grande (MS) 925
- 15 Campinas (SP) 918
- 16 Belford Roxo (RJ) 806
- 17 Recife (PE) 804
- 18 Serra (ES) 752
- 19 São Luís (MA) 679
- 20 Porto Alegre (RS) 671
- 21 São João de Meriti (RJ) 668
- 22 São Bernardo do Campo (SP) 642
- 23 Santo André (SP) 636
- 24 Contagem (MG) 626
- 25 Osasco (SP) 620
- 26 Feira de Santana (BA) 565
- 27 Vila Velha (ES) 555
- 28 Cariacica (ES) 549
- 29 Niterói (RJ) 531
- 30 Maceió (AL) 513
What activity 9491-0/00 is
- Section S — Outras atividades de serviços
- Division — Atividades de organizações associativas
- Group — Atividades de organizações associativas não especificadas anteriormente
- Class — Atividades de organizações religiosas
What it covers
- As atividades de organizações religiosas ou filosóficas
- As atividades de igrejas, mosteiros, conventos ou organizações similares
- As atividades de catequese, celebração ou de organização de cultos
- As cerimônias religiosas de honras fúnebres
What it does not cover
- A edição e impressão de jornais, revistas, etc. por organizações associativas (divisão 58)
- As atividades educativas (divisão 85) de atenção à saúde (divisão 86) ou de assistência social (divisão 88) realizadas por organizações associativas
- As atividades de astrólogos, videntes e similares (9609-2/99)Classified under: 9609-2/99 Outras atividades de serviços pessoais não especificadas anteriormente
Typical activities
- Arquidiocese
- Atividades de loja maçônica
- Casa de benção
- Casa de oração
- Casa maçônica
- Catequese
- Celebração e organização culto religioso
- Centro de umbanda
- Centro espírita
- Cerimônias religiosas de honras fúnebres
- Congregação de padres
- Congregação religiosa
See the other 16 typical activities
- Convento
- Igreja
- Instituição religiosa
- Irmandade religiosa
- Mesquita
- Missão religiosa
- Mosteiro
- Organização filosófica
- Organização religiosa
- Sinagoga
- Templo
- Templo religioso
- Tenda espírita
- Terreiro de candomblé
- Terreiro de macumba
- Terreiro de umbanda
Frequently asked questions about CNAE 9491-0/00
How many CNAE 9491-0/00 companies are there in Brazil?
139,537 active companies have CNAE 9491-0/00 as their main activity, according to the Receita Federal's October 2026 publication. It is 43rd among the country's activities by companies.
Which federative unit has the most companies in this activity?
São Paulo, with 34,524. There, 0.4 of every 100 active companies have this main activity, against 0.5 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.