Brazil (2025)
357
companies
+7.9% YoY
YoY Change
+7.9%
companies
Trend
up
Series length
47
years of data

Data

Brazil Number of Listed Domestic Companies (2025) — source data. World Bank.
Year companies YoY Change
2025 357 +7.9%
2024 331 -4.1%
2023 345 -4.4%
2022 361 -5.2%
2021 381 +10.4%
2020 345 +6.5%
2019 324 -3.0%
2018 334 -0.3%
2017 335 -0.9%
2016 338 -2.0%
2015 345 -1.7%
2014 351 -0.3%
2013 352 -0.3%
2012 353 -3.6%
2011 366 -1.9%
2010 373 -1.1%
2009 377 -1.6%
2008 383 -3.0%
2007 395 +13.8%
2006 347 +1.5%

About this Dataset

Brazil recorded 357 companies in 2025. The latest change was +26. Across 1979–2025 the series ranges from 324 in 2019 to 592 in 1986.

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Brazil from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks the number of domestically-incorporated companies listed on the main national stock exchange(s) of Brazil from 1990 to present. This measures capital market breadth and listing activity. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2025. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 1979–2025 (47 observations).

The series peaked at 592 companies in 1986 and reached its lowest recorded value of 324 in 2019. The latest reading of 357 in 2025 represents a change of +26.