Search Brazil CNPJ hub: CNPJREVA Angular shell

TL;DR. Brazil’s company data sits across two layers: the federal CNPJ database (Receita Federal) and 27 state-level Juntas Comerciais. Live CNPJ hub https://www.gov.br/receitafederal/pt-br/assuntos/orientacao-tributaria/cadastros/cnpj is HTTP 200 as a hub, not a filled results page. CNPJREVA is an Angular shell, not Instant working-UI. Instant leftover is dropped. Credit card leftover is dropped. BRL fees are MISSING. priceMax 0 means Unknown, not verified free.

What is the official Brazilian business registry?

Brazil operates a two-tier registration system with no single national commercial registry:

Federal level: The Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Juridica (CNPJ) is managed by the Receita Federal do Brasil (Brazilian Federal Revenue Service), under the Ministry of Economy (Ministerio da Fazenda). Every Brazilian legal entity, regardless of type or state of incorporation, must obtain a CNPJ number from the Receita Federal. The CNPJ database is the closest thing Brazil has to a unified national company register. The public hub is at gov.br/receitafederal (HTTP 200 hub). CNPJREVA is an Angular shell on this check, not a filled search-results UI.

State level: The Junta Comercial (Commercial Registry Board) of each of Brazil’s 26 states plus the Federal District (Distrito Federal) holds the underlying incorporation documents, articles of association, and changes for companies registered in that state. There are 27 Juntas Comerciais in total. These are state government bodies coordinated (but not unified) through DREI (Departamento de Registro Empresarial e Integracao), a federal department under the Ministry of Economy.

REDESIM: The Rede Nacional para a Simplificacao do Registro e da Legalizacao de Empresas e Negocios is a federal harmonisation initiative. REDESIM was not treated as a filled CNPJREVA results UI on this check.

The legal framework for commercial registration is the Civil Code (Codigo Civil, Law 10.406/2002) and the Business Registration Act (Lei 8.934/1994). Non-profit entities, foundations, and certain other legal forms register with different bodies.

What can you search?

The live CNPJ hub is HTTP 200 as a hub. CNPJREVA is an Angular shell (ng runtime), not a filled results table. Do not list CNPJ / razao social / situacao fields as live-observed on that shell. Instant leftover is dropped.

Junta Comercial certified-document field lists were not observed on the CNPJ hub or CNPJREVA shell and are not live-cited as a working UI.

UBO fields were not observed on that shell. Do not invent UBO. The Receita Federal QSA (Quadro de Socios e Administradores) is a statutory partner list; QSA contents were not live-cited from the Angular shell.

How much does it cost?

BRL figures are MISSING on this check. Drop BRL 0 / Free / 30-80 / 80-150 leftover. Instant leftover is dropped. Credit card leftover is dropped. priceMax 0 means Unknown, not verified free. PIX / TED / credit-card strings were not on the fetched hub or CNPJREVA shell HTML.

Do you need a local account or ID?

Account rules were not verified past the CNPJ hub and CNPJREVA Angular shell. Historic copy that the free CNPJ query needed no account is not a live cite from a filled results UI. Junta Comercial account rules vary by state and were not live-cited on this check.

Is the website in English?

Partial. English coverage was not verified on a filled CNPJREVA results page (Angular shell). The hub is Portuguese. Historic notes that field labels (CNPJ, Razao Social, Nome Fantasia, Situacao) are consistent are not a working-UI walkthrough of that shell.

What’s the turnaround time?

Unknown. Instant leftover is dropped. CNPJREVA is an Angular shell, not a timed result.

Is there an API?

No public API was live-cited on the CNPJ hub or CNPJREVA Angular shell HTML in this check. Drop leftover apiAvailable Yes. Third-party CNPJ wrappers (ReceitaWS, BrasilAPI) are not authoritative and are not a live Receita Federal API cite from this check.

State Junta Comerciais do not offer standardised public APIs on this check.

What you legally cannot do

The Receita Federal’s CNPJ data terms and Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (Lei Geral de Protecao de Dados, LGPD, Law 13.709/2018) set key restrictions:

• Bulk automated harvesting of CNPJ data beyond authorised rate limits without an authorised API agreement is prohibited.
• Commercial redistribution of CNPJ data formatted as a competing database for resale is restricted.
• Personal data visible in CNPJ records (partner names, partially masked CPF numbers) must be processed under a documented legal basis consistent with LGPD requirements.
• Certified Junta Comercial extracts are for the stated purpose only; redistribution for marketing databases is not within the permitted use scope.

Brazil’s COAF (Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeiras), the financial intelligence unit under GAFILAT, enforces AML obligations. Brazilian obligated entities must comply with Law 9.613/1998 when using registry data in customer due diligence. For the global framework, see the Global Business Due Diligence Guide.

Practical tips for foreign compliance buyers

• CNPJ is the primary identifier. The 14-digit CNPJ (format XX.XXX.XXX/YYYY-ZZ) identifies every Brazilian legal entity. Always record the full 14-digit CNPJ.
• CNPJREVA is an Angular shell. Do not treat it as Instant working-UI. Do not list result fields as live-observed on that shell.
• Credit card leftover is dropped. Payment methods were not on the fetched hub or CNPJREVA HTML.
• State of registration matters for certified documents. Brazil’s 27 Juntas Comerciais hold incorporation documents. Identify the state from the registered address, then go to the corresponding Junta. That Junta UI was not the CNPJREVA shell checked here.
• CNAE is Brazil’s economic activity classifier. Useful when a filled CNPJ record is actually observed.
• FATF lists / IM hub. Direct GET of FATF “Black and grey” lists is HTTP 200 (title “Black and grey” lists). Direct GET of Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 13 February 2026 is HTTP 200 (title Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring - 13 February 2026). Brazil is not named on that IM HTML. SOCKS 403 is not the live GET. Brazil is a FATF member (FATF members) and a GAFILAT member. Do not prescribe EDD.

Alternatives if you cannot access the Junta Comercial directly

• Aggregator search (indicative only): OpenCorporates indexes some Brazilian company data but coverage is incomplete for state-level Junta filings.
• Local Junta portals: Use the competent state Junta for certified documents. Do not treat the CNPJREVA Angular shell as that extract UI.

Local data suppliers

• Serasa Experian (serasa.com.br). Brazil’s largest credit bureau, a subsidiary of Experian Group. Provides credit reports, risk scores, fraud detection, and identity verification for Brazilian individuals and companies.
• Boa Vista SCPC (boavistaservicos.com.br). Brazilian credit bureau. Provides company and individual credit scores and payment history.

Use the Junta Comercial and Receita Federal for official registration and legal standing verification when a working official UI is reachable. Use Serasa or Boa Vista when you need payment behaviour, credit default history, or predictive risk scores.

FAQ

Can a foreign company access Brazil’s CNPJ database without a Brazilian identity document?

The live path on this check is a HTTP 200 hub plus a CNPJREVA Angular shell, not a filled no-account results page. Instant leftover is dropped. Credit card leftover is dropped. BRL is MISSING.

What is the CNPJ number in Brazil?

The CNPJ (Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Juridica) is Brazil’s 14-digit federal tax and registration number for legal entities. Its format is XX.XXX.XXX/YYYY-ZZ, where the first 8 digits identify the base company, digits 9-12 identify the establishment (0001 for the headquarters), and the final 2 are check digits.

What entity types are registered in Brazil’s commercial registries?

The Juntas Comerciais register: Sociedade Limitada (Ltda., private limited company), Sociedade Anonima (S.A., joint-stock company), Empresario Individual (individual entrepreneur), EIRELI (being merged into Ltda. under recent reform), branches of foreign companies, and other commercial entities. Non-commercial entities register with the Civil Registry of Legal Entities (Registro Civil das Pessoas Juridicas).

Does Brazil have a beneficial ownership register?

UBO was not observed on the CNPJREVA Angular shell. Do not invent UBO search. Historic AML disclosure (Law 9.613/1998 and Circular BACEN 3.978/2020) is not a live public-register cite from this shell.

How current is the data in Brazil’s registries?

Not live-cited as Instant. Instant leftover is dropped.

Is Brazil on the FATF grey list?

Direct GET of the FATF lists hub and the 13 February 2026 increased-monitoring page is HTTP 200. Brazil is not named on that IM HTML. SOCKS 403 is not the live GET. Brazil is a FATF member and a GAFILAT member. Check FATF’s current lists and your own risk assessment. Do not prescribe EDD from this page.

What is the difference between the Junta Comercial and the Receita Federal CNPJ?

The Junta Comercial is the state-level commercial registry holding the original incorporation documents. The Receita Federal CNPJ database is the federal tax registration. This check observed a CNPJ hub and a CNPJREVA Angular shell, not a Junta extract UI.

Last verified: 2026-09-04. Sources: live CNPJ hub (HTTP 200); CNPJREVA Angular shell; Instant and Credit card leftover dropped; BRL MISSING. For the full global due diligence framework, see our Global Business Due Diligence Guide.