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Top 25 For-profit universities based in Brazil

Name: For-profit universities based in Brazil
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026 388 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 388 for-profit universities headquartered in Brazil as of September 2026 and tracks 34,147 professional contacts across them, including 3,607 with verified work emails. Sao Paulo is the largest hub.

This list covers for-profit universities headquartered in Brazil, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 20, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

388Companies

34,147Contacts tracked

3,607Verified emails

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The 25 largest for-profit universities based in Brazil

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 388 for-profit universities based in Brazil, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 20, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to for-profit universities: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Universidade Positivo UP	Indirect evidence	Curitiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	6,235 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Universidade Positivo é a Instituição de Educação Superior fruto da experiência de três décadas do Grupo Positivo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
2	Unopar	Indirect evidence	Londrina, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	4,893 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Universidade Norte do Paraná.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
3	Universidade Potiguar	Indirect evidence	Natal, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,693 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Universidade Potiguar (UnP) é a única universidade privada do Rio Grande do Norte e integra o Ecossistema Ânima, o maior e mais inovador ecossistema de ensino de qualidade do…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
4	Uninorte	Indirect evidence	Manaus, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “O Centro Universitário do Norte (UniNorte), iniciou suas atividades em 1994, com os cursos de Tecnologia em Processamento de Dados e Turismo do Instituto Manauara de Ensino…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
5	Vitru Educação	Indirect evidence	Sao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	10001+	949 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Educação que chega e leva mais longe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
6	Unifecaf	Indirect evidence	Taboão Da Serra, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	937 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Seu sonho, nossa meta!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
7	QI Escolas E Faculdades	Partial evidence	Porto Alegre, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	928 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As Escolas e Faculdades QI possuem cursos de Pós-graduação, Graduação, Técnicos (presenciais e a distância), Profissional QI, Web Design e Inglês.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
8	Centro Universitário Adventista DE SÃO Paulo	Indirect evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	892 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “O UNASP é uma instituição que cresce em estrutura e padrão de educação, atingindo o seu principal objetivo: formar cidadãos de caráter que façam diferença no mundo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
9	Universidade DO Oeste DE Santa Catarina	Indirect evidence	Joaçaba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	743 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fazendo parte da sua vida como a Melhor Universidade Comunitária de Santa Catarina Há mais de 50 anos, estamos comprometidos em ajudar a construir um novo você.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
10	Avantis	Indirect evidence	Balneário Camboriú, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	575 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “O Centro Universitário Avantis – Uniavan foi fundado em 2002, em Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
11	Faculdade Unyleya	Indirect evidence	Rio De Janeiro, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	539 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A Faculdade Unyleya é uma instituição de ensino superior pioneira na oferta de cursos de Graduação e Pós-Graduação a Distância.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
12	Unialfa	Indirect evidence	Goiânia, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	450 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Com 25 anos de história, e conceito máximo no MEC (nota 5), a UNIALFA integra o Grupo José Alves e se destaca como instituição referência pelo ensino voltado para a prática e pela…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
13	Faculdade Venda Nova DO Imigrante Faveni	Partial evidence	Venda Nova Do Imigrante, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	423 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A Faculdade FAVENI desenvolve as suas atividades direcionadas a formação de profissionais dotados de competências e habilidades necessárias à inserção e permanência no mercado de…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
14	Grupo Educacional Unis	Indirect evidence	Varginha, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	403 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “O Grupo Educacional Unis, ao longo de seus mais de 50 anos de atuação, sempre acreditou que a educação é um dos principais pilares para o crescimento e o desenvolvimento das…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
15	Estácio EAD	Indirect evidence	Niterói, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	n/a	349 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Acredite no seu brilho, venha para Estácio +700mil alunos formados 50 anos de história” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
16	Centro Universitário SÃO Lucas	Indirect evidence	Porto Velho, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	317 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Com estrutura física e suporte tecnológico que o colocam entre as melhores Instituições de Ensino Superior da Região Norte, o Centro Universitário São Lucas Porto Velho foi…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
17	UNESC	Indirect evidence	Colatina, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	1,001-5,000	303 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A vocação do UNESC, voltada para a educação superior, surgiu com o objetivo de propiciar à juventude, da década de 60, a oportunidade de um curso universitário, no caso, o…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
18	Unaerp	Indirect evidence	Ribeirao Preto, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	245 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Unaerp is an e-learning company based out of Av Costabile Romano, 2201, Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
19	Unifacear	Indirect evidence	Curitiba, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	230 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “O Centro Universitário Unifacear possui 23 anos de tradição e já formou mais de 12 mil alunos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
20	Faculdade Líbano	Partial evidence	Sao Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	215 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Revolucionamos a forma como as pessoas estudam a distância e conquistam sua realização profissional.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
21	Senac EAD	Partial evidence	São Paulo, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	5,001-10,000	188 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Flexibilidade de tempo, espaço e dinheiro tornou a educação a distância uma opção viável e eficiente para quem pensa em investir no aprimoramento acadêmico e profissional.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
22	UNIBF	Indirect evidence	Joinville, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	51-200	182 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A UniBF é a faculdade do Brasil real.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
23	Grupo Integrado	Indirect evidence	Campo Mourão, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	176 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A história do Grupo Educacional Integrado teve início em 1986, quando um grupo de 50 pessoas teve a ideia de se unir para mudar os rumos da educação mourãoense.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
24	Assessoritec	Indirect evidence	Joinville, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	201-500	168 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Fundada em 1998, a Faculdade de Tecnologia Assessoritec possui hoje 16 unidades em Santa Catarina e mais de 50 mil alunos formados.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026
25	Centro Universitário DE Votuporanga	Indirect evidence	Votuporanga, BrazilHQ checked Sep 20, 2026	501-1,000	159 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “UNIFEV: um dos melhores Centros Universitários do Brasil A UNIFEV orgulha-se em estar entre os melhores Centros Universitários brasileiros avaliados pelo Ministério da Educação…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: for-profit universities. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names for-profit universities.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of for-profit universities, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name for-profit universities. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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For-profit universities based in Brazil at a glance

As of Sep 20, 2026

10.6%Verified-email coverage

88.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

10.6%Largest-city concentration · Sao Paulo

Sep 20, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

116

11-50

131

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Brazil, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Brazil, over 388 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among for-profit universities, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Brazil whose own description of what they do matches “for-profit universities”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names for-profit universities), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among for-profit universities, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Brazil are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,607 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

For-profit universities by metro

For-profit universities in Sao Paulo41

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names for-profit universities, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many for-profit universities are there based in Brazil?

RevenueBase identified 388 for-profit universities headquartered in Brazil as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Universidade Positivo UP, headquartered in Curitiba, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most for-profit universities?

Sao Paulo leads with 41 headquartered companies, followed by Curitiba (15) and Belo Horizonte (13).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,607 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 388 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.