Paineiras is a Brazilian municipality in the midwest of the state of Minas Gerais.
Neighboring municipalities are:[2] Connections to the north and south are made on road MG-415.
Paineiras is in the middle tier of municipalities in the state with regard to economic and social development.
As of 2007, there were no banking agencies in the town but there was a small retail infrastructure serving the surrounding area of cattle and agricultural lands.
A major agricultural activity is extraction of charcoal, which is shipped by truck to be used in the industries of the Belo Horizonte region.