List of Colleges in Portugal

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 3,157 colleges in Portugal, one in every 270 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 222 firms employ 50 people or more. One in three colleges is based in Lisboa, Porto, Oeiras, Coimbra and Braga. Below you find the largest colleges 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.

3,157 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies3,1571 in270 Portuguese companiesCities235Largest cityLisboa 535Employees1-4 (74%)Revenue< $100K (65%)Email32%Phone41%Website41%

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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	Talentus - Associacão Nacional De Formadores E Técnicos De Formacão	Portugal	Coimbra	Rua Antero de Quental, 265 Sala 1006	Coimbra	3000-033	*****.pt	1996	$225,328,591	2,363	Non profit organization	7	503787485
2	Universidade De Évora	Portugal	Évora	Largo Dos Colegiais, 2	Évora	7004-516	*****.pt	1973	$225,328,591	2,363	Local government body	24	501201920
3	Nova Fórum - Instituto De Formacão De Executivos Da Universidade Nova De Lisboa	Portugal	Ourém	Rua Da Holanda, 1	Santarém	2775-405	*****.pt	1997	$225,328,591	2,363	Non profit organization	4	504000837
4	Instituto Piaget, Cooperativa Para O Desenvolvimento Humano, Integral E Ecológico, C.R.L.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida João Paulo Ii, Lote 544 2º	Lisboa	1950-157	*****.org	1980	$225,328,591	2,363	Non profit organization	18	501048740
5	Universidade De Coimbra	Portugal	Coimbra	Praca Da Porta Férrea	Coimbra	3004-531	*****.pt	1290	$225,328,591	2,363	Local government body	27	501617582
6	C.E.U. - Cooperativa De Ensino Universitário, C.R.L.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua de Santa Marta, 56	Lisboa	1150-297	*****.pt	1985	$225,328,591	2,363	Non profit organization	4	501641238
7	Centro Municipal De Cultura E Desenvolvimento De Idanha-A-Nova	Portugal	Idanha-A-nova	Avenida Mouzinho de Albuquerque, 67	Castelo Branco	6060-178	*****.pt	1992	$225,328,591	2,363	Non profit organization	4	503010952
8	Cofac - Cooperativa De Formacão E Animacão Cultural, C.R.L.	Portugal	Lisboa	Campo Grande, 376	Lisboa	1749-024	*****.pt	1987	$73,595,305	2,362	Non profit organization	18	501679529
9	Universidade Católica Portuguesa	Portugal	Lisboa	Caminho Palma de Cima	Lisboa	1649-023	*****.pt	1967	$61,982,050	650	Non profit organization	14	501082522
10	Ensilis - Educacão E Formacão, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Estrada Da Correia, 53	Lisboa	1500-210	*****.pt	1962	$53,267,169	462	Corporation	35	504669788
11	Infosaúde - Instituto De Formacão E Inovacão Em Saúde, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua das Ferrarias del Rei, 6	Lisboa	2730-269	*****.pt	2005	$41,584,790	150	Corporation	51	505215330
12	Fundacão Ensino E Cultura Fernando Pessoa	Portugal	Porto	Praca Nove de Abril, 349	Porto	4249-004	*****.pt	1988	$37,627,427	930	Non profit organization	5	502057602
13	Mdg - Saúde, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Rua Imperatriz Dona Amélia, 73	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-018	N/A	2024	$33,716,675	12	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	517919290
14	Master Distância - Formacão Profissional, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua de Dona Estefânia, 84a	Lisboa	1000-158	*****.pt	2001	$27,161,523	150	Corporation	76	505754681
15	Fundacão Minerva - Cultura - Ensino E Investigacão Científica	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Da Junqueira, 188/198	Lisboa	1349-001	*****.pt	1986	$26,221,329	804	Non profit organization	3	501679260
16	Universidade Do Porto	Portugal	Porto	Praca Gomes Teixeira	Porto	4099-002	*****.pt	1911	$16,168,196	5,443	Local government body	16	501413197
17	Inetese Acores - Associacão Para O Ensino E Formacão	Portugal	Lagoa	Avenida Vulcanológica, S/n	Ilha de São Miguel	9560-414	*****.pt	2012	$14,303,550	3	Non profit organization	4	510308597
18	Maiêutica - Cooperativa De Ensino Superior, C.R.L.	Portugal	Maia	Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos	Porto	4475-690	*****.pt	1991	$13,714,487	206	Non profit organization	N/A	502514531
19	Ispa, C.R.L.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Do Jardim Do Tabaco, 34	Lisboa	1100-287	*****.pt	1982	$12,652,747	143	Non profit organization	N/A	501313672
20	Code For All, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Doutor Eduardo Santos Silva, 261 Fracão O	Porto	4200-283	*****.com	2013	$11,843,897	181	Corporation	9	510894160
21	Pedago - Sociedade De Empreendimentos Pedagógicos, Lda	Portugal	Odivelas	Rua Marquesa D'Alorna, 12 Lojas C/d	Lisboa	2620-271	*****.pt	1971	$11,206,728	168	Partnership of unknown type	2	500213623
22	Cesae Digital - Centro Para O Desenvolvimento De Competências Digitais	Portugal	Porto	Rua Ciríaco Cardoso, 186	Porto	4150-212	*****.pt	1995	$10,371,396	43	Non profit organization	N/A	503554286
23	Aeva - Associacão Para A Educacão E Valorizacão Da Região De Aveiro	Portugal	Aveiro	Rua Francisco Ferreira Neves	Aveiro	3800-510	*****.eu	1999	$9,535,700	12	Non profit organization	2	504688880
24	Post-Seminário	Portugal	Angra Do Heroísmo	Rua Barcelos, 43	Ilha de Terceira	9700-026	N/A	2000	$9,535,700	100	Non profit organization	4	512060746
25	Kerigma - Instituto De Inovacão E Desenvolvimento Social De Barcelos	Portugal	Barcelos	Rua José Júlio Vieira Ramos, 72	Braga	4750-180	*****.pt	1996	$9,535,700	6	Non profit organization	3	503820601

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 2,900 Portuguese colleges with a known headcount, 2,134 (74%) have one to four people, 295 have five to nine, 249 have ten to 49 and 222 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,696, 65%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 102,429 84%
Small 10 to 49249 9%
Medium 50 to 249191 7%
Large 250+31 1%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 22 more than $10 million.

156

firms were entered in 2026.

How many colleges are there in Portugal?

Colleges in Portugal

3,157

5 November 2026

There are 3,157 colleges in Portugal in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 270 Portuguese companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (156 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,518 80%
Head offices: 193
Branch offices: 446

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 854. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 854.

988 of the 3,157 are Lda and S.A. (31%); 0 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Colleges in Lisboa

Lisboa has 535 colleges, 0.6% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 54% above the national share. Seven in ten Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 65 have 50 or more. 24 new firms were entered in 2026, 62 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 350 · 69%
5-9: 37 · 7%
10-19: 30 · 6%
20-49: 27 · 5%
50+: 65 · 13%

Legal form

Sole traders: 0 · 0%
Partnerships: 210 · 39%
Lda and S.A.: 163 · 30%
Other or none: 162 · 30%

Of the Portuguese total: 16.9%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 1.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 24
Entered 2025: 28
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 15.4%

Old

Before 1990: 62 · 12%
1990 or later: 473 · 88%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 36.0%

Reachable

Email: 192 · 36%
Phone: 250 · 47%
Website: 241 · 45%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 258 · 56%
$100K-$500K: 121 · 26%
$500K-$1M: 21 · 5%
$1M and more: 62 · 13%

Largest

12,363
22,363
31,127
41,104
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Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most colleges in Portugal (535), ahead of Porto (225), Oeiras (101), Coimbra (99) and Braga (95). Together the five hold one in three of them.

Cities by number of firms

235 Portuguese cities have at least one college; 66 have ten or more; 58 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Largest colleges in Portugal

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

Universidade do Porto is the largest college in Portugal by headcount. 222 firms employ 50 people or more; 130 employ 100 or more.

1Porto · public body5,443 staff
2Aveiro2,445 staff
3Lisboa2,363 staff
4Lisboa2,363 staff
5Ponta Delgada · public body1,617 staff
6Lisboa · public body1,127 staff
7Lisboa · public body1,104 staff
8Lisboa · public body1,026 staff
9Lisboa · public body976 staff
10Porto930 staff

By employee size · 2,900 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,134	74%
5-9	295	10%
10-19	145	5%
20-49	104	4%
50-99	92	3%
100-199	60	2%
200-499	39	1%
500-999	20	0.7%
1,000+	11	0.4%

74% have 1 to 4 people; 104 have 20 to 49; 222 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,696	65%
$100K-$500K	596	23%
$500K-$1M	112	4%
$1M-$5M	160	6%
$5M-$10M	21	0.8%
$10M-$50M	12	0.5%
$50M-$100M	3	0.1%
$100M-$500M	7	0.3%

65% under $100,000; 160 between $1M and $5M; 43 above $5M.

How reachable are they?

Colleges are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 41% list a phone number and 41% a website.

Email1,009 32%
Phone1,296 41%
Website1,289 41%

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

Three in ten are Lda and S.A..

Partnerships1,29941%
Lda and S.A.98831%
No form on record or other87028%

Single-site: 80%
Head offices: 193
Branches: 446

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

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 8 Portuguese colleges from before 1900, 20 from before 1950 and 172 from before 1990.

1825
1. Lisboa
1830
1. Lisboa
1836
1. Lisboa
1836
1. Lisboa
1852
1. Lisboa
1852
1. Lisboa

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172

Portuguese colleges date from before 1990

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

156 colleges were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 4 a week, after 234 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.5% of the inflow.

1232022
1602023
1762024
2342025
1562026 so far

78 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.

1Torres Vedras50 staff
2Odivelas50 staff
3Almada4 staff
4Braga4 staff
5Odivelas4 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 churches for every college 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%
Event Companies	661	56%	78%
Secondary Schools	350	99%	2%

In other countries

Portugal has more colleges than Sweden or Poland, and more per company than either.

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Canada	4,404	1.0
Australia	4,372	0.5
Portugal	3,157	3.7
Sweden	1,556	0.8
Poland	730	0.1

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Frequently asked questions

How many colleges are there in Portugal?

There are 3,157 colleges in Portugal in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 270 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest college in Portugal?

Universidade do Porto in Porto, with 5,443 staff. By revenue Ensilis - Educacão e Formacão, Unipessoal, Lda in Lisboa leads with $53.3 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most colleges?

Lisboa, with 535, ahead of Porto (225), Oeiras (101), Coimbra (99) and Braga (95).

How many colleges are there in Lisboa?

535, which is 0.6% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 54% above the national share.

How big is a typical college?

Small. 74% of the 2,900 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 222 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese colleges sole traders or companies?

None (0) are sole traders, 41% are partnerships and 31% (988) are Lda and S.A..

How many colleges started in 2026?

156 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 234 in 2025. 78 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest college in Portugal?

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa in Lisboa, 1825, followed by Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária in Lisboa (1830) and Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa in Lisboa (1836). 8 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers colleges?

Portuguese colleges are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 854. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 854.

Can I download the full list?

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