Brasil Fazendas

What Brasil Fazendas does

Brasil Fazendas is a Brazilian rural real estate brokerage founded by Leonardo Maceno Batista (CRECI 16583), operating for over 15 years as a sole-proprietor business specializing in the buying and selling of farms (fazendas), cattle ranches, grain farms, coffee plantations, and other agricultural properties. The firm maintains an online marketplace built on a WordPress content management system, with property listings, search filters, an agricultural news blog, and YouTube video tours of featured properties. Every listing includes a direct WhatsApp contact button with pre-filled inquiry messages, and the founder personally handles all customer interactions from initial contact through closing and documentation.

The company's revenue model is transaction-based, charging a commission on the final sale value of each rural property, paid by the seller at closing. Services included in the commission are free property evaluation, professional photography, marketing to a qualified buyer network, negotiation support, and documentation assistance. No upfront fees are charged to sellers, and buyers receive services at no direct cost. The firm advertises more than 500 properties and claims a network of 12,000+ active buyers, with total advertised property value exceeding R$ 2 billion.

Despite the firmographic listing of 51-100 employees, all operating evidence indicates a solo broker operation led by the founder. The business serves multiple Brazilian states including Bahia (headquarters in Extremo Sul da Bahia), Tocantins, Maranhão, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Espírito Santo, and Alagoas. Beyond core rural properties, the platform has added listings for urban real estate, beachfront properties, hotels, and a property exchange (Permuta) service. Brasil Fazendas is privately held by the founder with no institutional investment, no parent company, and operates as a lifestyle business rather than a venture-backed scaling operation.

Name

Brasil Fazendas

Legal name

Brasil Fazendas

Website

https://brasilfazendas.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Brasil Fazendas is an online Brazilian rural real estate brokerage founded by Leonardo Batista, connecting individual buyers and sellers of farms, cattle ranches, and agricultural properties across multiple states via a WordPress website with WhatsApp-based transactions, earning commission on closing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Rural Real Estate Brokerage

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Ranches & Livestock Properties Brokerage (BPAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Vineyards & Orchards Brokerage (BPAJADAG)

Keywords

• Rural real estate brokerage
• Farm listings marketplace
• Cattle ranch sales
• Grain farm brokerage
• Property exchange services

Headquarters

HQ city

Bahia

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Sales Commission: Commission charged on the sale value of rural properties. Commission is paid by the seller upon successful transaction closing. The broker provides evaluation, photography, professional marketing, qualified buyer network, negotiation support, and documentation assistance as part of the service.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Brasil Fazendas operates an online marketplace and brokerage for buying and selling rural properties in Brazil, including farms (fazendas), cattle ranches, grain farms, coffee farms, and select urban and beachfront properties. The founder and licensed broker Leonardo Batista personally handles all transactions, providing property valuation, professional photography, marketing, qualified buyer matching, negotiation support, and documentation assistance from listing through closing. Revenue is earned through transaction commissions paid by sellers upon successful closing.

Product overview

Brasil Fazendas is an online rural real estate marketplace founded by Leonardo Batista (CRECI 16583), operating for over 15 years as a pioneer in Brazilian farm sales. The platform offers a unified marketplace for rural properties, including farms (Fazendas), large farms (Grandes Fazendas), cattle ranches (Fazendas Pecuárias), grain farms (Fazendas de Grãos), urban properties (Imóveis Urbanos), and beach properties (Imóveis na Praia). The core platform connects buyers and sellers across multiple Brazilian states including Bahia, Mato Grosso, Pará, Tocantins, and others. Additional services include property exchange (Permuta) and a comprehensive listing service (Anunciar Fazenda) that offers free valuation, professional photography, database of qualified buyers, negotiation support, and documentation assistance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brasil Fazendas Online Marketplace

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC... (referenced on site)
• Facebookfacebook.com/brasilfazendas
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/brasil-fazendas

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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