| Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas | |
| Abbreviation: | Sebrae |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Location: | Brasília, Brazil |
| Coords: | -15.816°N -47.8882°W |
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| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Décio Lima |
Sebrae (Portuguese: Serviço Brasileiro de Apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas, "Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises"), is a Brazilian autonomous social institution part of the whose aim is to foster the development of micro and small enterprises, stimulating entrepreneurship in the country .
Founded in 1972 with the name of Cebrae (Centro Brasileiro de Apoio à Pequena e Média Empresa),[1] it was an entity associated with the Brazilian federal government. In October 1990, it was renamed Sebrae (Serviço Brasileiro de apoio às Micro e Pequenas Empresas), detaching itself from public administration and becoming an autonomous, non-profit social service.
Sebrae's chairman is, as of 2023, Décio Lima.[2] The president of its National Deliberative Council is José Zeferino Pedrozo.