List of Paper Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 536 paper companies in Portugal, one in every 1,592 Portuguese companies. One in four paper firms is based in Santa Maria Da Feira, Guimarães, Lisboa, Sintra and Leiria. Below you find the largest paper 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.

536 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies5361 in1,592 Portuguese companiesCities120Largest citySanta Maria Da Feira 51Sole traders13%Employees1-4 (43%)Revenue< $100K (30%)Email40%Phone70%Website49%

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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	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
2	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
3	Celbi, S.A.	Portugal	Figueira Da Foz	Leirosa	Coimbra	3090-484	*****.pt	1965	$519,761,256	311	Corporation	22	500060266
4	Navigator Paper Figueira, S.A.	Portugal	Setúbal	Pólo Industrial Da Navigator Company	Setúbal	2910-738	*****.com	2006	$507,329,442	376	Corporation	67	507747313
5	Ds Smith Paper Viana, S.A.	Portugal	Viana Do Castelo	Estrada 23 de Fevereiro, 372	Viana Do Castelo	4905-261	*****.com	1993	$344,502,504	361	Corporation	934	503097055
6	Navigator Pulp Setúbal, S.A.	Portugal	Setúbal	Pólo Industrial Da Navigator Company, S/n	Setúbal	2910-738	N/A	2009	$323,259,922	164	Corporation	67	508933560
7	Navigator Pulp Aveiro, S.A.	Portugal	Aveiro	Rua Bombeiros Celulose, S/n	Aveiro	3800-536	*****.com	2009	$236,222,298	249	Corporation	67	508933471
8	Renova - Fábrica De Papel Do Almonda, S.A.	Portugal	Torres Novas	Renova	Santarém	2350-817	*****.com	1939	$204,678,004	690	Corporation	10	500348723
9	Saica Pack Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Loures	Rua Almirante Gago Coutinho, 86	Lisboa	2660-038	*****.com	1945	$160,557,127	580	Corporation	156	500293546
10	Biotek, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Velha de Ródão	Vila Velha de Rodão	Castelo Branco	6030-223	*****.pt	1993	$124,648,128	193	Corporation	22	503058203
11	Navigator Tissue Ródão, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Velha de Ródão	Zona Industrial Nº 1	Castelo Branco	6030-245	*****.com	2009	$122,607,802	245	Corporation	67	509074715
12	Nova Ds Smith Embalagem, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Do Conde	Rua Do Monte Grande, 3	Porto	4485-255	*****.com	1993	$113,598,653	417	Corporation	934	503060747
13	Navigator Tissue Aveiro, S.A.	Portugal	Aveiro	Rua Bombeiros Celulose	Aveiro	3800-536	*****.com	2015	$113,439,781	166	Corporation	67	513485368
14	Caima, S.A.	Portugal	Constância	Rua Da Fábrica	Santarém	2250-058	*****.pt	1922	$94,687,651	178	Corporation	22	506149960
15	Seda Ibérica - Embalagens, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Estrada de Paco de Arcos, 50	Lisboa	2774-525	*****.com	1956	$73,214,069	221	Corporation	27	500261598
16	Ds Smith Packaging Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Ovar	Rua Mestra Cecília Do Simão, 378	Aveiro	3885-593	*****.com	1992	$71,123,053	192	Corporation	934	502863200
17	Trevipapel - Transformacão E Corte De Papel, S.A.	Portugal	Lousã	Zona Industrial Do Alto Do Padrão, Lote 8	Coimbra	3200-133	*****.com	1999	$70,538,164	209	Corporation	7	504530992
18	Sebastião & Martins, S.A.	Portugal	Guimarães	Avenida de Santo Tirso, 686	Braga	4800-936	*****.pt	1980	$65,033,692	214	Corporation	N/A	501098526
19	Finieco - Indústria E Comércio De Embalagens, S.A.	Portugal	Santo Tirso	Rua Do Barracão, 500	Porto	4780-235	*****.pt	1998	$62,264,478	296	Corporation	3	504171011
20	Smurfit Westrock - Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Santa Maria Da Feira	Rua Da Concharinha, 256	Aveiro	4535-443	*****.com	1974	$62,105,531	185	Corporation	491	500400288
21	Itt - Indústria Transformadora De Tissue, S.A.	Portugal	Viana Do Castelo	Rua Engenheiro Celso Rodrigues, 40	Viana Do Castelo	4905-199	*****.pt	1996	$56,034,616	130	Corporation	8	503599620
22	Fábrica De Papel E Cartão Da Zarrinha, S.A.	Portugal	Santa Maria Da Feira	Rua Da Estacão, 26	Aveiro	4520-476	*****.pt	1966	$48,687,584	235	Corporation	2	500107220
23	Cartonagem Trindade - Indústria, S.A.	Portugal	São João Da Madeira	Rua Jornal O Regional, 320	Aveiro	3700-024	*****.com	2010	$46,501,108	298	Corporation	6	509617964
24	Palm Packaging Ovar, S.A.	Portugal	Ovar	Zona Industrial de Ovar	Aveiro	3880-102	N/A	1922	$43,058,222	101	Corporation	57	500107181
25	Fortissue - Producão De Papel, S.A.	Portugal	Viana Do Castelo	Rua Engenheiro Celso Rodrigues, 40	Viana Do Castelo	4905-199	*****.pt	2007	$41,559,017	140	Corporation	8	508092264

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Largest paper firms in Portugal

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Santa Maria Da Feira. Click a name for the record.

Renova - Fábrica de Papel do Almonda, S.A. is the largest paper firm in Portugal by headcount. 69 firms employ 50 people or more; 38 employ 100 or more.

1Torres Novas690 staff
2Figueira Da Foz645 staff
3Loures580 staff
4Vila Do Conde417 staff
5Figueira Da Foz311 staff
6São João Da Madeira298 staff
7Santo Tirso296 staff
8Santa Maria Da Feira235 staff
9Oeiras221 staff
10Guimarães214 staff

By employee size · 509 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	220	43%
5-9	96	19%
10-19	60	12%
20-49	64	13%
50-99	31	6%
100-199	22	4%
200-499	13	3%
500-999	3	0.6%
1,000+	0	0%

43% have 1 to 4 people; 64 have 20 to 49; 69 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	142	30%
$100K-$500K	104	22%
$500K-$1M	51	11%
$1M-$5M	78	16%
$5M-$10M	39	8%
$10M-$50M	41	9%
$50M-$100M	8	2%
$100M-$500M	9	2%
$500M+	4	0.8%

30% under $100,000; 78 between $1M and $5M; 101 above $5M.

Where in Portugal?

Santa Maria Da Feira has the most paper companies in Portugal (51), ahead of Guimarães (28), Lisboa (21), Sintra (17) and Leiria (15). Together the five hold one in four of them.

Cities by number of firms

120 Portuguese cities have at least one paper firm; 15 have ten or more; 46 have exactly one.

Paper firms in Santa Maria Da Feira

Santa Maria Da Feira has 51 paper companies and paper firms, 0.6% of all 8,787 Santa Maria Da Feira companies and 824% above the national share. Two in five Santa Maria Da Feira firms have fewer than five people; 8 have 50 or more. 0 new firms were entered in 2026, 17 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 19 · 40%
5-9: 7 · 15%
10-19: 6 · 13%
20-49: 8 · 17%
50+: 8 · 17%

Legal form

Sole traders: 3 · 6%
Partnerships: 24 · 47%
Lda and S.A.: 21 · 41%
Other or none: 3 · 6%

Of the Portuguese total: 9.5%
Of all Santa Maria Da Feira companies: 0.6%
Against the national share: 9.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 0
Entered 2025: 1
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 0.0%

Old

Before 1990: 17 · 33%
1990 or later: 34 · 67%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 12.5%

Reachable

Email: 25 · 49%
Phone: 37 · 73%
Website: 24 · 47%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 10 · 21%
$100K-$500K: 11 · 23%
$500K-$1M: 5 · 10%
$1M and more: 22 · 46%

Largest

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 509 Portuguese paper firms with a known headcount, 220 (43%) have one to four people, 96 have five to nine, 124 have ten to 49 and 69 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (142, 30%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10316 62%
Small 10 to 49124 24%
Medium 50 to 24966 13%
Large 250+3 0.6%

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

101

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 62 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

How many paper companies are there in Portugal?

Paper companies and paper firms in Portugal

536

21 October 2026

There are 536 paper companies and paper firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 1,592 Portuguese companies. 4 were entered in the register so far in 2026.

Structure

Single-site firms: 438 82%
Head offices: 52
Branch offices: 46

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 171 and 172. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 171, 172.

179 of the 536 are Lda and S.A. (33%); 68 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

How reachable are they?

Paper firms are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 70% list a phone number and 49% a website.

Email216 40%
Phone377 70%
Website265 49%

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

One in eight Portuguese paper 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)6813%
Partnerships24345%
Lda and S.A.17933%
No form on record or other469%

Single-site: 82%
Head offices: 52
Branches: 46

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

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 1 Portuguese paper firms from before 1900, 10 from before 1950 and 136 from before 1990.

1893
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1922
1. Constância
1922
1. Sintra
1922
1. Ovar
1936
1. Santa Maria Da Feira
1939
1. Barcelos

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Portuguese paper firms date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 3 energy companies for every paper firm in Portugal.

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Energy Companies	1,765	18%	73%
Tools Companies	1,611	47%	53%
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Mining Companies	915	25%	47%
Paper Companies	536	49%	41%
Steel Companies	85	41%	42%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	355,380	9.2
Brazil	31,719	1.1
The USA	17,153	0.3
South Africa	6,748	0.9
Vietnam	6,695	3.6
Portugal	536	0.6

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Frequently asked questions

How many paper companies are there in Portugal?

There are 536 paper companies and paper firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 1,592 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest paper firm in Portugal?

Renova - Fábrica de Papel do Almonda, S.A. in Torres Novas, with 690 staff. By revenue Navigator Paper Setúbal, S.A. in Setúbal leads with $574.5 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most paper companies?

Santa Maria Da Feira, with 51, ahead of Guimarães (28), Lisboa (21), Sintra (17) and Leiria (15).

How many paper firms are there in Santa Maria Da Feira?

51, which is 0.6% of all 8,787 Santa Maria Da Feira companies and 824% above the national share.

How big is a typical paper firm?

43% of the 509 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 69 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese paper companies sole traders or companies?

One in eight (68) are sole traders, 45% are partnerships and 33% (179) are Lda and S.A..

How many paper firms started in 2026?

4 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 17 in 2025. 2 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest paper firm in Portugal?

Graphicsleaderpackaging - Artes Gráficas, S.A. in Vila Nova de Gaia, 1893, followed by Caima, S.A. in Constância (1922) and Olegário - Packaging & Labels, S.A. in Sintra (1922). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers paper companies?

Portuguese paper companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 171 and 172. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 171 and 172.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 536 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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