After two consecutive periods showing a decrease in the volume of new CNPJs in the first six months of the year (1S22 and 1S23), the country registers growth of 7.1% in this 1st half of 2024 compared to the same previous period (1st half of 2023) Accountingized, the largest accounting office in Brazil, leader in opening companies and managing CNPJs, from the analysis of public data from the Federal Revenue, this increase in the index did not happen since the 1st half of 2021, after the first year of the pandemic, which reached 35,83%.
In addition, for the fourth consecutive year, Brazil also continues to surpass the mark of 2 million companies opened in the 1st semester 2.151.710 new CNPJs, which represents an increase of 7.1% compared to the same period of 2023. The advancement of Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI) stood at 6.8% (TPS)1,632,739 x 1,528,070) when evaluating one year against another, while non-MEIs had a high of 7.7% (518,971 x 481,644).
To the executive vice president of operations Accountingized, Guilherme Soares, the current scenario shows the positive context of entrepreneurship with the resumption after the 2022 and 2023 indexes.“A good news is even greater because this is the 1st semester that we identified an increase in both categories MEI and non-MEI (6,8% and 7,7%) after two years without this simultaneous advancement” that it is also two years ago that the sectors of trade, industry and services did not grow the variation of opening together as it was now (1,4TP3,3TP3,3TP).13TP.13.
The data conforms to an sebrae Survey, which revealed that small businesses account for about 95% of all existing companies in the country and are responsible for 30% of the Brazilian Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “Ssmaller companies contribute significantly to both revenue generation and the creation of formal jobs. They are fundamental to the economic strengthening of cities, boosting regional development”, notes the executive.
From January to June, microenterprises (ME) and small businesses (EPP) were responsible for generating six out of 10 new jobs, according to Sebrae, from data obtained through the base in the General Register of Employed and Unemployed (Caged). That is, more than 777.2 thousand new formal jobs were created by small Brazilian businesses. By analyzing only the June picture, more than 201.7 thousand opportunities were opened in the country, with MEs and EPPs responsible for 115.9 thousand formal jobs created by small Brazilian businesses (57, 14.101 jobs.8.101 were jobs.8.1010.8.8.3:10101 jobs.8.8.8.1 were jobs.3.8.101 were jobs.
The economist and doctor in Agribusiness from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Maria Flavia Tavares, analyzes the scenario. “In Brazil, according to World Bank data, 7.8% of GDP comes from the service sector, 20.2% come from industry and 7.5% come from agriculture. Covid-19 not only caused a devastating number of human losses, but also generated havoc in the economy. This scenario forced many people to seek new sources of income, leading to an increase in the number of entrepreneurs, especially MEIs that contributed to the creation of federal taxes.
Division by sectors
In 1H24, the relationship of opening companies in the three sectors was as follows:
- Services: 1,417,648 (65,88% of publicly traded companies)
- Trade: 578,923 (26,91% of total open companies)
- Industry: 128,136 (6% of total open companies)
Among the non-MEI companies, the services sector showed the highest percentage increase of 11.4%. In the MEI category, the services sector continued to stand out, with growth of 9.5%.
