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    How to Find a Company List by State, City or CNAE

    GCD
    Gustavo from CNPJ Data
    5 min read

    Finding a company list doesn't have to start with a blank spreadsheet. At CNPJ Data, you can search monthly files by State, City or CNAE (Brazil's official activity classification), choose between active and inactive companies and check how many records are available before creating an account.

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    Search by State, City or CNAE and see how many records are available before creating your account.

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    Which filter is the best starting point?

    State

    Use this when your operation covers an entire state or when you want to compare coverage across different regions.

    City

    Use this for local prospecting, regional expansion, sales representatives and campaigns concentrated in a single municipality.

    CNAE

    Use this when industry is the main criterion in your ideal customer profile.

    How to search in practice

    1. Go to the public file search.
    2. Choose between active and inactive companies.
    3. Select the month of the database you want to query.
    4. Pick State, City or CNAE depending on your goal.
    5. Review the files found and the number of companies in each one.
    6. Continue to download. Login or sign-up is only requested at this step.

    City files are shown together with their state to avoid ambiguity. When a spreadsheet is too large for Excel, it is split into parts, which appear separately in the results.

    Active or inactive companies?

    Active companies are the right choice when your prospecting depends on organizations with an active registration status. The inactive option covers statuses other than active, such as canceled, suspended and closed companies, and can be useful for historical analysis, relationship recovery or market research.

    Your choice should follow the purpose of your outreach. For a current commercial list, start with active companies and validate contact details before the first touch.

    File search or Detailed Search?

    The file search is the right tool when you want to find a ready-to-download file. If your question is how many companies exist in a niche defined by multiple criteria, use the Detailed Search. It returns a quantification of the niche, not necessarily a ready-made file.

    Want to combine multiple filters before downloading? Calculate your niche.

    GCD

    About the author

    Gustavo from CNPJ Data is a specialist in company data and B2B prospecting. He regularly contributes insights on how to use Receita Federal (Brazil's Federal Revenue Service) data for effective sales strategies.

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