List of Manufacturing Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 55,619 manufacturing companies in Portugal, one in every 15 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: three in five have one to four people, and only 2,874 firms employ 50 people or more. One in seven manufacturing firms is based in Guimarães, Barcelos, Lisboa, Santa Maria Da Feira and Sintra. Below you find the largest manufacturing 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.

55,619 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies55,6191 in15 Portuguese companiesCities363Largest cityGuimarães 1,820Sole traders16%Employees1-4 (57%)Revenue< $100K (42%)Email24%Phone50%Website30%

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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	Petrogal, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Índia, 8	Lisboa	1349-065	*****.com	1976	$12,283,690,749	1,857	Corporation	523	500697370
2	Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda	Portugal	Palmela	Circular Sul A Autoeuropa, Quinta Da Marqueza	Setúbal	2954-024	N/A	1991	$4,443,841,956	4,817	Partnership of unknown type	4281	502616695
3	Bosch Car Multimédia Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Max Grundig, 35	Braga	4705-820	N/A	1990	$1,654,656,478	3,726	Corporation	2208	502315407
4	Continental Mabor - Indústria De Pneus, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Rua Adelino Leitão, 330	Braga	4760-606	*****.pt	1940	$1,490,987,424	2,884	Corporation	1110	502322004
5	Prio Supply, S.A.	Portugal	Ílhavo	Terminal de Granéis Líquidos, Lote B	Aveiro	3830-565	*****.pt	2010	$1,398,412,923	63	Corporation	425	509637027
6	Aptivport Services, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua António Champalimaud, Lote 4	Lisboa	1600-514	N/A	1981	$1,123,748,255	1,927	Corporation	357	502687843
7	Peugeot Citroen Automóveis Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Mangualde	Quinta Do Bacelo, 3	Viseu	3530-101	*****.com	1962	$1,029,880,434	834	Corporation	1333	500064580
8	Lactogal - Produtos Alimentares, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Do Campo Alegre, 830 4º/7º	Porto	4150-171	*****.pt	1993	$972,837,929	1,568	Corporation	34	503183997
9	West Horse Powertrain Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Aveiro	Rua Da Junqueira	Aveiro	3800-640	*****.cars	1999	$649,633,216	1,147	Corporation	N/A	504463969
10	Super Bock Bebidas, S.A.	Portugal	Matosinhos	Estrada Nacional 13, S/n	Porto	4465-764	*****.pt	2002	$644,008,095	946	Corporation	65	505266202
11	Sn Maia - Siderurgia Nacional, S.A.	Portugal	Maia	Rua Da Siderurgia	Porto	4425-393	*****.com	2005	$639,841,285	310	Corporation	32	507150074
12	Sn Seixal - Siderurgia Nacional, S.A.	Portugal	Seixal	Avenida Da Siderurgia Nacional	Setúbal	2840-075	*****.com	2005	$626,970,625	374	Corporation	32	507150147
13	Sohi Meat Solutions - Distribuicão De Carnes, S.A.	Portugal	Ourém	Quinta Do Mocho, Zona Industrial de Santarém	Santarém	2005-002	N/A	2016	$588,837,830	582	Corporation	N/A	514183578
14	Navigator Paper Setúbal, S.A.	Portugal	Setúbal	Pólo Industrial Da Navigator Company	Setúbal	2910-738	N/A	2006	$574,495,698	491	Corporation	67	507685903
15	Navigator Pulp Figueira, S.A.	Portugal	Figueira Da Foz	Pólo Industrial Navigator Company	Coimbra	3090-451	*****.com	2010	$548,378,974	645	Corporation	67	509377092
16	Sovena Portugal - Consumer Goods, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Doutor António Loureiro Borges, 2 3º	Lisboa	1495-131	*****.com	1978	$541,253,460	269	Corporation	74	500833532
17	Celbi, S.A.	Portugal	Figueira Da Foz	Leirosa	Coimbra	3090-484	*****.pt	1965	$519,761,256	311	Corporation	22	500060266
18	Purem Tondela, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Tondela	Rua Doutor João Almiro Melo de Menezes E Castro, 120	Viseu	3465-158	N/A	2016	$509,896,321	461	Corporation	138	513878297
19	Navigator Paper Figueira, S.A.	Portugal	Setúbal	Pólo Industrial Da Navigator Company	Setúbal	2910-738	*****.com	2006	$507,329,442	376	Corporation	67	507747313
20	Coficab Portugal - Companhia De Fios E Cabos, Lda	Portugal	Guarda	Estrada Nacional 18-1 Km 2.5, Lote 46	Guarda	6300-230	*****.pt	1993	$504,218,359	1,025	Partnership of unknown type	19	503062928
21	Bosch Termotecnologia, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Infante Dom Henrique, Lotes 2e/3e	Lisboa	1800-220	*****.com	1977	$491,573,058	1,573	Corporation	2208	500666474
22	Visteon Portuguesa, LTD	Portugal	Palmela	Estrada Nacional 252 Km 12, Parque Industrial das Carrascas	Setúbal	2951-503	*****.com	1989	$468,450,468	1,105	Foreign company	3	980037042
23	Sumol+compal Marcas, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Doutor António João Eusébio, 24	Lisboa	2790-179	*****.pt	2001	$462,895,632	1,164	Corporation	18	505042037
24	Cimpor - Indústria De Cimentos, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Ramalho Ortigão, 51 8º	Lisboa	1070-229	*****.com	1978	$451,874,115	600	Corporation	89	500782946
25	Faurecia - Assentos De Automóvel, Lda	Portugal	São João Da Madeira	Rua de Cucujães, 44	Aveiro	3700-096	*****.com	1951	$449,633,738	1,960	Partnership of unknown type	744	500139130

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How many manufacturing companies are there in Portugal?

Manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Portugal

55,619

21 October 2026

There are 55,619 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 15 Portuguese companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,259 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 49,376 89%
Head offices: 2,794
Branch offices: 3,449

Classification

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

17,823 of the 55,619 are Lda and S.A. (32%); 8,677 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest manufacturing firms in Portugal

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

Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda is the largest manufacturing firm in Portugal by headcount. 2,874 firms employ 50 people or more; 1,294 employ 100 or more.

1Palmela4,817 staff
2Braga3,726 staff
3Vila Nova de Famalicão2,884 staff
4Ovar2,242 staff
5Vila Franca de Xira1,996 staff
6São João Da Madeira1,960 staff
7Lisboa1,927 staff
8Paços de Ferreira1,870 staff
9Lisboa1,857 staff
10Loures1,851 staff

By employee size · 53,689 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	30,755	57%
5-9	9,044	17%
10-19	6,367	12%
20-49	4,649	9%
50-99	1,580	3%
100-199	787	1%
200-499	391	0.7%
500-999	88	0.2%
1,000+	28	<0.1%

57% have 1 to 4 people; 4,649 have 20 to 49; 2,874 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	21,479	42%
$100K-$500K	14,170	28%
$500K-$1M	5,064	10%
$1M-$5M	6,748	13%
$5M-$10M	1,443	3%
$10M-$50M	1,444	3%
$50M-$100M	238	0.5%
$100M-$500M	175	0.3%
$500M+	20	<0.1%

42% under $100,000; 6,748 between $1M and $5M; 3,320 above $5M.

Where in Portugal?

Guimarães has the most manufacturing companies in Portugal (1,820), ahead of Barcelos (1,738), Lisboa (1,722), Santa Maria Da Feira (1,506) and Sintra (1,410). Together the five hold one in seven of them. Relative to their size, Felgueiras, Paços de Ferreira and Oliveira de Azeméis have the most: 3.2 to 3.6 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

363 Portuguese cities have at least one manufacturing firm; 302 have ten or more; 24 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Manufacturing firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 6.52. Felgueiras has 3.6 times the national share.

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Dashed line: the national share. A filled dot is twice the national share or more.

By district 31 districts

District	Firms	%
Porto	10,711	19%
Braga	8,138	15%
Lisboa	7,035	13%
Aveiro	6,524	12%
Leiria	3,959	7%
Santarém	2,576	5%
Setúbal	2,500	4%
Coimbra	1,937	3%
Viseu	1,930	3%
Viana Do Castelo	1,763	3%

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Manufacturing firms in Guimarães

Guimarães has 1,820 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms, 16.1% of all 11,332 Guimarães companies and 146% above the national share. Two in five Guimarães firms have fewer than five people; 145 have 50 or more. 24 new firms were entered in 2026, 229 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 726 · 41%
5-9: 360 · 20%
10-19: 322 · 18%
20-49: 230 · 13%
50+: 145 · 8%

Legal form

Sole traders: 99 · 5%
Partnerships: 863 · 47%
Lda and S.A.: 785 · 43%
Other or none: 73 · 4%

Of the Portuguese total: 3.3%
Of all Guimarães companies: 16.1%
Against the national share: 2.5×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 24
Entered 2025: 43
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 1.9%

Old

Before 1990: 229 · 13%
1990 or later: 1,591 · 87%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 2.5%

Reachable

Email: 434 · 24%
Phone: 955 · 52%
Website: 545 · 30%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 528 · 31%
$100K-$500K: 591 · 35%
$500K-$1M: 189 · 11%
$1M and more: 403 · 24%

Largest

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 53,689 Portuguese manufacturing firms with a known headcount, 30,755 (57%) have one to four people, 9,044 have five to nine, 11,016 have ten to 49 and 2,874 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (21,479, 42%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 1039,799 74%
Small 10 to 4911,016 21%
Medium 50 to 2492,758 5%
Large 250+116 0.2%

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

3,320

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,877 more than $10 million.

1,259

firms were entered in 2026.

How reachable are they?

Manufacturing firms are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 50% list a phone number and 30% a website.

Email13,275 24%
Phone27,570 50%
Website16,903 30%

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 31 Portuguese manufacturing firms from before 1900, 417 from before 1950 and 9,270 from before 1990.

1825
1. Maia
1834
1. Setúbal
1840
1. Lisboa
1842
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1843
1. Alenquer
1850
1. Câmara de Lobos

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1990

9,270

Portuguese manufacturing firms date from before 1990

759

were entered in 1990

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 654 manufacturing firms for every one of the steel companies in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Manufacturing Companies	55,619	30%	55%
Tools Companies	1,611	47%	53%
Tyre Companies	1,361	36%	67%
Paper Companies	536	49%	41%
Office Furniture Companies	236	47%	49%
Steel Companies	85	41%	42%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	10,637,601	274.6
Brazil	1,893,721	65.6
The USA	1,301,199	20.4
Italy	549,971	78.3
The Czech Republic	370,274	105.2
Portugal	55,619	65.2

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

1,259 manufacturing firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 1,964 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 3.8% of the inflow.

1,3612022
1,5242023
1,8752024
1,9642025
1,2592026 so far

701 of this year's 1,259 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.

1Setúbal97 staff
2Lousada48 staff
3Ponte de Lima41 staff
4Lisboa33 staff
5Porto27 staff

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

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

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)8,67716%
Partnerships25,08145%
Lda and S.A.17,82332%
No form on record or other4,0387%

Single-site: 89%
Head offices: 2,794
Branches: 3,449

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

Frequently asked questions

How many manufacturing companies are there in Portugal?

There are 55,619 manufacturing companies and manufacturing firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 15 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest manufacturing firm in Portugal?

Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Lda in Palmela, with 4,817 staff. By revenue Petrogal, S.A. in Lisboa leads with $12.3 billion a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most manufacturing companies?

Guimarães, with 1,820, ahead of Barcelos (1,738), Lisboa (1,722), Santa Maria Da Feira (1,506) and Sintra (1,410). Relative to its size, Felgueiras has the most: 3.6 times the national share.

How many manufacturing firms are there in Guimarães?

1,820, which is 16.1% of all 11,332 Guimarães companies and 146% above the national share.

How big is a typical manufacturing firm?

Small. 57% of the 53,689 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 2,874 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese manufacturing companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (8,677) are sole traders, 45% are partnerships and 32% (17,823) are Lda and S.A..

How many manufacturing firms started in 2026?

1,259 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 1,964 in 2025. 701 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest manufacturing firm in Portugal?

Oliveira Sá, S.A. in Maia, 1825, followed by José Maria da Fonseca - Vinhos, S.A. in Setúbal (1834) and Francisco Soares da Silva, S.A. in Lisboa (1840). 31 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers manufacturing companies?

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

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