List of Chicken Farmers in Portugal

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 908 chicken farmers in Portugal, one in every 940 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 16 firms employ 50 people or more. One in four poultry farms is based in Oliveira de Frades, Vouzela, Vila Nova de Paiva, São Pedro Do Sul and Tondela. Below you find the largest poultry farms 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.

908 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies9081 in940 Portuguese companiesCities165Largest cityOliveira de Frades 63Sole traders24%Employees1-4 (84%)Revenue< $100K (54%)Email5%Phone27%Website6%

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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	Lusicresce - Producão Avícola, Lda	Portugal	Figueira Da Foz	Rua Da Fonte	Coimbra	3090-485	N/A	2010	$187,209,355	80	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	509578667
2	Sociedade Agrícola Da Quinta Da Freiria, S.A.	Portugal	Bombarral	Quinta Freiria	Leiria	2540-671	*****.pt	1973	$132,771,714	185	Corporation	60	500252742
3	Lusipintos - Producão Avícola, Lda	Portugal	Leiria	Zona Industrial Da Zicofa, 4	Leiria	2415-314	*****.pt	1979	$109,282,909	168	Partnership of unknown type	48	500899436
4	Pro-Galo - Producão E Comercializacão Avícola, Lda	Portugal	Lourinhã	Rua 25 de Abril	Lisboa	2530-342	N/A	2007	$75,105,014	52	Partnership of unknown type	60	508355141
5	Zêzerovo - Producão Agrícola E Avícola Do Zêzere, S.A.	Portugal	Ferreira Do Zêzere	Rua Eduardo Mota, 550	Santarém	2240-518	*****.pt	1986	$71,342,312	149	Corporation	N/A	501686460
6	Pintogal - Producão Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Oliveira de Frades	Zona Industrial de Oliveira de Frades, Lote 4	Viseu	3680-170	N/A	1994	$61,113,152	321	Corporation	48	503254371
7	Ovo D'ouro - Producão E Comércio De Ovos, Lda	Portugal	Torres Vedras	Avenida Dos Combatentes Da Grande Guerra, 126	Lisboa	2565-642	*****.pt	2007	$55,867,884	195	Partnership of unknown type	60	508355117
8	Aviário Do Resouro - Producão De Ovos, Lda	Portugal	Ourém	Rua Dos Aviários, 5	Santarém	2435-690	*****.com	1971	$42,384,643	60	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	501597654
9	Campo Aberto - Sociedade De Avicultura, Lda	Portugal	Oliveira de Frades	Vales	Viseu	3680-323	N/A	2002	$39,030,055	7	Partnership of unknown type	48	506210120
10	Marinhave - Sociedade Agro-Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Benavente	Estrada Nacional 119, Herdade Do Arneiro Grande	Santarém	2135-194	*****.pt	1989	$37,597,275	247	Corporation	2	502198494
11	Campovo - Producão E Comercializacão De Ovos, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Professor Salazar de Sousa, 18 9ºesq.	Lisboa	1750-233	*****.pt	1990	$36,879,454	62	Corporation	2	502410175
12	Nunes & Freitas, Lda	Portugal	Câmara de Lobos	Caminho Vital, 58	Ilha Da Madeira	9300-226	*****.pt	1982	$33,131,903	137	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	511022220
13	Uniovo - Ovos E Derivados, S.A.	Portugal	Ourém	Estrada Da Ribeira, 318	Santarém	2240-119	*****.com	1987	$27,495,714	72	Corporation	14	501793372
14	Beltri - Sociedade Avícola, Lda	Portugal	Pinhel	Estrada de São Miguel	Guarda	2530-444	N/A	2001	$27,047,073	7	Partnership of unknown type	48	505387859
15	Rica Granja - Producão E Comércio Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Proença-A-nova	Vale das Balsas	Castelo Branco	6150-508	*****.com	2008	$22,317,674	39	Corporation	26	508800102
16	Aviclasse - Sociedade Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Oliveira de Frades	Zona Industrial de Oliveira de Frades, Lotes 35/36	Viseu	3680-110	N/A	1990	$22,230,603	60	Corporation	N/A	502347350
17	Belperú - Sociedade Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Pinhel	Estrada de São Miguel	Guarda	2530-444	N/A	1997	$19,078,713	52	Corporation	48	503803111
18	Confriovo, S.A.	Portugal	Aguiar Da Beira	Sítio Dos Aviários, S/n	Guarda	3305-098	N/A	1984	$18,691,109	27	Corporation	N/A	501558888
19	Sociedade Avícola Avarela, Unipessoal, LDA.	Portugal	Óbidos	Ponte Seca	Leiria	2510-748	N/A	2001	$17,027,948	27	Corporation	57	505651963
20	Clara & Gema - Sociedade Produtora De Ovos, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Do Atlântico, 16 14ºescritório 8	Lisboa	1990-019	*****.pt	2011	$16,738,739	39	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	510104860
21	Líder Perfeito, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Leiria	Rua Do Arneiro, 250	Leiria	2425-515	N/A	2010	$14,359,454	25	Corporation	2	509621392
22	Aviário De Santa Cita, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Tomar	Zona Industrial, Edíficio Citaves	Santarém	2305-123	N/A	1952	$13,509,318	28	Corporation	60	501788450
23	Aviários Do Cadouco, S.A.	Portugal	Coruche	Cadouco	Santarém	3570-120	N/A	2001	$11,541,670	52	Corporation	26	505408040
24	Agrozel - Agro-Pecuária Do Zêzere, S.A.	Portugal	Ferreira Do Zêzere	Estrada Da Ribeira de São Silvestre, 10	Santarém	2240-334	*****.pt	1987	$9,687,805	66	Corporation	N/A	501879471
25	Vougal - Producão De Aves, S.A.	Portugal	Fafe	Rua Doutor Francisco Sá Carneiro, 13	Braga	4720-346	N/A	2016	$9,533,703	49	Corporation	N/A	513958258

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Where in Portugal?

Oliveira de Frades has the most chicken farmers in Portugal (63), ahead of Vouzela (47), Vila Nova de Paiva (45), São Pedro Do Sul (39) and Tondela (33). Together the five hold one in four of them.

Cities by number of firms

165 Portuguese cities have at least one poultry farm; 24 have ten or more; 64 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many chicken farmers are there in Portugal?

Chicken farmers and poultry farms in Portugal

908

5 November 2026

There are 908 chicken farmers and poultry farms in Portugal in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 940 Portuguese companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every month this year (17 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 845 93%
Head offices: 28
Branch offices: 35

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 0147. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 0147.

206 of the 908 are Lda and S.A. (23%); 222 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 882 Portuguese poultry farms with a known headcount, 741 (84%) have one to four people, 79 have five to nine, 46 have ten to 49 and 16 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (451, 54%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10820 93%
Small 10 to 4946 5%
Medium 50 to 24916 2%
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; 23 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest poultry farms in Portugal

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

Pintogal - Producão Avícola, S.A. is the largest poultry farm in Portugal by headcount. 16 firms employ 50 people or more; 7 employ 100 or more.

1Oliveira de Frades321 staff
2Benavente247 staff
3Torres Vedras195 staff
4Ferreira Do Zêzere149 staff
5Câmara de Lobos137 staff
6Amares123 staff
7Figueira Da Foz80 staff
8Ourém72 staff
9Ferreira Do Zêzere66 staff
10Ourém60 staff

By employee size · 882 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	741	84%
5-9	79	9%
10-19	28	3%
20-49	18	2%
50-99	9	1%
100-199	5	0.6%
200-499	2	0.2%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	0	0%

84% have 1 to 4 people; 18 have 20 to 49; 16 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	451	54%
$100K-$500K	210	25%
$500K-$1M	44	5%
$1M-$5M	82	10%
$5M-$10M	19	2%
$10M-$50M	16	2%
$50M-$100M	4	0.5%
$100M-$500M	3	0.4%

54% under $100,000; 82 between $1M and $5M; 42 above $5M.

Poultry farms in Oliveira de Frades

Oliveira de Frades has 63 chicken farmers and poultry farms, 7.3% of all 865 Oliveira de Frades companies and 6743% above the national share. Nine in ten Oliveira de Frades firms have fewer than five people; 3 have 50 or more. 1 new firm was entered in 2026, 16 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 54 · 87%
5-9: 5 · 8%
10-19: 0 · 0%
20-49: 0 · 0%
50+: 3 · 5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 21 · 33%
Partnerships: 24 · 38%
Lda and S.A.: 17 · 27%
Other or none: 1 · 2%

Of the Portuguese total: 6.9%
Of all Oliveira de Frades companies: 7.3%
Against the national share: 68.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 1
Entered 2025: 1
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 5.9%

Old

Before 1990: 16 · 25%
1990 or later: 47 · 75%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 10.7%

Reachable

Email: 2 · 3%
Phone: 13 · 21%
Website: 2 · 3%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 30 · 48%
$100K-$500K: 20 · 32%
$500K-$1M: 3 · 5%
$1M and more: 9 · 15%

Largest

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Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in four Portuguese poultry farms 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)22224%
Partnerships43548%
Lda and S.A.20623%
No form on record or other455%

Single-site: 93%
Head offices: 28
Branches: 35

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 36 agriculture companies for every poultry farm in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Agriculture Companies	32,833	5%	87%
Farmers	29,595	5%	87%
FMCG Companies	9,978	29%	54%
Butchers	4,847	13%	82%
Bakeries	4,406	21%	54%
Chicken Farmers	908	6%	82%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
France	15,221	1.1
Brazil	12,877	0.4
Poland	7,190	1.1
The USA	7,122	0.1
Italy	5,525	0.8
Portugal	908	1.1

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How reachable are they?

Poultry farms are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 27% list a phone number and 6% a website.

Email45 5%
Phone241 27%
Website57 6%

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

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

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese poultry farms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 149 from before 1990.

1952
1. Tomar
1963
1. Oliveira de Azeméis
1967
1. Oliveira de Frades
1971
1. Ourém
1971
1. Amares
1973
1. Guimarães

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 chicken farmers are there in Portugal?

There are 908 chicken farmers and poultry farms in Portugal in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 940 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest poultry farm in Portugal?

Pintogal - Producão Avícola, S.A. in Oliveira de Frades, with 321 staff. By revenue Sociedade Agrícola da Quinta da Freiria, S.A. in Bombarral leads with $132.8 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most chicken farmers?

Oliveira de Frades, with 63, ahead of Vouzela (47), Vila Nova de Paiva (45), São Pedro Do Sul (39) and Tondela (33).

How many poultry farms are there in Oliveira de Frades?

63, which is 7.3% of all 865 Oliveira de Frades companies and 6743% above the national share.

How big is a typical poultry farm?

Small. 84% of the 882 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 16 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese chicken farmers sole traders or companies?

One in four (222) are sole traders, 48% are partnerships and 23% (206) are Lda and S.A..

How many poultry farms started in 2026?

17 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 62 in 2025. 9 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest poultry farm in Portugal?

Aviário de Santa Cita, Unipessoal, Lda in Tomar, 1952, followed by Oval - Organizacão Industrial de Produtos Avícolas, Lda in Oliveira de Azeméis (1963) and Sopil - Sociedade Produtora de Pintos, S.A. in Oliveira de Frades (1967). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers chicken farmers?

Portuguese chicken farmers are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 0147. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 0147.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 908 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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