List of Butchers in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 4,847 butchers in Portugal, one in every 176 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 13 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven butchers is based in Lisboa, Sintra, Porto, Matosinhos and Barcelos. Below you find the largest butchers 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.

4,847 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies4,8471 in176 Portuguese companiesCities295Largest cityLisboa 240Sole traders32%Employees1-4 (86%)Revenue< $100K (46%)Email11%Phone48%Website13%

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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	Carnes Meireles Do Minho, S.A.	Portugal	Valongo	Rua Do Caulino, 117	Porto	4445-259	*****.pt	1990	$77,911,217	367	Corporation	38	502289490
2	Vasco & Luís Esteves - Mercado Da Carne, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Rua Florbela Espanca, 26/26a	Lisboa	2660-421	N/A	2009	$47,370,974	140	Partnership of unknown type	31	508990629
3	Talhos Silau, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Da Indústria, 34	Lisboa	2740-068	*****.pt	1987	$43,613,743	30	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	501979247
4	Talho Das Torres, Lda	Portugal	Sintra	Rua Elias Garcia, 19a/b	Lisboa	2735-261	*****.pt	1997	$21,732,387	91	Partnership of unknown type	4	503892033
5	Abrancongelados - Produtos Alimentares, Lda	Portugal	Abrantes	Parque Industrial, Lote 39	Santarém	2200-480	*****.pt	2007	$21,104,605	61	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	508152232
6	Futuritalhos, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Da Indústria, 34	Lisboa	2740-068	*****.pt	1999	$16,635,403	93	Partnership of unknown type	5	504587021
7	Nova Geracão Praceta Dos Sabores, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Rua Florbela Espanca, 26/26a	Lisboa	2660-421	N/A	1998	$16,221,941	64	Partnership of unknown type	31	504111108
8	Elogios Do Oceano, Lda	Portugal	Sintra	Rua Rómulo de Carvalho, 9 6ºe	Lisboa	2745-373	N/A	2021	$15,125,555	10	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	516511602
9	Talhos Lino & Vicente, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Morais Soares, 82f	Lisboa	1900-348	N/A	2001	$14,111,906	142	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	505467615
10	Cascarnes - Comércio E Industria De Carnes, Lda	Portugal	Cascais	Avenida Costa Pinto, 91b	Lisboa	2750-329	*****.pt	1984	$14,008,601	97	Partnership of unknown type	4	501479945
11	Mar Belo - Comércio De Mariscos, S.A.	Portugal	Pinhel	Estrada Nacional 361, 142	Guarda	2530-441	*****.pt	2015	$13,889,636	32	Corporation	3	513344470
12	3 Silvas, Lda	Portugal	Lagoa	Rua Nova Da Nespereira, Armazém 5	Ilha de São Miguel	4770-287	*****.pt	2005	$12,526,225	108	Partnership of unknown type	8	507287010
13	Grupitalhos, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Rua Florbela Espanca, 26/26a	Lisboa	2660-421	N/A	2000	$11,639,202	50	Partnership of unknown type	31	505098148
14	Gold Great Seafood, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Luís de Camões, 9 2ºdto.	Lisboa	1495-083	N/A	2016	$10,254,299	11	Corporation	2	514044896
15	Pescacerta - Importacão E Exportacão De Produtos Congelados, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Estrada das Biscoiteiras, 8 3ºdto.	Lisboa	2795-038	*****.com	2001	$10,219,527	33	Partnership of unknown type	3	505295172
16	A Nossa Peixaria - Comércio De Peixe, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Mercado Abasecedor Da Região de Lisboa, Pavilhão R4 Armazém 15	Lisboa	2660-421	N/A	2010	$10,133,765	118	Partnership of unknown type	34	509491472
17	Talhos Premium Ii, Lda	Portugal	Amadora	Praca Teófilo Braga, 5	Lisboa	2650-074	N/A	2015	$9,794,571	48	Partnership of unknown type	10	513453148
18	Talhos Carreira & Alves, Lda	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Rua Barão Corvo, 10	Porto	4400-035	*****.com	2009	$8,998,444	50	Partnership of unknown type	5	508861497
19	Gondisca, Lda	Portugal	Gondomar	Rua 25 de Abril, 150	Porto	4420-356	*****.pt	2010	$8,503,984	20	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	509485693
20	Carnalentejana - Agrupamento De Produtores De Bovinos De Raca Alentejana, S.A.	Portugal	Elvas	Estrada Do Moinho de Vento	Portalegre	7350-230	*****.pt	1992	$8,233,451	7	Corporation	N/A	503056006
21	Gracigosto - Comércio De Carnes, Lda - Em Liquidacão	Portugal	Moita	Praceta Dos Algarvios, 11b	Setúbal	2835-041	N/A	2006	$7,390,837	80	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	507711971
22	Carnes Da Quinta, Lda	Portugal	Mafra	Praca Da República, 5	Lisboa	2640-525	*****.pt	2022	$7,356,719	11	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	517153009
23	Lactifoz - Transformacão E Comércio De Peixes E Mariscos, S.A.	Portugal	Pombal	Rua Centro Social, 4	Leiria	3105-057	*****.pt	1996	$7,326,308	21	Corporation	N/A	503613690
24	Gidacarnes Ii - Talhos, Lda	Portugal	Vila Verde	Avenida Principal, 24	Braga	4730-042	*****.pt	2013	$7,325,990	54	Partnership of unknown type	2	510664385
25	Delibrave,unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Silves	Estrada Nacional 269, S/n	Faro	8365-083	*****.pt	2007	$6,953,069	24	Corporation	N/A	508028493

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Largest butchers in Portugal

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

Carnes Meireles do Minho, S.A. is the largest butcher in Portugal by headcount. 13 firms employ 50 people or more; 4 employ 100 or more.

1Valongo367 staff
2Lisboa142 staff
3Loures140 staff
4Loures118 staff
5Lagoa108 staff
6Cascais97 staff
7Oeiras93 staff
8Moita80 staff
9Abrantes61 staff
10Loures56 staff

By employee size · 4,593 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	3,957	86%
5-9	436	9%
10-19	130	3%
20-49	57	1%
50-99	9	0.2%
100-199	3	<0.1%
200-499	1	<0.1%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

86% have 1 to 4 people; 57 have 20 to 49; 13 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,990	46%
$100K-$500K	1,367	32%
$500K-$1M	535	12%
$1M-$5M	372	9%
$5M-$10M	29	0.7%
$10M-$50M	15	0.3%
$50M-$100M	1	<0.1%

46% under $100,000; 372 between $1M and $5M; 45 above $5M.

Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most butchers in Portugal (240), ahead of Sintra (143), Porto (101), Matosinhos (93) and Barcelos (91). Together the five hold one in seven of them.

Cities by number of firms

295 Portuguese cities have at least one butcher; 124 have ten or more; 35 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 4,593 Portuguese butchers with a known headcount, 3,957 (86%) have one to four people, 436 have five to nine, 187 have ten to 49 and 13 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,990, 46%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 104,393 96%
Small 10 to 49187 4%
Medium 50 to 24913 0.3%
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; 16 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How many butchers are there in Portugal?

Butchers in Portugal

4,847

21 October 2026

There are 4,847 butchers in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 176 Portuguese companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (61 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 4,120 85%
Head offices: 248
Branch offices: 479

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4722. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4722.

1,205 of the 4,847 are Lda and S.A. (25%); 1,550 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Butchers in Lisboa

Lisboa has 240 butchers, 0.3% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 55% below the national share. Four in five Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 5 new firms were entered in 2026, 81 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 189 · 83%
5-9: 21 · 9%
10-19: 14 · 6%
20-49: 2 · 0.9%
50+: 1 · 0.4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 32 · 13%
Partnerships: 135 · 56%
Lda and S.A.: 43 · 18%
Other or none: 30 · 13%

Of the Portuguese total: 5.0%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.3%
Against the national share: 0.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 5
Entered 2025: 9
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 8.2%

Old

Before 1990: 81 · 34%
1990 or later: 159 · 66%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 9.1%

Reachable

Email: 41 · 17%
Phone: 127 · 53%
Website: 37 · 15%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 71 · 36%
$100K-$500K: 57 · 29%
$500K-$1M: 37 · 19%
$1M and more: 33 · 17%

Largest

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 fmcg companies for every butcher in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
FMCG Companies	9,978	29%	54%
Food Distribution Companies	9,678	22%	68%
Food Companies	7,937	27%	53%
Butchers	4,847	13%	82%
Meat Companies	872	29%	45%
Liquor Stores	534	28%	85%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	99,835	3.5
Italy	41,350	5.9
The USA	28,583	0.4
France	20,471	1.4
Spain	15,098	2.8
Portugal	4,847	5.7

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Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)1,55032%
Partnerships1,59833%
Lda and S.A.1,20525%
No form on record or other49410%

Single-site: 85%
Head offices: 248
Branches: 479

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

How reachable are they?

Butchers are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 48% list a phone number and 13% a website.

Email524 11%
Phone2,321 48%
Website638 13%

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

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

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

61 butchers were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 106 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

1052022
802023
1412024
1062025
612026 so far

34 of this year's 61 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.

1Lisboa4 staff
2Sintra4 staff
3Vila Nova de Gaia3 staff
4Castelo Branco3 staff
5Baião2 staff

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese butchers from before 1900, 9 from before 1950 and 889 from before 1990.

1930
1. Lisboa
1934
1. Sintra
1937
1. Lisboa
1940
1. Lisboa
1941
1. Porto
1942
1. Sobral de Monte Agraço

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Portuguese butchers date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many butchers are there in Portugal?

There are 4,847 butchers in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 176 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest butcher in Portugal?

Carnes Meireles do Minho, S.A. in Valongo, with 367 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most butchers?

Lisboa, with 240, ahead of Sintra (143), Porto (101), Matosinhos (93) and Barcelos (91).

How many butchers are there in Lisboa?

240, which is 0.3% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 55% below the national share.

How big is a typical butcher?

Small. 86% of the 4,593 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 13 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese butchers sole traders or companies?

One in three (1,550) are sole traders, 33% are partnerships and 25% (1,205) are Lda and S.A..

How many butchers started in 2026?

61 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 106 in 2025. 34 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest butcher in Portugal?

Conserveira de Lisboa, Lda in Lisboa, 1930, followed by Talho Central de Queluz Oriental, Lda in Sintra (1934) and António Castanheira Lages & Santos, Lda in Lisboa (1937). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers butchers?

Portuguese butchers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4722. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4722.

Can I download the full list?

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