Perfil e características do Microempreenderdor Individual na cidade de Uberlândia-MG

Abstract

This research aims to raise and analyze the profile and characteristics of the Individual Microentrepreneur (MEI) in the city of Uberlândia/MG. This is a descriptive research, with a quantitative, documentary and bibliographic approach regarding the data collection instrument. Data referring to Individual Microentrepreneurs were collected on the websites of Sebrae, Simples Nacional, Federal Revenue of Brazil and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in addition to performing a comparison with previous research whose analyzes refer to the Federal District, the Northeast Region, to Fátima do Sul/MS; Natal/RN and Porto Alegre/MG. The results corroborate the findings of the analyzed works and demonstrate that the number of MEIs registered in the city of Uberlândia represents approximately 4% of the total of MEIs in the entire state of Minas Gerais, corresponding to about 8% of the population of Uberlândia. Of these, 54.60% are male, against 45.40% female. Most (53%) are between 31 and 50 years old and the main activities performed are ‘Hairdressers, Manicure and Pedicure’; 'Sales promotion'; ‘Retail trade in clothing and accessories’; 'Masonry works' and 'Road transport of cargo, except dangerous products and removals, municipal', thus meeting the proposed objective. It is concluded, from the analysis of the results, that the demand for formalization is increasing, and cultural and socioeconomic factors, such as unemployment, in addition to the need for replacement in the labor market, combined with the entrepreneurial vision, partially explain the phenomenon observed.