List of Pharmacy Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 3,727 pharmacy companies in Portugal, one in every 229 Portuguese companies. One in five pharmacies is based in Lisboa, Porto, Sintra, Vila Nova de Gaia and Oeiras. Below you find the largest pharmacies 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.

3,727 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies3,7271 in229 Portuguese companiesCities304Largest cityLisboa 347Sole traders7%Employees5-9 (42%)Revenue$1M-$5M (62%)Email75%Phone84%Website75%

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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	Pharmacontinente - Saúde E Higiene, S.A.	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua de João Mendonca, 529	Porto	4464-503	*****.com	2007	$457,496,133	2,806	Corporation	1695	508037514
2	Godinho Silveira Saúde, Lda	Portugal	Cascais	Rua Afonso de Albuquerque, 195	Lisboa	2785-578	*****.com	2006	$29,904,554	129	Partnership of unknown type	5	507760964
3	Espacopharm, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Funchal	Rua Do Doutor Brito Câmara, 12 Piso E Fracão Y	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-039	*****.pt	2005	$24,480,097	134	Corporation	5	511256396
4	Área Farmacêutica, Lda	Portugal	Cascais	Avenida de Nossa Senhora Do Rosário, 1212	Lisboa	2750-178	*****.com	1995	$23,628,194	105	Partnership of unknown type	4	503501662
5	Salomé Torres Amaral - Farmácia, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Dos Caminhos de Ferro, 102	Lisboa	1100-108	*****.pt	2005	$16,694,411	47	Corporation	4	507490916
6	Farmácia Leite Lacerda, Lda	Portugal	Loures	Praceta José Régio, 5	Lisboa	2695-050	*****.pt	2001	$16,687,371	56	Partnership of unknown type	4	505377578
7	Sofárida - Sociedade Farmacêutica Da Arrábida, Lda	Portugal	Setúbal	Rua José Augusto Coelho, 100 R/c	Setúbal	2925-538	N/A	1980	$15,626,132	74	Partnership of unknown type	5	501123083
8	Maria D'assuncão T. R. Sousa E Silva, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Almeirim	Praca Da República, 12	Santarém	2080-044	*****.pt	2013	$15,306,946	59	Corporation	4	510456227
9	Farmácia Sousa Torres, S.A.	Portugal	Maia	Via de Ardegães, Centro Comercial Maiashopping Lojas 135/136	Porto	4425-500	*****.pt	1988	$14,777,297	69	Corporation	7	501950931
10	Área Farmacêutica Ii, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Sintra	Rua Do Alto Do Forte, Fórum Sintra Loja 0.40	Lisboa	2635-446	*****.com	2017	$14,375,325	74	Corporation	4	514210885
11	Pedro Renato Nunes Marques, Lda	Portugal	Chamusca	Avenida Jesuíno Magano, 10/12	Santarém	2140-056	*****.pt	2007	$13,506,358	63	Partnership of unknown type	3	508120764
12	Inogen Vet Retail, Lda	Portugal	Leiria	Zicofa, Lote 4	Leiria	2415-314	*****.pt	2022	$13,083,063	2	Partnership of unknown type	48	516884310
13	Pharma N - Produtos Farmacêuticos, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Rua Serpa Pinto, 12	Porto	4050-582	*****.com	2002	$12,587,290	66	Partnership of unknown type	5	506254496
14	Farmáciasgap, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Do Uruguai, 18 1ºesq.	Lisboa	1500-613	*****.pt	2006	$12,520,898	67	Partnership of unknown type	7	507847270
15	Bandeira Pinto E Camarinha, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Rua de Marquês Sá Da Bandeira, 238	Porto	4400-217	*****.pt	2009	$12,312,480	83	Corporation	3	509060889
16	Margarida Brum, S.A.	Portugal	Ponta Delgada	Rua Juventude, 22 Loja 22	Ilha de São Miguel	9500-211	N/A	2002	$11,638,339	49	Corporation	3	512068380
17	António Rodrigues Antunes - Farmácia, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Leiria	Estrada Nacional 109, 29/30c/d	Leiria	2415-766	*****.pt	2002	$11,560,432	43	Corporation	4	506388344
18	Gripharma, S.A.	Portugal	Guarda	Rua Batalha Reis, Bloco A R/c	Guarda	6300-668	*****.pt	1987	$11,270,241	65	Corporation	5	500995850
19	Sevi, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Barcelos	Avenida Combatentes Grande Guerra, 94	Braga	4750-279	*****.net	1992	$10,996,912	41	Corporation	3	502886609
20	Farmácia Paula De Campos, Lda	Portugal	Loures	N/A	Lisboa	2685-223	*****.com	2008	$10,622,762	54	Partnership of unknown type	2	508799678
21	Veiga Farma, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Largo das Fontainhas, 23 R/c	Lisboa	1300-113	*****.com	2006	$10,589,290	55	Corporation	4	507737318
22	4480 Farmácia, Lda	Portugal	Vila Do Conde	Praca Luís de Camões, 20	Porto	4480-719	*****.com	2011	$10,539,835	43	Partnership of unknown type	2	510092560
23	Farmácia D'arrábida, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Praceta Henrique Moreira, 244 Loja 030	Porto	4400-346	*****.pt	2009	$10,268,823	54	Corporation	3	508935253
24	Alves Martins - Farmácia, Lda	Portugal	Ponte de Sor	Avenida Da Liberdade, 34a	Portalegre	7400-216	*****.pt	2001	$9,712,120	53	Partnership of unknown type	4	505409046
25	Maria Luísa Venda, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Serpa	Rua Doutor Eduardo Fernandes de Oliveira, 37	Beja	7830-457	N/A	2008	$9,677,356	47	Corporation	2	508665248

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Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most pharmacy companies in Portugal (347), ahead of Porto (141), Sintra (89), Vila Nova de Gaia (77) and Oeiras (76). Together the five hold one in five of them.

Cities by number of firms

304 Portuguese cities have at least one pharmacy; 100 have ten or more; 23 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

How many pharmacy companies are there in Portugal?

Pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Portugal

3,727

21 October 2026

There are 3,727 pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 229 Portuguese companies. About 3 new firms are entered in the register every month this year (30 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 2,542 68%
Head offices: 545
Branch offices: 640

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 4773. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 4773.

1,294 of the 3,727 are Lda and S.A. (35%); 269 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Pharmacies in Lisboa

Lisboa has 347 pharmacy companies and pharmacies, 0.4% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 15% below the national share. One in three Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 1 has 50 or more. 6 new firms were entered in 2026, 57 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 116 · 36%
5-9: 156 · 48%
10-19: 36 · 11%
20-49: 17 · 5%
50+: 1 · 0.3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 18 · 5%
Partnerships: 156 · 45%
Lda and S.A.: 117 · 34%
Other or none: 56 · 16%

Of the Portuguese total: 9.3%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.4%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 6
Entered 2025: 4
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 20.0%

Old

Before 1990: 57 · 16%
1990 or later: 290 · 84%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 18.3%

Reachable

Email: 265 · 76%
Phone: 289 · 83%
Website: 266 · 77%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 42 · 15%
$100K-$500K: 26 · 9%
$500K-$1M: 53 · 18%
$1M and more: 166 · 58%

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 3,450 Portuguese pharmacies with a known headcount, 1,213 (35%) have one to four people, 1,434 have five to nine, 784 have ten to 49 and 19 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year (1,874, 62%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 102,647 77%
Small 10 to 49784 23%
Medium 50 to 24917 0.5%
Large 250+2 <0.1%

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

136

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 23 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest pharmacies in Portugal

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

Pharmacontinente - Saúde e Higiene, S.A. is the largest pharmacy in Portugal by headcount. 19 firms employ 50 people or more; 6 employ 100 or more.

1Matosinhos2,806 staff
2Santa Maria Da Feira900 staff
3Montijo162 staff
4Funchal134 staff
5Cascais105 staff
6Lisboa77 staff
7Serpa47 staff
8Pombal43 staff
9Guimarães35 staff
10Guimarães33 staff

By employee size · 3,450 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	1,213	35%
5-9	1,434	42%
10-19	639	19%
20-49	145	4%
50-99	13	0.4%
100-199	4	0.1%
200-499	0	0%
500-999	1	<0.1%
1,000+	1	<0.1%

35% have 1 to 4 people; 145 have 20 to 49; 19 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	450	15%
$100K-$500K	190	6%
$500K-$1M	380	13%
$1M-$5M	1,874	62%
$5M-$10M	113	4%
$10M-$50M	22	0.7%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

62% between $1 million and $5 million; 1,874 between $1M and $5M; 136 above $5M.

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 8 Portuguese pharmacies from before 1900, 44 from before 1950 and 311 from before 1990.

1835
1. Lisboa
1837
1. Lisboa
1867
1. Ponta Delgada
1872
1. Montijo
1876
1. Lisboa
1883
1. Lisboa

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311

Portuguese pharmacies date from before 1990

were entered in 1990

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in fourteen Portuguese pharmacies 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)2697%
Partnerships1,50440%
Lda and S.A.1,29435%
No form on record or other66018%

Single-site: 68%
Head offices: 545
Branches: 640

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

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

30 pharmacies were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 3 a month, after 47 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

572022
502023
482024
472025
302026 so far

15 of this year's 30 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.

1Ourém5 staff
2Santo Tirso5 staff
3Lisboa5 staff
4Porto5 staff
5Porto5 staff

How reachable are they?

Pharmacies are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 84% list a phone number and 75% a website.

Email2,804 75%
Phone3,122 84%
Website2,785 75%

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 5 doctors for every pharmacy in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Doctors	17,419	16%	89%
Dental Companies	8,197	27%	82%
Pharmacy Companies	3,727	75%	33%
Vets	1,612	44%	64%
Optometrist Companies	1,142	75%	64%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	123,738	4.3
The USA	96,335	1.5
Germany	26,019	3.8
Australia	16,898	2.0
The UK	16,095	1.8
Portugal	3,727	4.4

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Frequently asked questions

How many pharmacy companies are there in Portugal?

There are 3,727 pharmacy companies and pharmacies in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 229 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest pharmacy in Portugal?

Pharmacontinente - Saúde e Higiene, S.A. in Matosinhos, with 2,806 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most pharmacy companies?

Lisboa, with 347, ahead of Porto (141), Sintra (89), Vila Nova de Gaia (77) and Oeiras (76).

How many pharmacies are there in Lisboa?

347, which is 0.4% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 15% below the national share.

How big is a typical pharmacy?

35% of the 3,450 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 19 have 50 or more. Most turn over between $1 million and $5 million a year.

Are Portuguese pharmacy companies sole traders or companies?

One in fourteen (269) are sole traders, 40% are partnerships and 35% (1,294) are Lda and S.A..

How many pharmacies started in 2026?

30 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 47 in 2025. 15 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest pharmacy in Portugal?

Jaime Alves Barata, Lda in Lisboa, 1835, followed by Farmácia Andrade, Lda in Lisboa (1837) and Associacão de Socorros Mútuos de Ponta Delgada in Ponta Delgada (1867). 8 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers pharmacy companies?

Portuguese pharmacy companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 4773. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 4773.

Can I download the full list?

Yes. All 3,727 firms with address, phone, email, legal form, employees, revenue and founding year, as Excel, CSV or through the API.

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