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As of 4 November 2026, 13,812 construction & building engineering companies are based in Brazil; 22 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 13,812
- Hiring now
- 22 · 12 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 8,253
- Top city
- São Paulo · 969
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 139,743
Construction & building engineering in Brazil, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 8,253 | 60% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 4,201 | 30% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 659 | 5% |
| Custom home builders | 419 | 3% |
| Multi trade renovation | 326 | 2% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 314 | 2% |
| Swimming pool builders | 300 | 2% |
| Architecture practices | 262 | 2% |
| Demolition contractors | 228 | 2% |
| Concrete & formwork contractors | 227 | 2% |
| Groundworks contractors | 193 | 1% |
| Residential property developers | 190 | 1% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 175 | 1% |
| General property developers | 159 | 1% |
| Timber frame house builders | 133 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 957 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 8,342 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 2,647 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 1,289 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 380 · 10 |
| 501-1000 employees | 113 · 6 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 76 · 3 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 6 · 1 |
| 10,001+ employees | 2 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 969 | 7% |
| Belém | 263 | 2% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 228 | 2% |
| Curitiba | 164 | 1% |
| San José | 100 | 1% |
| Jardim | 99 | 1% |
| Goiânia | 86 | 1% |
| Campinas | 79 | 1% |
| Belo Horizonte | 76 | 1% |
| San Ildefonso Tultepec | 76 | 1% |
| Salvador | 75 | 1% |
| Santana | 74 | 1% |
The biggest construction & building engineering companies in Brazil
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The stack of construction & building engineering in Brazil
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Other segments of property & construction in Brazil
Property & construction in Brazil, the whole market →
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13,812 construction & building engineering companies are based in Brazil; 22 are hiring right now and São Paulo has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/brazil/construction_and_building_engineering)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Construction & building engineering in Brazil: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in Brazil?
13,812 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Construction & building engineering → leaf niches such as general building contractors, civil infrastructure contractors, excavation & earthmoving contractors. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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