The financial movement of small and medium-sized companies in Brazil, the so-called SMEs grew by 10% in April compared to the same month in 2021, according to the sector performance index calculated by Omie, startup owner of a business management platform.
In comparison with March 2022, the movement fell by 10.3%. According to the study, the result reflects a seasonality of the month of April, which had fewer working days because of National holidays . Even so, the index was 2.8% higher than the average level of the first two months of this year.
The survey also points out that the April result was driven mainly by the infrastructure (29.6% increase), trade (21.5%) and industry (9.7%).
The sector of services grew 4.1%, indicating a loss of breath in relation to the performance in the first quarter, of 10.4%. the sector of agricultural was the only one to show a decline of 27.7%.
In relation to the infrastructure sector, the advance in April was concentrated in the segment of infrastructure works, especially in the activities of construction of highways and railways and urbanization works in streets, squares and sidewalks. The research points out that this growth may be linked to the elections in this year.
already in business which has presented a positive performance throughout the year, the highlight is in the wholesale and retail segments, while the trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles has had a weak performance in 2022.
Even with the loss of breath, the services sector activities that suffered the most during the pandemic continue to advance, benefiting from the advance of vaccination and reopening the economy. This is the case of the segments of travel agencies, tour operators and reservation, food and accommodation services.
As a result, the sector’s weak performance is linked to other segments, such as publishing and publishing integrated with printing, scientific research and development and real estate activities.
The study states that the service sector should once again be the most prominent in the market for small and medium-sized companies in the short term.
The reason is that, even with the effects of high interest and inflation, there would be a space for continuity of resumption of activities, due to the control of the pandemic.
The survey on small and medium-sized companies analyzes companies with annual revenues of up to R$50 million, monitoring 622 economic activities in five sectors.
Source: CNN Brasil
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