List of Advertising Companies in Portugal

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 4,419 advertising companies in Portugal, one in every 193 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 28 firms employ 50 people or more. One in three advertising agencies is based in Lisboa, Porto, Oeiras, Sintra and Cascais. Below you find the largest advertising agencies in Portugal, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our Portuguese company database or through the Company Data API.

4,419 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies4,4191 in193 Portuguese companiesCities240Largest cityLisboa 847Sole traders4%Employees1-4 (85%)Revenue< $100K (59%)Email20%Phone26%Website28%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Megameios - Publicidade E Meios, A.C.E.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 16	Lisboa	1050-121	*****.pt	1992	$193,156,705	8	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	502798670
2	Ggle Portugal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Duque de Palmela, 37 4º	Lisboa	1250-097	N/A	2007	$52,654,033	66	Partnership of unknown type	517	508099978
3	J.c.decaux (portugal) - Mobiliário Urbano E Publicidade, Lda	Portugal	Vila Franca de Xira	Beco Da Aviacão, 1	Lisboa	2625-717	*****.com	1972	$43,265,446	155	Partnership of unknown type	378	500364460
4	Idealista, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Liberdade, 249 5ºizq	Lisboa	1250-143	*****.pt	2014	$40,494,118	61	Corporation	41	513131434
5	Portocomercial - Sociedade De Comercializacão, Licenciamento E Sponsorizacão, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Via Do Futebol Clube Do Porto, Entrada Nascente 3º	Porto	4350-415	*****.pt	1996	$36,705,461	88	Corporation	16	503709794
6	Clever Gest, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Rua Doutor Eduardo Santos Silva, 261 Fracão am	Porto	4200-283	*****.com	2018	$30,144,282	289	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	514732504
7	Clever Advertising, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Travessa Amparo, Edifício Sales Faria & Andrade	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-647	*****.com	2010	$23,828,719	19	Partnership of unknown type	2	509477178
8	Intervoz - Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Estrada Da Buraca, 8/12	Lisboa	1549-025	*****.pt	1973	$21,384,218	24	Corporation	8	500140871
9	Vml Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida 24 de Julho, 62 Garagem	Lisboa	1200-869	*****.com	1988	$21,199,442	307	Corporation	1842	502178370
10	Caetsu Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Avenida Da República, 1850 Sobreloja	Porto	4430-194	*****.pt	1999	$18,755,910	89	Corporation	225	504337467
11	Dreammedia Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Rua Daciano Baptista Marques, 181 Torre C 8º	Porto	4400-617	N/A	2006	$17,883,087	125	Corporation	6	507891449
12	Dentsu Creative - Agência De Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Do Borja, 6	Lisboa	1350-047	N/A	2003	$17,650,591	64	Corporation	995	506601412
13	Useragency - Agência De Publicidade, Lda	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Avenida Da República, 1850 Sobreloja	Porto	4430-194	N/A	2012	$15,718,078	23	Partnership of unknown type	225	510187897
14	Girod Médias Portugal, Lda	Portugal	Seixal	Avenida Principal, 2 1º	Setúbal	2840-169	*****.pt	2013	$14,693,468	61	Partnership of unknown type	2	510575269
15	Bbdo Portugal - Agência De Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco, 26 11º	Lisboa	1070-110	*****.pt	2001	$13,937,163	97	Corporation	2409	505118610
16	Hang My Ads, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Poeta Bocage, 2 2g	Lisboa	1600-233	*****.com	2014	$13,536,733	21	Corporation	3	513065369
17	Majestic Solucões PT, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Travessa Pico de São João, 10 R/c Fracão E	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-754	N/A	2022	$12,127,734	6	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	517045362
18	In-Store Media - Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Duque de Ávila, 46 7ºb	Lisboa	1050-083	*****.com	2005	$11,736,455	17	Corporation	32	507308930
19	Jcdecaux Airport Portugal - Publicidade Em Aeroportos, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Franca de Xira	Beco Da Aviacão, 1	Lisboa	2625-717	*****.pt	1993	$11,409,984	20	Corporation	378	503006157
20	Dreammedia Mobiliário Urbano, Lda	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Rua Daciano Baptista Marques, 181 Torre C 8º	Porto	4400-617	N/A	2020	$11,254,676	23	Partnership of unknown type	6	516056620
21	Opal - Publicidade, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Avenida Da Boavista, 3523 1º	Porto	4100-139	*****.pt	1962	$11,086,563	33	Corporation	N/A	500207569
22	Ace Of Performance, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Rua Ponte Nova, 44 R/c	Ilha Da Madeira	9050-440	N/A	2013	$10,906,102	37	Partnership of unknown type	2	510555730
23	Astronomic Effect, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Faro	Rua Ataíde de Oliveira, 109 Loja I	Faro	8000-221	N/A	2021	$10,837,610	4	Corporation	N/A	516738135
24	Traffickin, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Braamcamp, 9 7º	Lisboa	1250-048	N/A	2020	$10,714,729	30	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	515859460
25	Tiny Titan, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Defensores de Chaves, 4	Lisboa	1000-117	N/A	2022	$10,157,888	9	Partnership of unknown type	3	517298279

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 4,351 Portuguese advertising agencies with a known headcount, 3,700 (85%) have one to four people, 410 have five to nine, 213 have ten to 49 and 28 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,469, 59%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 104,110 94%
Small 10 to 49213 5%
Medium 50 to 24927 0.6%
Large 250+1 <0.1%

Grey line: the share among all Portuguese companies (91% have under ten staff).

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 25 more than $10 million.

301

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most advertising companies in Portugal (847), ahead of Porto (210), Oeiras (176), Sintra (161) and Cascais (132). Together the five hold one in three of them. Relative to their size, Oeiras, Lisboa and Almada have the most: 1.7 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

240 Portuguese cities have at least one advertising agency; 80 have ten or more; 43 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Advertising agencies per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.52. Oeiras has 2.0 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

Largest advertising agencies in Portugal

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Lisboa. Click a name for the record.

Uniellert - Sistemas de Operacões No Comércio, Lda - em Liquidacão is the largest advertising agency in Portugal by headcount. 28 firms employ 50 people or more; 7 employ 100 or more.

1Lisboa600 staff
2Lisboa307 staff
3Porto289 staff
4Lisboa287 staff
5Vila Franca de Xira155 staff
6Vila Nova de Gaia125 staff
7Lisboa108 staff
8Lisboa97 staff
9Lisboa91 staff
10Vila Nova de Gaia89 staff

By employee size · 4,351 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,700	85%
5-9	410	9%
10-19	151	3%
20-49	62	1%
50-99	21	0.5%
100-199	3	<0.1%
200-499	3	<0.1%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

85% have 1 to 4 people; 62 have 20 to 49; 28 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,469	59%
$100K-$500K	1,253	30%
$500K-$1M	222	5%
$1M-$5M	211	5%
$5M-$10M	25	0.6%
$10M-$50M	23	0.5%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

59% under $100,000; 211 between $1M and $5M; 50 above $5M.

Advertising agencies in Lisboa

Lisboa has 847 advertising companies and advertising agencies, 0.9% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 75% above the national share. Four in five Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 15 have 50 or more. 47 new firms were entered in 2026, 34 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 647 · 78%
5-9: 98 · 12%
10-19: 48 · 6%
20-49: 25 · 3%
50+: 15 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 14 · 2%
Partnerships: 407 · 48%
Lda and S.A.: 395 · 47%
Other or none: 31 · 4%

Of the Portuguese total: 19.2%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.9%
Against the national share: 1.7×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 47
Entered 2025: 86
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 15.6%

Old

Before 1990: 34 · 4%
1990 or later: 813 · 96%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 39.5%

Reachable

Email: 179 · 21%
Phone: 248 · 29%
Website: 272 · 32%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 404 · 51%
$100K-$500K: 232 · 29%
$500K-$1M: 55 · 7%
$1M and more: 109 · 14%

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How many advertising companies are there in Portugal?

Advertising companies and advertising agencies in Portugal

4,419

5 November 2026

There are 4,419 advertising companies and advertising agencies in Portugal in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 193 Portuguese companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every working day this year (301 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 4,166 94%
Head offices: 158
Branch offices: 95

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 7311. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 7311.

2,173 of the 4,419 are Lda and S.A. (49%); 170 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

301 advertising agencies were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about one per working day, after 490 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.9% of the inflow.

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2792023
4012024
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3012026 so far

185 of this year's 301 are Lda and S.A..

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Barcelos4 staff
2Pombal4 staff
3Aveiro4 staff
4Lisboa4 staff
5Cascais4 staff

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in twenty-six Portuguese advertising agencies work as sole traders, against 15% of all Portuguese companies. Half are Lda and S.A..

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)1704%
Partnerships1,95644%
Lda and S.A.2,17349%
No form on record or other1203%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 158
Branches: 95

All Portuguese companies: 15% sole traders, 38% partnerships, 30% Lda and S.A..

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese advertising agencies from before 1900, 2 from before 1950 and 86 from before 1990.

1927
1. Lisboa
1940
1. Murça
1953
1. Lisboa
1960
1. Braga
1962
1. Porto
1965
1. Vila Franca de Xira

Fewer than five firms date from before 1950, so the timeline starts with the oldest firms before 1990.

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How reachable are they?

Advertising agencies are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 26% list a phone number and 28% a website.

Email865 20%
Phone1,148 26%
Website1,241 28%

Grey line: all Portuguese companies (email 17%, phone 33%, website 22%).

The full list with these fields is in our Portuguese company database.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 6 advertising agencies for every one of the driving schools in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Churches	4,904	26%	91%
Advertising Companies	4,419	28%	84%
Colleges	3,157	41%	68%
Primary Education	2,348	77%	15%
Child Care Companies	1,176	49%	45%
Driving Schools	722	70%	65%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	102,121	2.6
Brazil	75,031	2.6
The USA	74,874	1.2
The Czech Republic	70,853	20.1
Poland	62,699	9.9
Portugal	4,419	5.2

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Frequently asked questions

How many advertising companies are there in Portugal?

There are 4,419 advertising companies and advertising agencies in Portugal in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 193 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest advertising agency in Portugal?

Uniellert - Sistemas de Operacões No Comércio, Lda - em Liquidacão in Lisboa, with 600 staff. By revenue Idealista, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda in Lisboa leads with $40.5 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most advertising companies?

Lisboa, with 847, ahead of Porto (210), Oeiras (176), Sintra (161) and Cascais (132). Relative to its size, Oeiras has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many advertising agencies are there in Lisboa?

847, which is 0.9% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 75% above the national share.

How big is a typical advertising agency?

Small. 85% of the 4,351 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 28 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese advertising companies sole traders or companies?

One in twenty-six (170) are sole traders, 44% are partnerships and 49% (2,173) are Lda and S.A..

How many advertising agencies started in 2026?

301 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 490 in 2025. 185 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest advertising agency in Portugal?

McCann-Erickson Portugal - Publicidade, Lda in Lisboa, 1927, followed by Fábrica da Igreja Paroquial de Murca in Murça (1940) and High Communication - Brand & Media Consulting, Lda in Lisboa (1953). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers advertising companies?

Portuguese advertising companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 7311. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 7311.

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