List of Architects in Portugal

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 4,338 architects in Portugal, one in every 197 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 6 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in five of all architecture firms are based in Lisboa, Porto, Oeiras, Cascais and Vila Nova de Gaia. Below you find the largest architecture firms 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.

4,338 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies4,3381 in197 Portuguese companiesCities265Largest cityLisboa 930Sole traders<0.1%Employees1-4 (84%)Revenue< $100K (55%)Email26%Phone35%Website33%

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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	Mrb - Promocão Imobiliária, S.A.	Portugal	Sintra	Beloura Office Park, Edifício 7 2º	Lisboa	2710-693	N/A	1994	$17,989,830	7	Corporation	2	503275956
2	Guimaworks, Lda	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua Goncalves Zarco, 2062	Porto	4455-821	N/A	2017	$13,647,906	18	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	514298383
3	Miguel Saraiva & Associados - Arquitectura E Urbanismo, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Infante Santo, 69a/c	Lisboa	1350-177	*****.com	1996	$13,044,354	71	Corporation	7	503678015
4	Savills Portugal - Consultoria, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Miguel Bombarda, 4 7º	Lisboa	1000-208	*****.pt	2005	$9,931,893	44	Partnership of unknown type	477	507296605
5	Ventura & Partners - Arquitetos, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Rua de Santos Pousada, 350 4º/5º	Porto	4000-478	*****.com	2000	$9,098,731	129	Partnership of unknown type	2	504589130
6	Openbook Architecture, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Conselheiro Fernando de Sousa, 19 8º	Lisboa	1070-072	*****.design	2007	$8,272,617	64	Corporation	10	508037689
7	Broadway Malyan Portugal - Arquitectos E Designers, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Largo Duque Do Cadaval, 17 1º	Lisboa	1200-160	*****.com	1996	$7,955,397	58	Corporation	26	503630446
8	Modular System D.i.s.c.m., S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Calcada João Do Carmo, 25	Porto	4150-426	*****.com	2009	$7,790,474	42	Corporation	5	508978912
9	Ooda Arquitectura, Lda	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua Conselheiro Costa Braga, 318	Porto	4450-102	*****.eu	2010	$7,613,178	61	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	509432255
10	Dvm Concept, Lda	Portugal	Oleiros	Rua Do Monte, 283	Castelo Branco	4730-325	*****.com	2020	$7,186,789	30	Partnership of unknown type	19	516108387
11	Leme - Arquitectura E Construcão, Lda	Portugal	Vila Real	Rua Promotores Do Circuito de Vila Real, 260 6ºf	Vila Real	5000-720	N/A	2018	$6,941,294	14	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	514711736
12	Promontório - Arquitectos Associados, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Fábrica de Material de Guerra, 10	Lisboa	1950-128	*****.net	1990	$6,809,147	55	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	502304820
13	Fragmentos De Arquitectura - Arquitectos Associados, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Camilo Castelo Branco, 2 3ºdto.	Lisboa	1150-084	*****.pt	1994	$5,998,509	64	Partnership of unknown type	2	503295612
14	Frederico Valsassina - Arquitectos, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Calcadinha Tijolo, 58 Porta 13 1ºd	Lisboa	1100-608	*****.com	1990	$5,980,711	21	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	502382929
15	Interseta - Arquitectura, Design E Gestão De Obra, Lda	Portugal	Seixal	Alameda Santa Marta Do Pinhal, 3 Loja A	Setúbal	2855-576	*****.pt	2005	$5,771,168	30	Partnership of unknown type	2	507335872
16	Lexarq - Arquitectura, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Rua de Santo André, 198	Braga	4710-596	*****.pt	2002	$5,362,234	20	Partnership of unknown type	26	506011828
17	Contacto Atlântico, Lda	Portugal	Cascais	Avenida Marginal, 6912 R/c	Lisboa	2765-587	*****.com	2018	$5,294,370	29	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	514779462
18	Consexto, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Avenida Da Boavista, 3769 Loja 30	Porto	4100-139	*****.com	2009	$4,772,908	21	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	508939143
19	Capítulos E Discípulos, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua de São Mamede, 7 1ºesq.	Lisboa	1100-532	*****.pt	2016	$4,615,671	41	Partnership of unknown type	3	513999574
20	Aires Mateus Iii, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Cecílio de Sousa, 52 1º	Lisboa	1200-102	*****.com	2017	$4,164,662	40	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	514423650
21	Paulo Pires Da Gama - Arquitectos Associados, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Avenida Bombeiros Voluntários de Algés, 40b	Lisboa	1495-020	*****.pt	2006	$4,159,744	29	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	507976886
22	Ângulo Radiante - Projectos De Arquitetura E Engenharia, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Rua Do Castelo, 41 3º	Braga	4700-311	N/A	2014	$4,089,749	1	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	513327070
23	Aqa - Arquitetos Associados, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua João Chagas, 53a Piso 1	Lisboa	1499-039	*****.pt	1982	$4,050,434	40	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	501301100
24	João Cabrita - Arquitecto, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Loulé	Buganvília Plaza, 1ºloja 28	Faro	8135-106	*****.com	2011	$3,668,493	11	Corporation	2	509988520
25	Nla - Nuno Leónidas Arquitectos, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Calvet de Magalhães, 244 2º	Lisboa	2770-022	*****.pt	1983	$3,315,060	38	Partnership of unknown type	2	501419314

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Largest architecture firms in Portugal

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

Ventura & Partners - Arquitetos, Lda is the largest architecture firm in Portugal by headcount. 6 firms employ 50 people or more; 1 employ 100 or more.

1Porto129 staff
2Lisboa71 staff
3Lisboa64 staff
4Matosinhos61 staff
5Lisboa58 staff
6Lisboa55 staff
7Porto49 staff
8Lisboa48 staff
9Aveiro47 staff
10Lisboa44 staff

By employee size · 4,279 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,601	84%
5-9	514	12%
10-19	118	3%
20-49	40	0.9%
50-99	5	0.1%
100-199	1	<0.1%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

84% have 1 to 4 people; 40 have 20 to 49; 6 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	2,304	55%
$100K-$500K	1,481	36%
$500K-$1M	217	5%
$1M-$5M	137	3%
$5M-$10M	14	0.3%
$10M-$50M	3	<0.1%

55% under $100,000; 137 between $1M and $5M; 17 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 4,279 Portuguese architecture firms with a known headcount, 3,601 (84%) have one to four people, 514 have five to nine, 158 have ten to 49 and 6 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (2,304, 55%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 104,115 96%
Small 10 to 49158 4%
Medium 50 to 2496 0.1%
Large 250+0 0.0%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 3 more than $10 million.

156

firms were entered in 2026.

How many architects are there in Portugal?

Architects and architecture firms in Portugal

4,338

4 November 2026

There are 4,338 architects and architecture firms in Portugal in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 197 Portuguese companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (156 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 4,105 95%
Head offices: 137
Branch offices: 96

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 7111. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 7111.

1,428 of the 4,338 are Lda and S.A. (33%); 1 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most architects in Portugal (930), ahead of Porto (452), Oeiras (139), Cascais (123) and Vila Nova de Gaia (107). Together the five hold two in five of them. Relative to their size, Porto, Lisboa and Oeiras have the most: 1.6 to 2.7 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

265 Portuguese cities have at least one architecture firm; 77 have ten or more; 61 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Architecture firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.51. Porto has 2.7 times the national share.

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

Architecture firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 930 architects and architecture firms, 1.0% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 95% above the national share. Four in five Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 4 have 50 or more. 19 new firms were entered in 2026, 48 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 745 · 81%
5-9: 119 · 13%
10-19: 33 · 4%
20-49: 14 · 2%
50+: 4 · 0.4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 0 · 0%
Partnerships: 614 · 66%
Lda and S.A.: 276 · 30%
Other or none: 40 · 4%

Of the Portuguese total: 21.4%
Of all Lisboa companies: 1.0%
Against the national share: 2.0×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 19
Entered 2025: 35
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 12.2%

Old

Before 1990: 48 · 5%
1990 or later: 882 · 95%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 37.2%

Reachable

Email: 247 · 27%
Phone: 373 · 40%
Website: 357 · 38%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 451 · 51%
$100K-$500K: 315 · 36%
$500K-$1M: 67 · 8%
$1M and more: 50 · 6%

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

156 architecture firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 4 a week, after 258 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.5% of the inflow.

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2282023
2532024
2582025
1562026 so far

77 of this year's 156 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.

1Lisboa5 staff
2Matosinhos5 staff
3Aveiro3 staff
4Covilhã3 staff
5Ílhavo3 staff

How reachable are they?

Architecture firms are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 35% list a phone number and 33% a website.

Email1,113 26%
Phone1,505 35%
Website1,447 33%

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

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

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in 4,338 Portuguese architecture firms work as sole traders, against 15% of all Portuguese companies. Only one firm in three is a Lda or S.A..

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)1<0.1%
Partnerships2,79064%
Lda and S.A.1,42833%
No form on record or other1193%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 137
Branches: 96

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 29 construction companies for every architecture firm in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Construction Companies	127,802	10%	79%
Electricians	8,357	16%	77%
HVAC Companies	5,639	21%	75%
Architects	4,338	33%	83%
Painters	2,827	6%	84%
Plumbers	272	45%	61%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	79,769	1.2
Brazil	56,514	2.0
Germany	45,504	6.7
France	42,345	2.9
Poland	30,961	4.9
Portugal	4,338	5.1

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The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese architecture firms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 129 from before 1990.

1963
1. Lisboa
1972
1. Oeiras
1973
1. Lisboa
1974
1. Lisboa
1975
1. Lisboa
1975
1. Funchal

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

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Frequently asked questions

How many architects are there in Portugal?

There are 4,338 architects and architecture firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 197 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest architecture firm in Portugal?

Ventura & Partners - Arquitetos, Lda in Porto, with 129 staff. By revenue MRB - Promocão Imobiliária, S.A. in Sintra leads with $18.0 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most architects?

Lisboa, with 930, ahead of Porto (452), Oeiras (139), Cascais (123) and Vila Nova de Gaia (107). Relative to its size, Porto has the most: 2.7 times the national share.

How many architecture firms are there in Lisboa?

930, which is 1.0% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 95% above the national share.

How big is a typical architecture firm?

Small. 84% of the 4,279 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 6 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese architects sole traders or companies?

One in 4,338 (1) are sole traders, 64% are partnerships and 33% (1,428) are Lda and S.A..

How many architecture firms started in 2026?

156 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 258 in 2025. 77 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest architecture firm in Portugal?

X.A.X. - Gabinete de Estudos e Empreendimentos Técnicos, S.A. - em Liquidacão in Lisboa, 1963, followed by Barros & Duarte - Telecomunicacões Digitais, Lda in Oeiras (1972) and Carlos Ramos, Arquitectos, Lda in Lisboa (1973). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers architects?

Portuguese architects are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 7111. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 7111.

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