Investing Santa Catarina

AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO MAKE BUSINESS HAPPEN

Our main objective is to promote investment attraction to the state through the active participation of our members. Contributing with institutional and private relations, with the different levels of government, entities and companies so that your business can find good bases to be truly Santa Catarina.

Santa Catarina in the Spotlight

Infrastructure

7 airports, 5 ports and 2 railways. State is 100% fiber optic connected.

Employment generation

The unemployment rate is 2.7% in 2024, the best rate in the state in 10 years. It is the second best rate in Brazil and 53,4 thousand new formal jobs has been created in the 1st two months of 2025.

Foreign Trade

The Port of Navegantes was elected the most efficient in Brazil by ANTAC in 2024. National leadership in the export of animal protein (US$ 2.77 billion in 1Q25).

Entrepreneurship

The mark of 1.5 million active companies was surpassed (Feb/25). Of the total, 785 thousand (52%) are SMBs.

Skilled labour force

The lowest illiteracy rate in the country at 2.6% and more than 561 programs for technical and professional training. (Source: IBGE)

Smart Cities

Florianópolis is the national capital of start-ups and the most digital connected in Brazil (IBC-31.03.25). SC is in 3rd position (ANATEL).

New Businesses

The average time to open a company in Santa Catarina is 2 days. Joinville offers the best environment for setting up industries.

Guarantee of Success

GUARANTEE OF SUCCESS Santa Catarina is the most competitive state in Brazil (HDI of 0.840) + lowest informality rate (27.4%) + lowest unemployment rate (2.8%) + GDP of 7.1% (Jan/25)

OUR SERVICES

We are a group of entrepreneurs from Santa Catarina in the most diverse areas so that you have a complete partner, one stop shop, to open your business in Santa Catarina with more ease and less bureaucracy.

Get to know our services and count on us for a safe way.