O impacto da pandemia no empreendedorismo brasileiro

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the entrepreneurship scenario in Brazil between 2018 and 2022, based on entrepreneurship indicators, unemployment rates, and business mortality rates. In early 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic brought an abrupt change to the daily lives of Brazilians, and brought a lot of learning and new challenges to entrepreneurs. Social isolation and the indefinite closure of businesses promoted new business models such as online sales and delivery services, forcing entrepreneurs to adapt to this new reality. The study was based on secondary research sources carried out by SEBRAE, GEM, IBGE, and the RAIS database with a quantitative and cross-sectional approach. The research demonstrated a positive correlation between the rate of nascent entrepreneurship and the unemployment rate, bringing to light entrepreneurship by necessity. The study identified a high number of business closures during the pandemic; in Brazil, this number reached 8 million entrepreneurs in the first year of the pandemic. The companies most affected by the pandemic context were small ones, in contrast, large companies, with an already consolidated structure and business, which managed to remain in the market in a more consistent way.