Inddex Radar: AI-powered company search

Finding companies with specific characteristics usually means configuring filters by hand, combining location, industry, size, and other criteria. Inddex Radar changes that approach: you describe what you are looking for in natural language and artificial intelligence translates your intent into a structured search across a base of more than 67 million Brazilian companies.

What is Inddex Radar

Inddex Radar is an intelligent search feature that uses natural language processing to interpret written descriptions and convert them into precise queries against the Inddex database. Instead of filling out forms with technical filters, you simply write what you are looking for — the way you would explain it to a colleague — and Radar finds the matching companies.

The technology behind Radar combines artificial intelligence models with the Inddex data structure, ensuring results are both relevant and verifiable. Every result returned contains the same official data from the Receita Federal (Brazil's federal tax authority) available in the traditional search.

How Radar IA works

The process is simple and happens in three steps:

1. Describe the profile: type, in Portuguese, the kind of company you are looking for, including location, industry, size, or any relevant characteristic
2. The AI interprets: the natural language model identifies the criteria in your description and converts them into structured filters (CNAE, state, city, share capital, opening date, registration status)
3. Organized results: the companies matching the profile are displayed with all their registration data, sorted by relevance

Examples of Radar searches

To illustrate the power of Radar IA, here are some natural language search examples and how the system interprets them:

"Restaurants in Curitiba more than 5 years old"

Radar identifies the industry (food service/restaurants via CNAE), the location (Curitiba, PR), and the time criterion (opening date more than 5 years ago). The result shows active food-service establishments in Curitiba opened more than five years ago, indicating market maturity.

"Technology companies in the Northeast with capital above 1 million"

Here Radar combines industry (information technology activities), geographic region (every state in Brazil's Northeast: AL, BA, CE, MA, PB, PE, PI, RN, SE), and financial size (share capital above R$ 1,000,000). This search would be laborious with manual filters, since it would require selecting nine states one by one.

"Law firms in São Paulo"

Radar identifies the activity (legal services, CNAE 6911-7/01) and the location (the state or city of São Paulo, depending on context). The results include law partnerships and individual practices registered in the region.

"Food manufacturers in Santa Catarina"

The system filters for industrial activities in the food sector (food product manufacturing, CNAE section C) located in Santa Catarina. This type of search is common for supplier mapping and regional market analysis.

"Active construction companies in Rio de Janeiro opened in the last 2 years"

Radar combines four criteria: the construction industry, active registration status, location in the state of Rio de Janeiro, and a recent opening date. Useful for spotting new entrants in Rio's real estate market.

"Veterinary clinics in the capitals of the South"

Even with a description involving multiple cities (Curitiba, Florianópolis, and Porto Alegre), Radar correctly interprets the concept of "capitals of the South" and returns veterinary establishments in those three cities.

Traditional search vs. Radar IA

Inddex offers two complementary search approaches. Understanding when to use each one maximizes the efficiency of your lookups.

When to use each approach

Use traditional search when:

• You already have the company's CNPJ or exact name
• You need data on a specific company for verification
• You want to browse companies by state or city in an exploratory way
• You need full control over every filter criterion

The Inddex traditional search is covered in detail in the article How to search for companies on Inddex.

Use Radar IA when:

• You can describe the type of company but do not know which filters to use
• The search involves multiple criteria that would be laborious to combine
• You need to do sales prospecting or market mapping
• You want to explore segments you do not know in detail (e.g., "bioenergy companies")
• You need to analyze broad regions (e.g., the entire Northeast, the capitals of the South)

Tips for better results

Although Radar IA is flexible, a few practices improve the quality of results:

• Be specific about location:"in Campinas" is more precise than "in the interior of São Paulo state"
• Name the industry clearly:"software development companies" is more direct than "IT companies"
• Use measurable criteria:"capital above 500 thousand" instead of "large companies"
• Combine at most 3 to 4 criteria: very complex searches can be split into stages

Common use cases

Sales prospecting (B2B)

Sales teams use Radar to find potential customers in specific segments. Instead of buying ready-made lists, the professional describes the ideal customer profile and gets an up-to-date list backed by official data.

Market analysis

Consultants and analysts use Radar to map economic sectors in specific regions, identify company clusters, and assess the competition in a given territory.

Due diligence and compliance

Compliance professionals can use Radar to identify companies in the same group or industry, supporting conflict-of-interest checks and sector risk analysis.

Academic research

Researchers studying the Brazilian business landscape can use Radar to segment samples by specific criteria, accessing official data without manually processing the open dataset.

Frequently asked questions

Is Radar IA free?

Radar IA consumes credits based on the volume of results returned. See the available plans to learn about monthly credit options.

Does the AI make up data?

No. Artificial intelligence is used exclusively to interpret the search description and convert it into structured filters. All returned data is real, pulled from the official Receita Federal database and other government sources. Radar does not generate or estimate information.

Can I export Radar results?

Yes. Radar results can be exported in the same formats available in the traditional search. For larger volumes, the Inddex API allows direct integration with your systems.

What is the difference between Radar and name search?

Name search looks for companies whose name (legal or trade name) matches the text you type. Radar interprets a profile description and finds companies that meet the stated criteria, regardless of name. They are complementary features — name search finds a specific company, while Radar finds a type of company.