Enterprises in Brazil increased by almost 20% compared to 2020. For Sebrae, creating its own companies is a promising path

Based on information provided by the Federal Revenue, research data carried out by the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service (Sebrae) indicate that, in 2021, almost 4 million new ventures were formalized. Compared to the previous year (2020), growth in numbers was 19,8%, equivalent to the creation of 3,3 million new CNPJs. In relation to 2018, the advance was 53,9%, more than half of registered CNPJs, with 2,5 million new micro and small companies.

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The president of Sebrae, Carlos Melles, emphasizes that the enterprise in Brazil is likely to continue growing. “The 2020 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) report, carried out by Sebrae and the Brazilian Institute of Quality and Productivity (IBPQ), estimates that 50 million Brazilians who have not yet undertaken a business plan to open a business in the next three years”, he claims.

Projects of different sizes

As published in Canaltech by Roseli Andrion, for the president of Sebrae, the growth of companies and other forms of undertakings in Brazil is directly related to the improvement of the business context in the country and the stabilization of the legal configuration of the Individual Micro-entrepreneur (MEI). Among all the National Registers of Legal Entities registered last year, only 20% of the enterprises opened are not MEI, that is, 3,2 million CNPJs are linked to micro-enterprises. According to Melles, a few years ago, between 2018 and 2019, MEI ventures were equivalent to 75% of small businesses founded.

Of the total number of enterprises opened in the last year, micro-enterprises correspond to 17,35%, or 682,7 thousand in numbers – which is a record. In previous years, these numbers were lower: 579,5 thousand in 2020; 579,3 thousand in 2019; and 540,6 thousand in 2018. As for the total number of small businesses, in 2021 121,9 thousand were registered. In 2020, there were 29% less, with 94,3 thousand companies; in 2018, the number was 62,5% less than last year, with 75 thousand. The president of Sebrae Carlos Melles points out: “Not only the MEI showed growth, but all sizes that make up the universe of small businesses in Brazil. This shows that this segment is really on the way to recovery”.

Find out more details of the promising sector that is entrepreneurship

As the Sebrae data show, Brazilian enterprises have been gaining strength and prominence in recent years. According to data from the 2018 GEM survey, 38% of the country's population owns their own business.

Ease of opening a CNPJ

Equivalent to our CPF, the Registration for companies is of paramount importance. Today, the opening process can be carried out without leaving home, via the web. For those who are MEI and need to issue invoices, the procedure is also online.

most favorable areas

According to 2019-2020 Trends Notebook, a partnership between Sebrae and the Brazilian Association of the Personal Hygiene, Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry, the natural cosmetics niche has a promising future and is worth undertaking. Also in the sustainability wave, “plant-based” food companies, that is, without ingredients from livestock, are a great bet.

Digital companies in the market

Currently, those who carry out a virtual venture, such as stores on Instagram, for example, receive great prominence. Or, in addition, large companies have increasingly emerged that operate only virtually: streaming platforms that occupy the TVs of many Brazilians, such as Netflix, and digital banks that meet the same needs as a conventional one, such as Nubank. Thus, technology represents an incredible tool to leverage small or micro enterprises and generate extra income. 

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