en.Wedoany.com Reported - In the first quarter of 2026, the number of micro and small business registrations in Brazil's information technology services sector saw significant growth, with an average of over 5,000 new companies established per month, totaling more than 16,000 new CNPJs (Brazilian Corporate Taxpayer Registry) by March. According to a report released by financial management platform Contabilizei, based on public data from the Federal Revenue Service, this figure represents an increase of over 30% compared to the same period last year.
Looking at monthly performance within the quarter, the growth trend was stable and robust. January saw a 26.5% increase compared to the same month in 2025, February recorded a 22.3% rise, and March closed with a 47% year-on-year increase. Guilherme Soares, Executive Vice President of Operations at Contabilizei, noted that this expansion does not signify a surge in large tech companies but rather reflects ongoing investment in the technology sector and a restructuring of labor relations. He believes that for tech professionals, registering a CNPJ is no longer solely an entrepreneurial path to founding a startup, but more a market reality—by eliminating payroll deductions under the CLT (Brazilian Consolidated Labor Laws) model, developers, programmers, and other professionals can increase their income and serve multiple clients with greater flexibility. Additionally, the urgent demand from traditional businesses for implementing artificial intelligence solutions has driven the hiring of on-demand professionals.
According to internal Contabilizei data cited by Soares, comparing the first quarter of 2026 to the same period in 2025, the number of new clients in the tech sector grew by nearly 70%. Analyzing the overall client base in this sector, the combined revenue of all professionals exceeded 2 billion reais in the first three months of this year. Another trend is that Brazilian tech professionals are becoming knowledge exporters, earning dollars or euros for remote work abroad. Compared to the same period last year, the number of clients invoicing overseas grew by 32%, issuing over 33,000 invoices during this period, with revenue exceeding 735 million reais.
The report also shows that in the first quarter of 2026, Brazil registered over 1.6 million new CNPJs nationwide, a 13% increase compared to the same period in 2025, adding approximately 185,000 registrations. Compared to the same period in 2025, business registrations grew across all sectors: services by 14%, industry by 14%, and commerce by 9%. By business type, micro-individual enterprises (MEI) and other sizes (non-MEI) grew by 15% and 7%, respectively.
From a regional perspective, among the top five states with the highest growth in the first quarter, Mato Grosso led with a 19.3% increase, followed by Pará, Espírito Santo, Santa Catarina, and Rio de Janeiro. Among capital cities, Manaus topped the list with a 31% growth rate, followed by Campo Grande, Fortaleza, Brasília, and Salvador. These data reflect the diversification and strengthening of entrepreneurial activities across various regions of Brazil.
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