Each status used in Brazil, in English, with the standard status the Prometiam API returns and what it means for doing business with the company.
Every register words its company states differently. This guide lists the status values used in Brazil, what each means in English, and the standard status the Prometiam API returns for it, so the same question (is this company still alive, in trouble or gone?) has the same answer across countries. The register’s own value stays available as local_status.
Coverage and limits for Brazil: company records only (no officers or partners, no contacts, no registry-compliance signal, no VAT number, no insolvency notices); commercial legal persons only (LTDA, S.A., simple societies, single-member limited companies, public and mixed-capital companies, cooperatives), sole proprietors (empresário individual, MEI included), non-profit entities, public bodies, branches of foreign companies and every other natural-person form are never served; judicial recovery, bankruptcy, liquidation and intervention are read from the register’s special situation and show in the company status. Contains data from the Cadastro Nacional da Pessoa Jurídica (CNPJ), Receita Federal do Brasil, published as open data (CC BY). Adapted by Prometiam.
| Register status | local_status | status in the API | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ativa: registered, with no special situation | active | active | active |
| Inapta: the register is removing the company for non-compliance | active_strike_off_pending | active_strike_off_pending | active |
| Suspensa: the registration is suspended | suspended | suspended | active |
| Recuperação judicial: court-supervised rescue | in_restructuring | in_restructuring | distress |
| Intervenção: intervention in the company | in_administration | in_administration | distress |
| Falido: bankrupt | in_liquidation_insolvent | in_liquidation_insolvent | winding_up |
| Liquidação extrajudicial or em liquidação: out-of-court liquidation | in_liquidation | in_liquidation | winding_up |
| Liquidação judicial: court-ordered liquidation | in_compulsory_liquidation | in_compulsory_liquidation | winding_up |
| Baixada: the registration is closed | deregistered | deregistered | closed |
| Baixada after an incorporação, fusão or cisão total: it continues in another company | merged | merged | closed |
active): The register shows no dissolution, insolvency or removal. That is the normal state, but not a guarantee of solvency or good standing: check filings and payment behaviour as your policy requires.active_strike_off_pending): The register has started to remove the company, usually for unfiled accounts or returns. It can still trade and can often avoid removal by putting its filings right. Treat it as a compliance warning and ask the company to explain before you extend credit or onboard it.suspended): The entity is still on the register but is out of compliance or has suspended its activity. Ask for proof that it is back in good standing before you rely on it.in_restructuring): A court-supervised rescue is open while the company keeps trading. Existing creditors are usually bound or held back by the plan, so agree payment terms in advance and check which creditors the plan covers.in_administration): An administrator, not the directors, runs the company. Deal with the administrator, who decides which contracts continue, and expect claims against the company to be frozen or handled inside the procedure.in_liquidation_insolvent): Bankruptcy or judicial liquidation: the company is being wound up to pay its creditors. File your claim with the liquidator or trustee, do not ship on credit, and expect contracts to be ended or handled by the liquidator.in_liquidation): The company is being wound up and no longer trades normally. Stop new credit, file any claim, and ask who the liquidator is.in_compulsory_liquidation): The company is wound up by order of a court or the register for non-compliance, not because of insolvency. Treat it as winding up: no new business, and file claims with the liquidator.deregistered): Removed from the register: the legal person no longer exists (in the US: dissolved, revoked, withdrawn or no longer listed in that state). It cannot sign, be sued or be paid, so invoice a successor or the former owners and check whether it merged. Some registers can restore or reinstate an entity, so check before you treat it as final.merged): Merged into another company, which takes over its rights and obligations. Find the successor and deal with it.Brazil’s status combines the Receita Federal’s situação cadastral with the register’s special situation: judicial recovery, bankruptcy, liquidation and intervention are read from the special situation, an inapta registration is active_strike_off_pending, and a baixada is deregistered or merged. There are no insolvency notices.
# companies whose standard status is active_strike_off_pending curl -H "Authorization: Bearer rk_live_..." \ "https://api.prometiam.com/functions/v1/risk-api/companies/search?country=BR&name=<company name>&status=active_strike_off_pending" # or filter by the register's own value # &local_status=active_strike_off_pending
status is the same list in every country; local_status is the register’s own value. Use one or the other, not both. Outside Spain a status filter must be combined with a name or an identifier.
Brazil company data API guide, the free CNPJ lookup, and legal forms in Brazil. All countries: company status meanings.
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