Business information
Step by step to open, change or close a business in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
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Steps to open a head office or branch in other municipalities
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Registration on the JUCERJA website
Go to the JUCERJA website and fill in the user registration form by selecting Register in the main menu. After registering, confirm your registration by clicking the link in the message sent to the e-mail address you provided.
Once your registration is confirmed, or if you already have an active account on the JUCERJA website, just sign in by selecting Sign in in the main menu, entering your username and password and clicking “Sign in”.
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Feasibility request
Submit the feasibility request through the JUCERJA website main menu, option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request, and wait for the city hall's analysis within D + 2 business days, that is, the day the request was made (D) plus two business days.
Track your request on the JUCERJA website through the option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request Tracking. Print your feasibility report, valid for proceedings at JUCERJA.
The feasibility request tells you whether the desired economic activity can be carried out at the intended address. It also checks the availability of the desired business name, the Fire Department classification (simplified or not) and possible restrictions on obtaining a state tax registration at SEFAZ RJ.
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CNPJ application
Apply for the CNPJ on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding request. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
Fill in the data to generate the filing on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Web Filing.
After the filing is generated, if the process is digitally signed, wait for the judgment result. If it is not digitally signed, go to the JUCERJA unit selected when generating the filing to deliver the process documents within 30 days.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.
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Operating license
After the company is registered at JUCERJA, its data is sent automatically to the city hall, which grants the license through REGIN. Track your license process on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › License Tracking (enter the JUCERJA process number).
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Fire Department certificate
Check in your feasibility report whether your company was classified under the Fire Department's simplified process.
Simplified process:
On the Fire Department website you can check the requirements, confirm that they have been met, generate your fee slip and print your approval certificate after the bank confirmation.
The simplified process is available for filing up to 60 days after the company's registration at JUCERJA and, once the payment slip is generated, it is valid for 30 days. If either deadline is missed, you must request a Fire Department Registration Legalization, available on the JUCERJA website under Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request.
Non-simplified process:
You must request the requirements report and then the Approval Certificate. Depending on the characteristics of the establishment, a technical project or a fire and panic safety project will be required. For more information, visit the Fire Department website or go to the Fire Department unit nearest to the establishment.
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Issuance/update of the state tax registration
Once the process is COMPLETED, the data for issuing/updating the state tax registration is sent automatically to SEFAZ-RJ through REGIN.
If SEFAZ-RJ accepts the information, the state tax registration will be processed the following night.
If you have questions, send an e-mail to atendimentocadastro@fazenda.rj.gov.br.
Steps to open a head office or branch in Rio de Janeiro
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Prior location inquiry
Request your prior address inquiry on the Carioca Digital website. After the request, wait for the analysis response. The analysis takes up to 2 business days; when an inspection is required, it takes up to 5 business days. The prior location inquiry tells you whether the desired economic activity can be carried out at the intended address.
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Self-declarations
Once the prior inquiry is approved, confirm the Acceptance Term through the Alvará de Licenças para Estabelecimento (establishment license) menu, click your prior inquiry and choose “Constituir Empresa” (incorporate company). Read carefully and confirm the Acceptance Terms. The self-declarations represent the applicant's commitment to comply with municipal law and the accuracy of the information declared in the prior inquiry.
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Registration on the JUCERJA website
Go to the JUCERJA website and fill in the user registration form by selecting Register in the main menu. After registering, confirm your registration by clicking the link in the message sent to the e-mail address you provided.
Once your registration is confirmed, or if you already have an active account on the JUCERJA website, just sign in by selecting Sign in in the main menu, entering your username and password and clicking “Sign in”.
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Feasibility request
Submit the feasibility request through the JUCERJA website main menu, option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request. When done, print the feasibility report.
The feasibility check verifies the availability of the desired business name, the Fire Department classification (simplified or not) and possible restrictions on obtaining a state tax registration at SEFAZ RJ.
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CNPJ application
Apply for the CNPJ on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding request. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
Once the payment slip has been paid and cleared, fill in the data to generate the filing on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Web Filing.
After the filing is generated, if the process is digitally signed, wait for the judgment result. If it is not digitally signed, go to the JUCERJA unit selected when generating the filing to deliver the process documents within 30 days.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.
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Operating license
After the company is registered at JUCERJA, its data is sent automatically to the City Hall system. The DARM (Documento de Arrecadação Municipal, the municipal payment slip) is generated through the link sent to the e-mail address registered in the Prior Inquiry. You can also access it directly on Carioca Digital.
Pay the fees and allow up to two business days for the city hall to confirm the payment.
After the payment is confirmed, your operating license will be granted through Carioca Digital.
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Fire Department certificate
Check in your feasibility report whether your company was classified under the Fire Department's simplified process.
Simplified process:
On the Fire Department website you can check the requirements, confirm that they have been met, generate your fee slip and print your approval certificate after the bank confirmation.
The simplified process is available for filing up to 60 days after the company's registration at JUCERJA and, once the payment slip is generated, it is valid for 30 days. If either deadline is missed, you must request a Fire Department Registration Legalization, available on the JUCERJA website under Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request.
Non-simplified process:
You must request the requirements report and then the Approval Certificate. Depending on the characteristics of the establishment, a technical project or a fire and panic safety project will be required. For more information, visit the Fire Department website or go to the Fire Department unit nearest to the establishment.
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Issuance/update of the state tax registration
Once the process is COMPLETED, the data for issuing/updating the state tax registration is sent automatically to SEFAZ-RJ through REGIN.
If SEFAZ-RJ accepts the information, the state tax registration will be processed the following night.
If you have questions, send an e-mail to atendimentocadastro@fazenda.rj.gov.br.
Step by step to register as an Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI)
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Registration on the JUCERJA website
Go to the JUCERJA website and fill in the user registration form by selecting Register in the main menu. After registering, confirm your registration by clicking the link in the message sent to the e-mail address you provided.
Once your registration is confirmed, or if you already have an active account on the JUCERJA website, just sign in by selecting Sign in in the main menu, entering your username and password and clicking “Sign in”.
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Feasibility request
Submit the feasibility request through the JUCERJA website main menu, option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request, and wait for the city hall's analysis within D + 2 business days, that is, the day the request was made (D) plus two business days.
Track your request on the JUCERJA website through the option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request Tracking. Print your feasibility report, valid for proceedings at JUCERJA.
The feasibility request tells you whether the desired economic activity can be carried out at the intended address. It also checks the availability of the desired business name and the Fire Department classification (simplified or not).
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Entrepreneur Portal (Portal do Empreendedor)
Go to the Portal do Empreendedor (Entrepreneur Portal) and register with information consistent with what the City Hall approved in the Prior Location Inquiry. At the end of your registration, the Individual Microentrepreneur Certificate (Certificado da Condição de Microempreendedor Individual) will be issued; print it and keep it with you.
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Operating license application
After registering on the Portal do Empreendedor, the MEI data is sent in batches to the city hall, which grants the license through REGIN. Track your license process on the JUCERJA website through the main menu option Information › Individual Entrepreneur › Check Status.
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Fire Department certificate
On the JUCERJA website main menu, choose Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request. Under “Inscrição de primeiro estabelecimento (Matriz) e dos demais estabelecimentos (Filial)” (registration of the first and other establishments), select “Legalização de Inscrição Bombeiro Militar” (Fire Department registration legalization).
After submitting the request, wait a few minutes and check its status on the JUCERJA website through the option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request Tracking. Print your feasibility report.
Check in your feasibility report whether your company was classified under the Fire Department's simplified process.
Simplified process:
On the Fire Department website you can check the requirements, confirm that they have been met, generate your fee slip and print your approval certificate after the bank confirmation.
The simplified process is available for filing up to 60 days after the company's registration at JUCERJA and, once the payment slip is generated, it is valid for 30 days. If either deadline is missed, you must request a Fire Department Registration Legalization, available on the JUCERJA website under Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request.
Non-simplified process:
You must request the requirements report and then the Approval Certificate. Depending on the characteristics of the establishment, a technical project or a fire and panic safety project will be required. For more information, visit the Fire Department website or go to the Fire Department unit nearest to the establishment.
Step by step to register as an Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI)
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Prior location inquiry
Request your prior address inquiry on the Carioca Digital website. After the request, wait for the analysis response. The analysis takes up to 2 business days; when an inspection is required, it takes up to 5 business days. The prior location inquiry tells you whether the desired economic activity can be carried out at the intended address.
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Entrepreneur Portal (Portal do Empreendedor)
Go to the Portal do Empreendedor (Entrepreneur Portal) and register with information consistent with what the City Hall approved in the Prior Location Inquiry. At the end of your registration, the Individual Microentrepreneur Certificate (Certificado da Condição de Microempreendedor Individual) will be issued; print it and keep it with you.
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Operating license application
On the Carioca Digital website, go to the Alvará de Licenças para Estabelecimento (establishment license) menu.
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Fire Department certificate
On the JUCERJA website main menu, choose Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request. Under “Inscrição de primeiro estabelecimento (Matriz) e dos demais estabelecimentos (Filial)” (registration of the first and other establishments), select “Legalização de Inscrição Bombeiro Militar” (Fire Department registration legalization).
After submitting the request, wait a few minutes and check its status on the JUCERJA website through the option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request Tracking. Print your feasibility report.
Check in your feasibility report whether your company was classified under the Fire Department's simplified process.
Simplified process:
On the Fire Department website you can check the requirements, confirm that they have been met, generate your fee slip and print your approval certificate after the bank confirmation.
The simplified process is available for filing up to 60 days after the company's registration at JUCERJA and, once the payment slip is generated, it is valid for 30 days. If either deadline is missed, you must request a Fire Department Registration Legalization, available on the JUCERJA website under Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request.
Non-simplified process:
You must request the requirements report and then the Approval Certificate. Depending on the characteristics of the establishment, a technical project or a fire and panic safety project will be required. For more information, visit the Fire Department website or go to the Fire Department unit nearest to the establishment.
Steps to change the address and economic activity in other municipalities
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Feasibility request
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password. If you don't have them, register through the Web User Registration menu available on our portal; you will then have a username and password to sign in to our website.
Go to Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request, fill in the feasibility request form and confirm the submission. Keep the generated feasibility filing number and wait for the city hall's analysis within 2 (two) business days.
You can track the request on our website under Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request Tracking. When the request is completed, print your feasibility report, valid for proceedings at JUCERJA.
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Request to change the company data at the Federal Revenue Service
Request the change of the company data at the Federal Revenue Service on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding change. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password.
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
After the payments, fill in the company data on the JUCERJA website by clicking Web Filing.
After the documents are generated, file the digital process or go to JUCERJA to file the process in hybrid cases.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.
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Operating license
After the company is registered at JUCERJA, its data is sent automatically to the city hall, which grants the license through REGIN. Track your license process on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Regin › REGIN Services › License Tracking (enter the JUCERJA process number).
Steps to change the address and economic activity in Rio de Janeiro
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Prior location inquiry
Request your prior address inquiry on the Rio Mais Fácil Negócios website. In the ALVARÁ › CONSULTA PRÉVIA DE LOCAL menu, fill in the prior inquiry form and confirm the request. Wait for the City Hall's analysis, which takes up to 2 business days when no inspection is required.
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Acceptance term
Once the prior location inquiry is approved on the Rio Mais Fácil Negócios website, confirm the Acceptance Term through the Requerimento Eletrônico de Alvará (electronic license application) menu. After confirming it, you will be redirected to the JUCERJA/REGIN system.
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Feasibility
Once redirected to the JUCERJA/REGIN system, sign in with your username and password. If you don't have them, you can register on our JUCERJA Web Portal, Web User Registration menu. After signing in, fill in the feasibility request form and confirm the submission. Keep the generated filing number and print the feasibility report.
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Request to change the company data at the Federal Revenue Service
Request the change of the company data at the Federal Revenue Service on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding change. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password.
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
After the payments, fill in the company data on the JUCERJA website by clicking Web Filing.
After the documents are generated, file the digital process or go to JUCERJA to file the process in hybrid cases.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.
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Operating license
After registration at JUCERJA, the data is sent automatically to the City Hall system. Wait for processing and print the DARM (Documento de Arrecadação Municipal, the municipal payment slip) through the link sent to the e-mail address registered in the Prior Location Inquiry. You can also access it on Carioca Digital.
Pay the fees and wait for the city hall to confirm the payment. Once it is confirmed, your operating license will be granted*. Print it on Carioca Digital.
(*) For activities considered low risk under municipal law.
Steps to change the business name and legal form in Rio de Janeiro
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Feasibility request
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password. If you don't have them, register through the Web User Registration menu available on our portal; you will then have a username and password to sign in to our website.
Go to Services › Regin › REGIN Services › Feasibility Request, fill in the feasibility request form and confirm the submission. Keep the generated filing number and print the feasibility report.
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Request to change the company data at the Federal Revenue Service
Request the change of the company data at the Federal Revenue Service on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding change. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password.
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
After the payments, fill in the company data on the JUCERJA website by clicking Web Filing.
After the documents are generated, file the digital process or go to JUCERJA to file the process in hybrid cases.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.
Step by step to close a business
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Request to close the company at the Federal Revenue Service
Request the closure of the company at the Federal Revenue Service on the REDESIM website by filling in the DBE (Documento Básico de Entrada, the basic entry document) with the corresponding request. After filling in the DBE, keep your REDESIM filing number. Wait 30 minutes for validation, then, on the REDESIM website, choose Acompanhamento de Protocolo (filing tracking) and print the DBE.
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Web Filing
Go to our JUCERJA Web Portal and sign in with your username and password. If you don't have them, register through the Web User Registration menu available on our portal; you will then have a username and password to sign in to our website.
Generate the payment slip on the JUCERJA website through the menu option Services › Payment Slip.
Once the payment slips have cleared, choose Web Filing under the Services menu and fill in the form to generate the digital company filing, or go to JUCERJA to deliver the process documents in hybrid application cases.
For questions about documentation, see DREI Normative Instruction 81/2020.