About the publication - 2015

This publication presents some aspects of the demographic dynamics of the formal business segment in Brazil, particularly in relation to companies and their entry, exit and survival in the market. It also assesses the number of high-growth enterprises, which are those that register an average increase of salaried employed persons equal to or greater than 20% a year, for a period of three years.

The study, based on information from the IBGE’s Central Registry of Enterprises – Cempre, is subdivided into three sections. The first one deals with entry, exit and survival rates, by size and type of economic activity of companies, and brings information on salaried employed persons, by sex and level of schooling, by type of demographic event, and assesses the regional results according to information from local branches, that is, the addresses of these companies. The second part presents a study of company survival in the period 2010 to 2015 and the mobility of surviving companies in 2015 in relation to 2014. Finally, the third part analyzes high-growth companies by size and economic activity, and their respective impact on the generation of formal salaried jobs.

The publication also brings considerations about methodological procedures used in the elaboration of the study and, at the end, a glossary with terms and concepts considered relevant to the understanding of results. There are also two annexes with a detailed structure of the National Classification of Economic Activities - CNAE 2.0 and the Table of Legal Nature 2014.

The results of Demography of Enterprises provide valuable contribution to governmental organizations and to civil society for the development and enhancement of other projects about the topic.