Almost 70% of companies operating in Brazil are formed by individual microentrepreneurs (MEI), announced today the Special Secretariat for Productivity and Competitiveness of the Ministry of Economy. According to the Mapa de Empresas bulletin, there are 13,489,017 MEIs in the country, out of a total of 19,373,257 active companies.
According to the director of the National Department of Business Registration and Integration of the Ministry of Economy, André Luiz Santa Cruz, the data show the success of the debureaucratization policies and indicate that the country is no longer hostile to entrepreneurship.
“The fact that there are large numbers of MEIs is a result of the success of the public policy of formalization for those who had informal activity. There are no difficulties in opening companies in Brazil”, declared Santa Cruz. According to him, the individual microentrepreneur represents an important category, which generates formal jobs (each MEI can hire up to one employee) and creates ventures that thrive.
Agility
The director attributed the increase in the participation of micro-entrepreneurs to the policy of improving the business environment. “The more the business environment improves, the more people feel encouraged to undertake. This is the portrait of our time. Brazil is no longer a hostile country to those who want to undertake,” he said.
In the first four months of this year, the time required to open a business was 1 day and 16 hours, which represents a reduction of 1 day and 13 hours compared to the first four months of 2021. According to the Ministry of Economy, this is the shortest interval in the historical series. According to the Special Secretariat for Productivity and Competitiveness, the goal is to reduce the time to less than 1 day by the end of this year. Currently, 61.3% of new companies reach this deadline.
opening rhythm
Despite the increase in the participation of MEIs in the total number of companies in activity, the pace of opening companies from January to April decreased in relation to the same period last year. In the first four months of 2022, 1,350,127 companies were opened across the country, 3.2% less than in the first four months of 2021. In the same period, 541,884 companies closed their doors, up 23% in the same comparison.
In comparison with the last quarter of last year, however, the number of companies created rose 11.5%. The number of closures increased by 11.5%.
Categories
Regarding MEI, 1,114,826 records were opened from January to April, up 14% compared to the last four months of 2021, but with a decrease of 3.2% compared to the period from January to April of last year.
In the other categories of companies, the opening pace varies. From January to April, 226,549 limited liability companies were created, up 19.1% over the first four months of last year and 3.2% over the final four months of 2021. In all, there are 4,667,178 companies in this category operating in the country.
In relation to Individual Limited Liability Companies (Eireli), 2,381 firms were created in the first four months of this year, down 92.4% compared to the same period in 2021 and 55.5% over September to December last year. There are 937,163 companies operating in this category.
In the first four months of 2022, 3,749 corporations were opened, a decrease of 23.8% compared to the same period in 2021 and 20.6% compared to the last four months of last year. There are 177,898 corporations currently in operation.
From January to April, 880 cooperatives were opened, up 23.2% compared to the first four months of 2021, but down 3.8% compared to the last four months of last year. Altogether, there are 35,169 cooperatives operating in the country. The “other types of companies” category totaled 66,832 units in operation, with 1,742 openings in the first four months, a decrease of 32.5% compared to the first four months of 2021 and 40% compared to the period from September to December of last year. .
sectors
In the comparison by sectors, most Brazilian companies operate in the service sector: 48.9%, according to the bulletin. Then come commerce (32.6%), the manufacturing industry (9.3%), civil construction (7.9%), agriculture (0.7%), mining and quarrying (0. 1%), and other sectors (0.5%).
