Cost of furnishing an office in Brazil
What are the best options of equipment and furniture to furnish your own office in Brazil? Find in this article all you need to know about it!
What are the best options of equipment and furniture to furnish your own office in Brazil? Find in this article all you need to know about it!
Many companies moving to Brazil can find some difficulties when looking for options of equipment and furniture to their offices, and it happens not for a lack of this industry, once Brazil has several companies working with furniture, but it happens due to some cultural differences.
It is common to see people in America and also in Europe furnishing their offices with used furniture or equipment, what is not a common practice in Brazil, so if you decide to rent or buy used products, be aware of the quality.
Remember that this article is trying to help you understanding the basic cost of furnishing your office in Brazil, but it is not a rule, once you can find some price differences according to the region you are planning to move.
Considering you are moving to a big city like São Paulo, Brasília or Rio de Janeiro we have made a basic budget having in mind an office with 10 employees working every day.
Furniture
Assuming your office will have a reception room, a secretary room, a work area, and a meeting room we have made a price table showing you the difference between renting, buying new and used furnishings.
| Item | New | Used | Rented |
| 1 Common chair | BRL 190 | BRL 50 | BRL 195 per year |
| 1 President chair | BRL 910 | BRL 390 | BRL 49 per year |
| 1 Work table | BRL 1100 | BRL 500 | BRL 85 per year | 1 Work Station | BRL 2900 | BRL 1000 | BRL 156 per year | 1 Conference table | BRL 4000 | BRL 1100 | BRL 156 per year | 1 Cabinet | BRL 600 | BRL 200 | BRL 80 per year | 1 Archive | BRL 800 | BRL 200 | BRL 45 per year | 1 Sofa | BRL 3000 | BRL 1000 | BRL 190 per year |
As mentioned before, Brazilians are not used to locate or also buy used furnishings to their offices, if you opt for this practice, certificate very well the quality of the product you are buying or renting, in order to avoid future problems.
Electronics
The market of used computers is now being improved in Brazil, but there is still much work to do. Again, pay attention when buying anything used or restored in the country.
| Item | New | Used | Rented |
| Printer | BRL 899 | BRL 350 | BRL 200 per year |
| Desktop | BRL 1000 | BRL 200 | ------------- |
| Keyboard | BRL 200 | BRL 55 | BRL 50 per year | Mouse | BRL 50 | BRL 20 | BRL 25 per year | VoIP | BRL 1500 | ------------ | BRL 200 per year | Coffee maker | BRL 100 | BRL 75 | ------------ | Laptop | BRL 1400 | BRL 600 | --------------- | Router | BRL 200 | BRL 110 | BRL 50 per year | Paper trimmer | BRL 90 | BRL 35 | --------------- |
Office materials
Furnishing your office will demand some monthly expenses with office material as paper, pen and printer ink. These costs are the one that can vary the most according to the city you are located at, so we tried to make an average value table to help you.
| Item | Price |
| 1 pack of paper (500 un) | BRL 9 |
| 1 box of paper clips | BRL 3 |
| 1 Stapler | BRL 15 | 1 common pen | BRL 1.50 | 1 common pencil | BRL 0.50 |
Services
There is no office working without some services as cleaning, internet, telephone and mailing. As mentioned before, this is only an estimative, and these services vary according to each company providing them.
| Item | Price |
| Cleaning | BRL 75 per week |
| Internet 10 mgb | BRL 90 |
| Telephone | BRL 39.90 | Mailing | BRL 20 per hour |
We have tried to make a complete article about the cost of furnishing your office in Brazil. To understand prices and the difficulty of finding good offices points in Brazil you can click here.
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