List of Construction Companies in Portugal

Last updated 4 November 2026

There are 127,802 construction companies in Portugal, one in every 7 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 1,184 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five construction firms is based in Lisboa, Sintra, Porto, Cascais and Braga. Below you find the largest construction 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.

127,802 companies indexed · Data counted on 4 November 2026

Companies127,8021 in7 Portuguese companiesCities390Largest cityLisboa 12,260Sole traders15%Employees1-4 (80%)Revenue< $100K (57%)Email8%Phone24%Website10%

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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	Mota-Engil - Engenharia E Construcão África, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Rego Lameiro, 38	Porto	4300-454	*****.com	2012	$700,105,634	8,732	Corporation	299	510356435
2	Mota-Engil- Engenharia E Construcão, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Rego Lameiro, 38	Porto	4300-454	*****.com	1946	$528,789,459	2,482	Corporation	299	500197814
3	Casais - Engenharia E Construcão, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Do Anjo, 27	Braga	4700-565	*****.pt	1958	$447,633,962	841	Corporation	63	500023875
4	Domingos Da Silva Teixeira, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Dos Pitancinhos	Braga	4700-727	*****.com	1984	$425,305,748	881	Corporation	41	501489126
5	Alves Ribeiro, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Sanches Coelho, 3f	Lisboa	1600-201	*****.pt	1931	$418,320,898	513	Corporation	25	500018936
6	Teixeira Duarte - Engenharia E Construcões, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifício 2	Lisboa	2740-265	*****.pt	1921	$356,256,421	1,709	Corporation	174	500097488
7	Aca - Alberto Couto Alves, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Avenida Dos Descobrimentos, 63	Braga	4760-011	*****.com	1982	$319,727,185	728	Corporation	19	501312412
8	Bento Pedroso Construcões, S.A.	Portugal	Cascais	Avenida Da República, 3000 Porta B 3º Escritório 34	Lisboa	2649-517	*****.com	1953	$254,446,808	119	Corporation	201	500155135
9	Ferreira - Construcão, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Correia de Sá, 68	Porto	4150-228	*****.com	1984	$232,541,567	231	Corporation	8	501633561
10	Portuscale - Construtoras Das Auto Estradas Do Grande Porto, A.C.E.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Rego Lameiro, 38	Porto	4300-454	N/A	2002	$228,491,022	20	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	506252035
11	Afavias - Engenharia E Construcões, S.A.	Portugal	Câmara de Lobos	Parque Empresarial Da Zona Oeste, Lote 11	Ilha Da Madeira	9304-005	*****.pt	1984	$224,180,903	2,346	Corporation	32	511023723
12	C.M.E. - Construcão E Manutencão Electromecânica, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifício 11 Piso 0	Lisboa	2740-270	*****.pt	1983	$216,905,445	1,449	Corporation	32	501369295
13	Norace - Construtoras Das Auto Estradas Do Norte, A.C.E.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Rego Lameiro, 38	Porto	4300-454	N/A	1999	$209,858,166	11	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	504548972
14	Omatapalo - Engenharia E Construcão, S.A.	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua de Recarei, S/n	Porto	4465-728	*****.pt	2016	$207,255,816	297	Corporation	23	513854070
15	Conduril - Engenharia, S.A.	Portugal	Valongo	Avenida Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco, 1835	Porto	4445-416	*****.pt	1959	$195,041,479	2,753	Corporation	12	500070210
16	Distrikt Homes 3.22, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Liberdade, 245 9ºd	Lisboa	1250-143	N/A	2016	$186,529,655	2	Corporation	16	514105704
17	Costaterra - Sociedade Imobiliária De Grândola, Lda	Portugal	Grândola	Herdade Da Costaterra	Setúbal	7570-630	N/A	1996	$180,464,030	498	Partnership of unknown type	6	503584789
18	Teixeira, Pinto & Soares, S.A.	Portugal	Amarante	Rua Do Outeiro, 677	Porto	4600-758	*****.pt	1997	$172,685,541	236	Corporation	9	503864960
19	Transmetro - Construcão De Metropolitano, A.C.E.	Portugal	Maia	Rua Do Espido, 164c Salas 306/307/308	Porto	4470-177	N/A	1998	$167,648,702	20	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	504286447
20	Alexandre Barbosa Borges, S.A.	Portugal	Barcelos	Rua Do Labriosque, 70	Braga	4755-307	*****.pt	1980	$167,170,203	674	Corporation	5	500553408
21	Fdo - Construcões, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Barrio de Cima, 1	Braga	4705-629	*****.pt	1985	$164,679,612	365	Corporation	6	501484930
22	Zip Reoco Resi Portfolio, Sic Imobiliária Fechada, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Do Colégio Militar, 37f 4º Piso	Lisboa	1500-180	N/A	2019	$157,489,070	2	Corporation	2	515793140
23	Constructora San José, S.A. (pontevedra) Representacão Em Portugal	Portugal	Porto	Rua Orfeão Do Porto, 360 Sala 4	Porto	4150-798	*****.com	1990	$150,096,259	187	Foreign company	5	980048095
24	Viatel - Tecnologia De Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Viseu	Rua Do Palácio Do Gelo, 1 3º	Viseu	3500-373	*****.pt	1990	$145,450,097	885	Corporation	222	502309105
25	Construcões Gabriel A. S. Couto, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Rua São João de Pedra Leital, 1000	Braga	4770-464	*****.pt	1973	$136,982,335	576	Corporation	8	500072868

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Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most construction companies in Portugal (12,260), ahead of Sintra (4,276), Porto (3,716), Cascais (2,808) and Braga (2,587). Together the five hold one in five of them. Relative to their size, Marco de Canaveses, Vila Verde and Pombal have the most: 1.7 to 1.9 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

390 Portuguese cities have at least one construction firm; 309 have ten or more; 43 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Construction firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 14.98. Marco de Canaveses has 1.9 times the national share.

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By district 31 districts

District	Firms	%
Lisboa	32,202	25%
Porto	19,973	16%
Braga	11,464	9%
Setúbal	9,052	7%
Faro	7,837	6%
Leiria	7,593	6%
Aveiro	7,306	6%
Santarém	4,833	4%
Coimbra	4,383	3%
Viana Do Castelo	4,364	3%

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Construction firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 12,260 construction companies and construction firms, 13.1% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 13% below the national share. Four in five Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 92 have 50 or more. 705 new firms were entered in 2026, 758 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 10,175 · 84%
5-9: 1,241 · 10%
10-19: 406 · 3%
20-49: 185 · 2%
50+: 92 · 0.8%

Legal form

Sole traders: 217 · 2%
Partnerships: 6,424 · 52%
Lda and S.A.: 5,161 · 42%
Other or none: 458 · 4%

Of the Portuguese total: 9.6%
Of all Lisboa companies: 13.1%
Against the national share: 0.9×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 705
Entered 2025: 1,029
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 9.3%

Old

Before 1990: 758 · 6%
1990 or later: 11,502 · 94%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 9.7%

Reachable

Email: 1,027 · 8%
Phone: 2,503 · 20%
Website: 1,530 · 12%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 5,449 · 54%
$100K-$500K: 2,555 · 25%
$500K-$1M: 808 · 8%
$1M and more: 1,349 · 13%

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Construction companies and construction firms in Portugal

127,802

4 November 2026

There are 127,802 construction companies and construction firms in Portugal in our data (4 November 2026). That is one in every 7 Portuguese companies. About 34 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (7,568 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 122,011 95%
Head offices: 4,157
Branch offices: 1,634

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code sec:F. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 sec:F.

49,894 of the 127,802 are Lda and S.A. (39%); 19,261 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest construction firms in Portugal

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Lisboa, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Mota-Engil - Engenharia e Construcão África, S.A. is the largest construction firm in Portugal by headcount. 1,184 firms employ 50 people or more; 417 employ 100 or more.

1Porto8,732 staff
2Valongo2,753 staff
3Câmara de Lobos2,346 staff
4Oeiras1,709 staff
5Lisboa1,247 staff
6Lisboa918 staff
7Viseu885 staff
8Braga881 staff
9Palmela877 staff
10Braga841 staff

By employee size · 126,563 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	101,020	80%
5-9	15,227	12%
10-19	6,097	5%
20-49	3,035	2%
50-99	767	0.6%
100-199	274	0.2%
200-499	105	<0.1%
500-999	29	<0.1%
1,000+	9	<0.1%

80% have 1 to 4 people; 3,035 have 20 to 49; 1,184 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	64,969	57%
$100K-$500K	30,913	27%
$500K-$1M	8,665	8%
$1M-$5M	8,242	7%
$5M-$10M	1,097	1.0%
$10M-$50M	729	0.6%
$50M-$100M	76	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	44	<0.1%
$500M+	2	<0.1%

57% under $100,000; 8,242 between $1M and $5M; 1,948 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 126,563 Portuguese construction firms with a known headcount, 101,020 (80%) have one to four people, 15,227 have five to nine, 9,132 have ten to 49 and 1,184 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (64,969, 57%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10116,247 92%
Small 10 to 499,132 7%
Medium 50 to 2491,146 0.9%
Large 250+38 <0.1%

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

1,948

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 851 more than $10 million.

7,568

firms were entered in 2026.

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

7,568 construction firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 34 a working day, after 11,187 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 22.7% of the inflow.

6,5482022
6,6332023
8,4882024
11,1872025
7,5682026 so far

4,036 of this year's 7,568 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.

1Amadora12 staff
2Trofa9 staff
3Lisboa9 staff
4Fafe6 staff
5Lisboa6 staff

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 4 Portuguese construction firms from before 1900, 177 from before 1950 and 7,795 from before 1990.

1876
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1906
1. Coimbra
1915
1. Porto
1916
1. Arcos de Valdevez
1917
1. Porto
1917
1. Lisboa

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Portuguese construction firms date from before 1990

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Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in seven Portuguese construction firms work as sole traders, against 15% of all Portuguese companies. Two in five are Lda and S.A..

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)19,26115%
Partnerships55,94744%
Lda and S.A.49,89439%
No form on record or other2,7002%

Single-site: 95%
Head offices: 4,157
Branches: 1,634

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

How reachable are they?

Construction firms are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 24% list a phone number and 10% a website.

Email10,370 8%
Phone30,660 24%
Website13,362 10%

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 470 construction firms for every one of the plumbers 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%
Painters	2,827	6%	84%
Plasterers	1,306	7%	77%
Plumbers	272	45%	61%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	4,698,621	73.6
Brazil	1,936,733	67.1
India	1,599,306	41.3
Italy	961,826	136.9
The UK	936,583	106.0
Portugal	127,802	149.8

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Frequently asked questions

How many construction companies are there in Portugal?

There are 127,802 construction companies and construction firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 4 November 2026. That is one in every 7 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest construction firm in Portugal?

Mota-Engil - Engenharia e Construcão África, S.A. in Porto, with 8,732 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most construction companies?

Lisboa, with 12,260, ahead of Sintra (4,276), Porto (3,716), Cascais (2,808) and Braga (2,587). Relative to its size, Marco de Canaveses has the most: 1.9 times the national share.

How many construction firms are there in Lisboa?

12,260, which is 13.1% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 13% below the national share.

How big is a typical construction firm?

Small. 80% of the 126,563 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 1,184 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese construction companies sole traders or companies?

One in seven (19,261) are sole traders, 44% are partnerships and 39% (49,894) are Lda and S.A..

How many construction firms started in 2026?

7,568 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 11,187 in 2025. 4,036 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest construction firm in Portugal?

Companhia da Assembleia da Granja, S.A. in Vila Nova de Gaia, 1876, followed by A Conimbricense de Santa Teresa - Cooperativa de Habitacão, C.R.L. in Coimbra (1906) and Costa Moreira - Imobiliária, S.A. in Porto (1915). 4 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers construction companies?

Portuguese construction companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code sec:F. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 sec:F.

Can I download the full list?

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