Brazil has one of the most open business registries in the world. The Receita Federal (Federal Revenue) publishes the complete CNPJ database — 65+ million companies — as public data. Here's what you can do with it.

What's available

Every registered Brazilian company has a CNPJ (14-digit tax ID). The public dataset includes:

Razão social (legal name) and trading name

Situação cadastral (active, suspended, cancelled, etc.)