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We are the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service. Sebrae is a non-profit private entity with the
mission of promoting the sustainable and competitive development of small businesses. Through our experience
we have become experts in small business development in Brazil. Our role is to foster entrepreneurship,
providing guidance to help small businesses to grow and generate more employment, helping to develop the
Brazilian economy. We have a network of almost 700 onsite service centers throughout the country. We count
on more than five thousand small business experts and a large pool of external consultants working towards
transferring knowledge and know-how to those who own or intend to start a company.
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We provide publications, research
studies, articles, news and many other
useful contents for micro and small
businesses from different sectors of the
economy.
We have a team of thousands of
consultants spread across Brazil, ready
to make a complete analysis of your
businesses at our services centers or
directly in your company.
consulting
courses
innovation
Aiming to make small businesses more competitive in a
constantly changing market, one of our main focus is to help
companies towards promoting innovation in their processes,
services and products.
market
We promote trade fairs, businesses roundtables and
exhibitions throughout Brazil, getting the companies that
want to purchase, sale and generate new business closer
to one another through our matchmaking activities.
There are courses and lectures, both onsite and online
(e-learning), for those willing to open, improve or innovate
their business.
For the entrepreneur who seeks for
knowledge, we provide specialized
publications on several subjects and sectors.
Accessible contents to be studied at home or
even in your company.
publishing
Awards in specific themes are a way to recognize highlevel performance and provide to entrepreneurs and
small businesses owners national and international
visibility. These awards are meant to incentive
outstanding small business owners and entrepreneurs in
their search to excellence and high performance.
awards
experts in promoting a more productive
and competitive environment.
Sebrae works in different fronts, aiming to create a favorable environment to the
development of small businesses. We actively participate in the efforts to update
the legal framework to support small businesses. We also foster entrepreneurship
and share knowledge to engage more small businesses as suppliers in competitive
value chains.
Entrepreneurial education
We promote entrepreneurial culture and education in different levels, from primary
education to the university level. This happens in companies, via internet and in
many educational institutions through the offer of specific contents.
Business Linkages
We support and intermediate the creation of business linkages between small and
large companies. Through capacity building, we open new and important markets
to small enterprises that want to supply big demands, leveraging the productivity
and competitiveness of all.
We promote training programs, incentive to associativism, territorial development
and market access, through partnerships with public and private sectors. In
addition, we also work towards the decrease of tax burden and red tape and help to
improve public policies in order to facilitate the access to markets and technology.
Small businesses
generate
of employment
in Brazil
Headquarters of Sebrae Nacional
0800 570 0800
sebrae.com.br