Brazil ended 2025 with 9,678 companies authorized by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) to operate in road passenger transport, but only 7,450 actually operated throughout the year, according to the report "TRIIP 2025 - Statistical Data", released by the authority.
ANTT: Brazil had 9,700 licensed bus companies, but 7,400 operated in 2025
Brazil ended 2025 with 9,678 companies authorized by the National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) to operate in road passenger transport, but only 7,450 actually operated throughout the year, according to the report "TRIIP...
According to ANTT, authorization is a registration step that allows the company to request authorizations and issue travel documents, but does not mean immediate operation. Entry and permanence in the market depend on factors such as demand, economic viability and operational structure.
By type of service, charter (trips contracted by groups) concentrated the largest number: 9,454 qualified companies, with 7,257 operating, equivalent to 76.8%. In regular interstate transport (lines with ticket sales to the public), there were 359 enabled and 176 operating (49.0%). In the semi-urban area (connections between cities in different states in integrated areas), 20 were enabled and 17 operated (85.0%).
The numbers by modality should not be added together to form the total for the sector, because the same company may be qualified and operate in more than one type of service at the same time; Therefore, the consolidated totals consider different companies, without double counting.
In terms of demand, the system carried just over 101 million passengers in 2025, below the 2023 peak (113 million). The semi-urban service accounted for around 50.9 million boardings, the regular service for 36.7 million and the charter for 13.4 million, the latter with an increase in the recent comparison, according to the report.
In total, the rate of companies in operation was 77.0% in 2025, according to ANTT.
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