List of Courier Companies in Portugal

Last updated 5 November 2026

There are 826 courier companies in Portugal, one in every 1,033 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 8 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all courier firms are based in Lisboa, Loures, Porto, Braga and Sintra. Below you find the largest courier 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.

826 companies indexed · Data counted on 5 November 2026

Companies8261 in1,033 Portuguese companiesCities150Largest cityLisboa 100Sole traders6%Employees1-4 (83%)Revenue< $100K (66%)Email7%Phone14%Website11%

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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	Ctt Expresso - Servicos Postais E Logística, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dos Combatentes, 43 14º	Lisboa	1643-001	*****.pt	2000	$619,892,313	1,908	Corporation	1064	504520296
2	Dpd Portugal - Transporte Expresso, S.A.	Portugal	Loures	Avenida Álvaro Cunhal, Lote 2	Lisboa	2660-341	*****.pt	1987	$133,202,139	1,003	Corporation	36005	501964991
3	Ups Of Portugal - Transportes Internacionais De Mercadorias, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Rua Francisco Sousa Tavares, Lote 3	Lisboa	2689-537	*****.com	1998	$79,243,761	274	Corporation	3331	504066897
4	Cep Ii - Correos Express Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Maia	Rua de Santo Ovídio, 21	Porto	4425-379	*****.pt	1998	$41,113,997	199	Corporation	1331	504134507
5	Ibercourier - Servico De Transporte Urgente, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Vila Franca de Xira	Rua Dos Canicos, 7	Lisboa	2625-253	*****.pt	1994	$28,297,384	37	Corporation	53	503171514
6	Tci - Transporte Courier International, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Parque Comercial, 91	Braga	4715-216	*****.pt	2010	$25,639,382	277	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	509354661
7	C.a.r.f. - Distribuicão De Mercadorias, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Avenida Severiano Falcão, 16a	Lisboa	2685-378	*****.pt	2003	$22,293,265	102	Partnership of unknown type	10	506676471
8	Vasp Premium - Entrega Personalizada De Publicacões, Lda	Portugal	Sintra	Quinta Do Grajal, Media Logistics Park	Lisboa	2739-511	*****.pt	1994	$17,947,983	131	Partnership of unknown type	53	503178489
9	Mondial Relay, Sucursal Em Portugal	Portugal	Vila Franca de Xira	Rua Coronel Edgar Pereira Da Costa Cardoso, 3 Fracão E	Lisboa	2615-382	*****.pt	2020	$11,842,831	45	Foreign company	N/A	980682835
10	Mediaposte Distribuicão Postal, S.A.	Portugal	Sintra	Estrada Do Cemitério Novo, Pavilhão Baam	Lisboa	2745-090	*****.pt	1993	$5,541,695	20	Corporation	36005	503008451
11	Visão Bombástica, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Almada	Rua de Angola, 1 3ºdto.	Setúbal	2805-078	N/A	2025	$4,966,086	1	Corporation	N/A	518721787
12	Destinos E Trajetos, Lda	Portugal	Sesimbra	Rua António José de Almeida, Lote 1070b	Setúbal	2975-316	N/A	2020	$4,657,054	2	Partnership of unknown type	2	516258966
13	Normaprazo - Transportes, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua Tomaz Ribeiro, 769 2ºesq.	Porto	4450-298	N/A	2007	$4,618,664	62	Corporation	5	508267897
14	Ctt Contacto, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dos Combatentes, 43 14º	Lisboa	1600-042	N/A	2004	$4,599,032	6	Corporation	1064	506818357
15	Vip Box, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Paços de Ferreira	Rua Da Boavista, 394	Porto	4590-028	N/A	2014	$3,563,354	45	Corporation	N/A	513149325
16	Elipse Aventureira, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Montijo	Rua Dom Augusto Pereira Coutinho, 27	Setúbal	2870-309	N/A	2022	$3,479,599	1	Corporation	N/A	516700863
17	Esforco Maiúsculo, Lda	Portugal	Amadora	Praceta Elina Guimarães, 6 3ºf	Lisboa	2720-219	N/A	2020	$3,463,379	1	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	516077570
18	Puspa Chaudhary, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Montijo	Avenida Dom João Iv, 23 3ºesq.	Setúbal	2870-155	N/A	2024	$3,419,815	1	Corporation	N/A	518287963
19	Casual Force, Lda	Portugal	Cascais	Rua Projectada À Rua das Beiras, 6	Lisboa	2765-078	N/A	2019	$3,391,462	3	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	515387720
20	Trilhos Dinâmicos, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Santo Tirso	Rua Da Trindade, 141	Porto	4795-489	*****.pt	2019	$3,256,203	33	Corporation	N/A	515493813
21	Notícias Direct - Distribuicão AO Domicílio, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Tomás Da Fonseca, Torre E 3º	Lisboa	1600-209	N/A	1997	$3,197,362	12	Partnership of unknown type	5	503994197
22	António Moreira, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oliveira de Azeméis	Rua das Padarias, 83	Aveiro	3720-263	*****.es	2006	$3,175,241	32	Corporation	N/A	507849795
23	Iberomail - Correio Internacional, S.A.	Portugal	Loures	Rua Professor Henrique de Barros, 5	Lisboa	2685-339	*****.com	2001	$3,171,083	19	Corporation	3	505441241
24	Rotepopeia, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Montemor-O-novo	Rua Esquerda, 2b	Évora	7050-234	N/A	2019	$2,666,645	22	Corporation	N/A	515225843
25	Delta Post - Correio De Proximidade, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Rua Diu, 8a	Lisboa	2685-325	N/A	2016	$2,652,196	39	Corporation	N/A	514006790

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How many courier companies are there in Portugal?

Courier companies and courier firms in Portugal

826

5 November 2026

There are 826 courier companies and courier firms in Portugal in our data (5 November 2026). That is one in every 1,033 Portuguese companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (78 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 740 90%
Head offices: 18
Branch offices: 68

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 532. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 532.

505 of the 826 are Lda and S.A. (61%); 48 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Courier firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 100 courier companies and courier firms, 0.1% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 10% above the national share. Four in five Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 8 new firms were entered in 2026, 0 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 82 · 84%
5-9: 11 · 11%
10-19: 3 · 3%
20-49: 1 · 1%
50+: 1 · 1%

Legal form

Sole traders: 5 · 5%
Partnerships: 35 · 35%
Lda and S.A.: 56 · 56%
Other or none: 4 · 4%

Of the Portuguese total: 12.1%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.1%
Against the national share: 1.1×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 8
Entered 2025: 21
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 10.3%

Old

Before 1990: 0 · 0%
1990 or later: 100 · 100%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 0.0%

Reachable

Email: 12 · 12%
Phone: 17 · 17%
Website: 16 · 16%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 61 · 65%
$100K-$500K: 23 · 24%
$500K-$1M: 7 · 7%
$1M and more: 3 · 3%

Largest

11,908
240
318
4Foreign company16
512

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 767 Portuguese courier firms with a known headcount, 636 (83%) have one to four people, 66 have five to nine, 57 have ten to 49 and 8 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (481, 66%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10702 92%
Small 10 to 4957 7%
Medium 50 to 2496 0.8%
Large 250+2 0.3%

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

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 9 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most courier companies in Portugal (100), ahead of Loures (39), Porto (36), Braga (34) and Sintra (33). Together the five hold three in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

150 Portuguese cities have at least one courier firm; 20 have ten or more; 57 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Largest courier firms in Portugal

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

CTT Expresso - Servicos Postais e Logística, S.A. is the largest courier firm in Portugal by headcount. 8 firms employ 50 people or more; 6 employ 100 or more.

1Lisboa1,908 staff
2Loures1,003 staff
3Braga277 staff
4Loures274 staff
5Maia199 staff
6Sintra131 staff
7Loures102 staff
8Vila Nova de Gaia80 staff
9Matosinhos62 staff
10Vila Franca de XiraForeign company45 staff

By employee size · 767 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	636	83%
5-9	66	9%
10-19	29	4%
20-49	28	4%
50-99	2	0.3%
100-199	2	0.3%
200-499	2	0.3%
500-999	0	0%
1,000+	2	0.3%

83% have 1 to 4 people; 28 have 20 to 49; 8 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	481	66%
$100K-$500K	146	20%
$500K-$1M	43	6%
$1M-$5M	47	6%
$5M-$10M	1	0.1%
$10M-$50M	6	0.8%
$50M-$100M	1	0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	0.1%
$500M+	1	0.1%

66% under $100,000; 47 between $1M and $5M; 10 above $5M.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 25 taxi companies for every courier firm in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Taxi Companies	20,416	4%	97%
Trucking Companies	9,148	15%	63%
Travel Agencies	3,284	45%	74%
Logistics Companies	1,292	38%	49%
Courier Companies	826	11%	77%
Shipping Companies	522	25%	74%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	313,950	10.9
The USA	40,009	0.6
Hungary	26,105	20.0
India	15,789	0.4
Norway	12,117	6.1
Portugal	826	1.0

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The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese courier firms from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 3 from before 1990.

1948
1. Amadora
1983
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1987
1. Loures
1992
1. Cascais
1993
1. Lisboa
1993
1. Sintra

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

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Portuguese courier firms date from before 1990

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

78 courier firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 135 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

342022
622023
1052024
1352025
782026 so far

55 of this year's 78 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.

1Vila Franca de Xira12 staff
2Oliveira Do Bairro12 staff
3Lisboa2 staff
4Porto2 staff
5Montijo2 staff

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in seventeen Portuguese courier firms work as sole traders, against 15% of all Portuguese companies. Three in five are Lda and S.A..

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)486%
Partnerships20124%
Lda and S.A.50561%
No form on record or other729%

Single-site: 90%
Head offices: 18
Branches: 68

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

How reachable are they?

Courier firms are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 14% list a phone number and 11% a website.

Email59 7%
Phone117 14%
Website91 11%

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How many courier companies are there in Portugal?

There are 826 courier companies and courier firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 5 November 2026. That is one in every 1,033 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest courier firm in Portugal?

CTT Expresso - Servicos Postais e Logística, S.A. in Lisboa, with 1,908 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most courier companies?

Lisboa, with 100, ahead of Loures (39), Porto (36), Braga (34) and Sintra (33).

How many courier firms are there in Lisboa?

100, which is 0.1% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 10% above the national share.

How big is a typical courier firm?

Small. 83% of the 767 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 8 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese courier companies sole traders or companies?

One in seventeen (48) are sole traders, 24% are partnerships and 61% (505) are Lda and S.A..

How many courier firms started in 2026?

78 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 135 in 2025. 55 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest courier firm in Portugal?

J.drago Imports - Comércio Auto Parts, Lda in Amadora, 1948, followed by Antonio Maria Ralha Monteiro in Vila Nova de Gaia (1983) and DPD Portugal - Transporte Expresso, S.A. in Loures (1987). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers courier companies?

Portuguese courier companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 532. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 532.

Can I download the full list?

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