The municipality experienced its greater development era during the coffee farming expansion which occurred between the 1920s and the 1930s.

Due to the coffee agriculture decline, a large number of Brotas' citizens migrated to larger cities.

Nowadays the municipality's economy based in farming and cattle raising, especially in the culture of sugar cane and orange, despite the growing relevance of adventure tourism.

[4] The Brotas region, including the Patrimônio de São Sebastião neighborhood and the city of Torrinha, feature an elevated number of landforms of great interest for tourists.

[6] The company is currently an operator of cell phones, fixed lines, internet (fiber optics/4G) and television (satellite and cable).