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Shipping companies in Brazil — browse 11.3K records

Browse 11,253 shipping companies in Brazil — registry-sourced from Receita Federal, scoped to NACE 50. Each record carries up to up to 500 firmographic attributes — from CNPJ and registered address to revenue, headcount and corporate group structure. The largest by revenue are EMPRESA DE NAVEGACAO ELCANO S/A ($920M), ZEMAX LOG SOLUCOES MARITIMAS SA - ZMAX GROUP ($573M) and COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO NORSUL ($363M).

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Shipping companies
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NACE codes
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Top companies

Largest shipping companies in Brazil (2026)

The largest shipping companies in Brazil by revenue are EMPRESA DE NAVEGACAO ELCANO S/A ($920M), ZEMAX LOG SOLUCOES MARITIMAS SA - ZMAX GROUP ($573M) and COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO NORSUL ($363M). The directory below ranks them — sort any column, or filter by sub-sector, company size and region.

Last updated June 2026.

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Showing 25 of 11,253 Brazilian shipping companies· click a column to sort, or a company for its full record

Sea and coastal freight water transport780$920M
Sea and coastal freight water transport20$573M
Sea and coastal freight water transport652$363M
Inland freight water transport550$272M
Inland freight water transport1,340$193M
Sea and coastal freight water transport122$74M
Sea and coastal freight water transport160$45M
Inland freight water transport200$36M
Sea and coastal freight water transport500$35M
Inland freight water transport439$34M
Inland freight water transport410$32M
Sea and coastal passenger water transport644$30M
Inland freight water transport210$29M
Inland freight water transport348$27M
Inland freight water transport315$24M
Inland freight water transport247$19M
Sea and coastal freight water transport250$19M
Sea and coastal freight water transport270$19M
Sea and coastal freight water transport120$18M
Inland freight water transport214$17M
Inland passenger water transport378$16M
Inland freight water transport199$15M
Inland freight water transport192$15M
Inland freight water transport212$14M
Inland freight water transport192$13M

This is a sample. The full database holds 11,253 Brazilian shipping companies, each with every attribute in the dictionary below.

Database overview

Shipping companies in Brazil — database overview

Distributions across all 11,253 shipping companies in Brazil — registry-sourced from Receita Federal and refreshed daily.

Company size (by employee band)

  • 1–9
    96%
  • 10–49
    3%
  • 50–199
    1%
  • 200–999
    0%
  • 1,000+
    0%

Sub-sector breakdown (NACE)

  • Inland passenger water transport44%
  • Inland freight water transport24%
  • Sea and coastal passenger water transport21%
  • Sea and coastal freight water transport11%

Regional distribution

  • Rio de Janeiro
    17%
  • São Paulo
    17%
  • Amazonas
    13%
  • Pará
    11%
  • Bahia
    5%
  • Santa Catarina
    4%
  • Other
    33%

Revenue (USD)

  • Less than $100K
    84%
  • $100K – $1M
    15%
  • $1M – $10M
    1%
  • $10M – $100M
    0%
  • $100M+
    0%
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These distributions are computed from the full Brazilian shipping companies database, not the sample above.

Data coverage

What data is available on shipping companies in Brazil

Brazil business database

Firmographics

Legal name, registered address, NACE sub-sector, legal form, founding year and website. Every record is keyed to its CNPJ — the stable Receita Federal identifier that survives name changes and rebrands, making it the most reliable CRM deduplication key for Brazil data.

Points of interest

Each company is geocoded to GPS coordinates covering its registered seat and operating locations across Brazil, with a precision level on every point — useful for territory planning and proximity targeting.

Tax IDs

Records carry the CNPJ and, where applicable, the VAT registration number, with a flag for when the two coincide. These are the cleanest match keys for enriching lists and cross-referencing against the national tax authority and your CRM.

Group structure

InfobelPRO resolves the corporate hierarchy — parent, subsidiaries and the size of the worldwide corporate family — so sales and compliance teams can see who controls an entity before engaging or onboarding it.

Financials

Annual revenue in local currency, EUR and USD, employee headcount and founding year, with multi-year history where filed. Figures are sourced from Receita Federal filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.

Data dictionary

Every attribute in the Brazilian shipping companies dataset

The full field catalogue behind each record. Contact data (email, phone, executives) is part of the licensed dataset but is never displayed on this page.

Identity

companyName
Registered legal name.
businessName
Trading / commercial name where it differs from the legal name.
tradeName
Additional registered trade name.
nationalID
CNPJ — the official Receita Federal company identifier.
nationalIDIsVat
Flag indicating whether the national ID doubles as the VAT number.

Location

addressStreet
Registered street address.
postCode
Postal code.
city
City / locality.
province
Region / province / county.
country
Country (ISO).
longitude / latitude
Geocoded coordinates of the location.
geoLevel
Precision level of the geocode.

Web

website
Primary corporate URL.
webDomain
Normalised root domain.
websiteStatusFlag
Live / dead / redirect status from the last crawl.
websiteCrawlDate
Date the website was last checked.

Activity

altInternationalCode01–06
Up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes plus labels.
internationalCode
US SIC code.
localCode
National activity code.
infobelCode
Proprietary Infobel activity code.

Size

employeesHere
Headcount at this location.
employeesTotal
Total headcount across the entity (with Actual / Modeled flag).

Financials

salesVolume
Annual revenue in local currency.
salesVolumeEuros
Annual revenue converted to EUR.
salesVolumeDollars
Annual revenue converted to USD — shown in the table.
currency
Reporting currency.
yearStarted
Year the company was founded.
financialHistory
Multi-year revenue history where filed.

Status & legal

statusCodeName
HQ, branch or single-location indicator.
legalStatusCodeDescription
Legal form (e.g. limited company / corporation).

Group structure

familyMembers
Number of entities in the worldwide corporate family.
subsidiaryIndicator
Whether the entity is a subsidiary.
parentLinkage
Link to the parent company.
domesticLinkage / globalLinkage
Domestic and global ownership links.
hierarchyCode
Position within the corporate hierarchy.

Source comparison

Receita Federal vs InfobelPRO

Receita Federal gives you legal registration data. InfobelPRO adds the commercial intelligence sales, marketing and compliance teams actually need.

AttributeReceita FederalFree official registryInfobelPRO
CNPJYesYes — on 99.9% of records
Legal name & registered addressYesYes
Company status (HQ / branch)YesYes — daily sync
NACE sub-sector classificationYesYes — up to 6 codes
Annual revenue (local / EUR / USD)Filings onlyYes — multi-currency
Employee countNoYes
Decision-maker contactsNoYes — licensed
Geocoded coordinatesNoYes
Corporate group structureFilings onlyYes — full hierarchy
API accessNoYes — REST API
Bulk export (CSV / JSON / Parquet)NoYes
Update frequencyPeriodic (filings)Daily sync

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

By the revenue shown in the directory above, the largest shipping companies in Brazil include EMPRESA DE NAVEGACAO ELCANO S/A ($920M), ZEMAX LOG SOLUCOES MARITIMAS SA - ZMAX GROUP ($573M) and COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO NORSUL ($363M). Sort the Revenue column or filter by sub-sector, size and region to explore the full ranking.
InfobelPRO lists 11,253 shipping companies registered in Brazil, classified under NACE 50, sourced from Receita Federal. The directory covers all registered entities in scope, not a sampled subset.
Rio de Janeiro holds the largest share with 17% of Brazil's shipping companies, followed by São Paulo (17%) and Amazonas (13%). The region chart above shows the full distribution.
Shipping companies in Brazil are classified under NACE 50 — 4 sub-sector codes appear in this segment. Each record can carry up to six NACE Rev. 2 activity codes, plus a US SIC code and the national activity code.
Core firmographics come directly from Receita Federal and are refreshed daily — new incorporations, address changes and status updates flow through within 24 hours of publication. Revenue and employee figures track annual report filings and carry an Actual-or-Modeled reliability flag.
Yes. InfobelPRO combines registry-sourced firmographics with licensed contact data, processed under GDPR Article 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest. Individual opt-outs are honoured and compliance documentation is available on request.

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