List of Meat Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 872 meat companies in Portugal, one in every 978 Portuguese companies. One in six meat firms is based in Montijo, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Lisboa, Braga and Mafra. Below you find the largest meat 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.

872 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies8721 in978 Portuguese companiesCities224Largest cityMontijo 47Sole traders5%Employees1-4 (48%)Revenue< $100K (35%)Email25%Phone45%Website29%

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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	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
2	Lusiaves - Indústria E Comércio Agro-Alimentar, S.A.	Portugal	Leiria	Rua Dos Marinheiros, Lote 4	Leiria	2415-314	*****.pt	1986	$420,708,931	978	Corporation	48	501667490
3	Avisabor - Indústria Agro-Alimentar, S.A.	Portugal	Estarreja	Rua Da Levada, 39	Aveiro	3860-497	*****.pt	1980	$225,582,722	632	Corporation	48	501080317
4	Monte D'alva - Alimentacão, S.A.	Portugal	Montijo	Avenida Olivenca, S/n	Setúbal	2870-108	*****.pt	1984	$210,687,454	969	Corporation	57	501488227
5	Carnes Campicarn, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Rua das Cancelas, 251	Braga	4770-404	*****.pt	1987	$209,727,663	169	Corporation	4	502361735
6	Avipronto - Produtos Alimentares, S.A.	Portugal	Azambuja	Estrada Municipal 504, 2	Lisboa	2050-360	*****.pt	2002	$153,913,557	265	Corporation	N/A	506094758
7	Avibom - Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Lourinhã	Rua 25 de Abril, Parque Industrial Valouro	Lisboa	2530-342	*****.pt	1996	$151,107,770	395	Corporation	60	503742732
8	Nobre Alimentacão, Lda	Portugal	Rio Maior	Avenida Dos Combatentes, 165	Santarém	2040-344	*****.pt	1962	$140,004,651	765	Partnership of unknown type	321	500138931
9	Avicasal - Sociedade Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Penacova	Casal de Abados	Coimbra	3660-051	*****.pt	1974	$138,207,425	500	Corporation	18	500039577
10	Valsabor, S.A.	Portugal	Santarém	Rua Da Cooperativa	Santarém	2025-254	*****.pt	1976	$121,214,515	330	Corporation	57	500595240
11	Ribasabores - Indústria De Carnes, Lda	Portugal	Madalena	Zona Industrial de Tomar, S/n	Ilha Do Pico	2305-127	*****.com	2012	$116,595,346	141	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	510369219
12	Campoaves - Aves Do Campo, S.A.	Portugal	Oliveira de Frades	Vales	Viseu	3680-120	*****.pt	1994	$113,052,830	305	Corporation	48	503289990
13	Meatrading, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Rua Da Venda, Lote 6	Braga	4705-629	*****.pt	2011	$106,257,231	56	Partnership of unknown type	9	509855881
14	Savibel - Sociedade Avícola, S.A.	Portugal	Oliveira de Frades	N/A	Viseu	3680-182	N/A	1980	$102,569,769	160	Corporation	60	501160272
15	Kilom - Sociedade Agrícola E Pecuária Da Quinta Dos Lombos, S.A.	Portugal	Loures	Rua Alfredo Dinis, Quinta Do Canas	Lisboa	2660-376	*****.pt	1968	$101,251,257	169	Corporation	60	500253307
16	Carmonti - Indústria De Carnes Do Montijo, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Duque de Palmela, 30 6ºe	Lisboa	1250-098	N/A	1985	$99,680,208	199	Corporation	4	501585249
17	Icm - Indústrias De Carnes Do Minho, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Rua Do Comércio, 150	Braga	4760-739	*****.pt	1995	$95,886,151	279	Corporation	6	500341842
18	Porminho Alimentacão, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Rua Comendador Da Costa E Sá, 285	Braga	4760-692	*****.pt	1985	$89,882,774	321	Corporation	N/A	501889795
19	Triperú - Sociedade De Producão E Comercializacão De Aves, S.A.	Portugal	Pinhel	Estrada de São Miguel	Guarda	2530-444	*****.com	1985	$87,690,916	292	Corporation	48	501592601
20	Savinor - Sociedade Avícola Do Norte, S.A.	Portugal	Trofa	Rua Cancela Vermelha, 450	Porto	4785-011	*****.pt	1984	$71,497,829	112	Corporation	18	501485716
21	Crizaves - Centro De Abate De Aves, S.A.	Portugal	Tondela	Tabuaca	Viseu	3465-999	N/A	1983	$71,133,398	246	Corporation	60	501412000
22	Portral - Comércio E Indústria De Carnes, Lda	Portugal	Sintra	Largo Terras Do Forno, 2 Empreendimento Urbiportal Edifício 8	Lisboa	2635-022	*****.com	1967	$67,983,087	157	Partnership of unknown type	2	500087210
23	Primor Charcutaria - Prima, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Avenida Santiago de Gavião, 1142	Braga	4760-003	*****.pt	1959	$67,368,371	333	Corporation	6	501276211
24	Maporal - Matadouro De Porco De Raca Alentejana, S.A.	Portugal	Reguengos de Monsaraz	Estrada das Perolivas	Évora	7200-232	*****.com	2005	$65,297,640	77	Corporation	57	507409590
25	Comave Do Zêzere - Indústria E Comércio De Aves, S.A.	Portugal	Ferreira Do Zêzere	Bairro Novo	Santarém	2240-337	*****.pt	1973	$65,170,706	30	Corporation	48	500039518

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Largest meat firms in Portugal

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

Lusiaves - Indústria e Comércio Agro-Alimentar, S.A. is the largest meat firm in Portugal by headcount. 96 firms employ 50 people or more; 53 employ 100 or more.

1Leiria978 staff
2Montijo969 staff
3Rio Maior765 staff
4Lisboa606 staff
5Ourém582 staff
6Lagoa534 staff
7Penacova500 staff
8Vila Nova de Gaia396 staff
9Lourinhã395 staff
10Mafra334 staff

By employee size · 816 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	392	48%
5-9	117	14%
10-19	105	13%
20-49	106	13%
50-99	43	5%
100-199	30	4%
200-499	17	2%
500-999	6	0.7%
1,000+	0	0%

48% have 1 to 4 people; 106 have 20 to 49; 96 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	261	35%
$100K-$500K	143	19%
$500K-$1M	69	9%
$1M-$5M	158	21%
$5M-$10M	39	5%
$10M-$50M	56	7%
$50M-$100M	14	2%
$100M-$500M	14	2%
$500M+	1	0.1%

35% under $100,000; 158 between $1M and $5M; 124 above $5M.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 816 Portuguese meat firms with a known headcount, 392 (48%) have one to four people, 117 have five to nine, 211 have ten to 49 and 96 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (261, 35%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10509 62%
Small 10 to 49211 26%
Medium 50 to 24990 11%
Large 250+6 0.7%

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

124

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 85 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How many meat companies are there in Portugal?

Meat companies and meat firms in Portugal

872

21 October 2026

There are 872 meat companies and meat firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 978 Portuguese companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (39 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 718 82%
Head offices: 75
Branch offices: 79

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 101. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 101.

336 of the 872 are Lda and S.A. (39%); 47 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Meat firms in Montijo

Montijo has 47 meat companies and meat firms, 1.1% of all 4,264 Montijo companies and 978% above the national share. Seven in ten Montijo firms have fewer than five people; 2 have 50 or more. 6 new firms were entered in 2026, 1 dates from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 31 · 69%
5-9: 4 · 9%
10-19: 3 · 7%
20-49: 5 · 11%
50+: 2 · 4%

Legal form

Sole traders: 0 · 0%
Partnerships: 14 · 30%
Lda and S.A.: 30 · 64%
Other or none: 3 · 6%

Of the Portuguese total: 5.4%
Of all Montijo companies: 1.1%
Against the national share: 10.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 6
Entered 2025: 6
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 15.4%

Old

Before 1990: 1 · 2%
1990 or later: 46 · 98%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 0.8%

Reachable

Email: 2 · 4%
Phone: 3 · 6%
Website: 3 · 6%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 29 · 69%
$100K-$500K: 5 · 12%
$500K-$1M: 2 · 5%
$1M and more: 6 · 14%

Largest

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Where in Portugal?

Montijo has the most meat companies in Portugal (47), ahead of Vila Nova de Famalicão (46), Lisboa (24), Braga (20) and Mafra (17). Together the five hold one in six of them.

Cities by number of firms

224 Portuguese cities have at least one meat firm; 16 have ten or more; 64 have exactly one.

How reachable are they?

Meat firms are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 45% list a phone number and 29% a website.

Email216 25%
Phone394 45%
Website254 29%

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 meat firms from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 129 from before 1990.

1954
1. Setúbal
1955
1. Castelo Branco
1959
1. Vila Nova de Famalicão
1961
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1962
1. Rio Maior
1967
1. Alcochete

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

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1990

129

Portuguese meat firms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in nineteen Portuguese meat 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)475%
Partnerships39746%
Lda and S.A.33639%
No form on record or other9211%

Single-site: 82%
Head offices: 75
Branches: 79

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 44 transport companies for every meat firm in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Transport Companies	37,988	11%	81%
Clothing Companies	9,774	21%	74%
Hotels	8,002	44%	64%
Wine Companies	2,847	34%	65%
Meat Companies	872	29%	45%
Jewellery Companies	487	21%	77%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	44,517	1.1
Brazil	13,672	0.5
The USA	7,892	0.1
Italy	7,036	1.0
Poland	5,785	0.9
Portugal	872	1.0

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

39 meat firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 53 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.1% of the inflow.

332022
302023
632024
532025
392026 so far

27 of this year's 39 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.

1Mafra11 staff
2Ferreira Do Zêzere11 staff
3Vila Nova Da Barquinha11 staff
4Tondela5 staff
5Funchal3 staff

Frequently asked questions

How many meat companies are there in Portugal?

There are 872 meat companies and meat firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 978 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest meat firm in Portugal?

Lusiaves - Indústria e Comércio Agro-Alimentar, S.A. in Leiria, with 978 staff. By revenue Sohi Meat Solutions - Distribuicão de Carnes, S.A. in Ourém leads with $588.8 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most meat companies?

Montijo, with 47, ahead of Vila Nova de Famalicão (46), Lisboa (24), Braga (20) and Mafra (17).

How many meat firms are there in Montijo?

47, which is 1.1% of all 4,264 Montijo companies and 978% above the national share.

How big is a typical meat firm?

48% of the 816 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 96 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese meat companies sole traders or companies?

One in nineteen (47) are sole traders, 46% are partnerships and 39% (336) are Lda and S.A..

How many meat firms started in 2026?

39 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 53 in 2025. 27 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest meat firm in Portugal?

João C. Gargalo, Herdeiros, Lda in Setúbal, 1954, followed by A.pires Lourenco & Filhos, S.A. in Castelo Branco (1955) and Primor Charcutaria - Prima, S.A. in Vila Nova de Famalicão (1959). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers meat companies?

Portuguese meat companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 101. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 101.

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