Country code +55

Sending SMS to Brazil

Brazil combines a large mobile base with an active consumer-protection regime. Anatel runs the "Não Perturbe" registry for telemarketing, and LGPD applies to messaging data the way GDPR does in Europe, so consent handling matters as much as routing.

Before you send

What Brazil requires

These are the constraints that decide whether a message is delivered, filtered or blocked — not general best practice.

Requirement 1 of 4: LGPD governs personal data, including phone numbers held for marketing.

Requirement 1 of 4

LGPD governs personal data, including phone numbers held for marketing.

Checked automatically on every message we send to Brazil — nothing for you to track by hand.

Networks

Mobile operators in Brazil

We deliver to every network below. Route quality is measured per operator, not averaged across the country.

4Networks

VivoLive route

ClaroLive route

TIMLive route

OiLive route

Traffic

What businesses send in Brazil

Banking and Pix payment alerts

Sent the instant the triggering event happens — trusted for anything time-sensitive tied to money.

Delivery notifications

Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.

Retail promotions

Needs clear consent and a working opt-out — the requirements above apply directly to this traffic.

Dialling

How to dial Brazil

Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.

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55Country code

(XX) 9XXXX-XXXXNational number

+55 — +55 (XX) 9XXXX-XXXX — two-digit area code, then a nine-digit mobile number.

From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 55, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+55…) and they work from any country and any API.

At a glance

Brazil by the numbers

The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Brazil actually carries.

+55

Brazil country code

ISOBR / BRA

201,103,330

People

8,511,965

Area km²

2.19 Trillion

GDP (USD)

Sender ID

How your name appears in Brazil

What shows up in the recipient’s inbox, and what has to be true before it can.

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SMSLOCAL

Text Message

Your verification code is 4172. Valid for 10 minutes.

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Delivered on +55

Sender ID rules for +55

Short codes are the norm for A2P traffic; alphanumeric sender IDs are not generally supported.

Number format+55 (XX) 9XXXX-XXXX — two-digit area code, then a nine-digit mobile number.

Delivers across every major network in Brazil: Vivo, Claro, TIM, Oi.

What people send most: Banking and Pix payment alerts · Delivery notifications · Retail promotions.

Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for Brazil as part of onboarding.

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