List of Shoe Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 4,333 shoe companies in Portugal, one in every 197 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: two in three have one to four people, and only 245 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in five of all shoe makers and shops are based in Felgueiras, Oliveira de Azeméis, Santa Maria Da Feira, Lisboa and Guimarães. Below you find the largest shoe makers and shops 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.

4,333 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies4,3331 in197 Portuguese companiesCities250Largest cityFelgueiras 683Sole traders17%Employees1-4 (66%)Revenue< $100K (49%)Email16%Phone42%Website20%

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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	Sopropé - Organizacões De Calcado, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Da Garagem, 9	Lisboa	2790-078	*****.pt	1986	$100,171,587	650	Corporation	92	501767509
2	Gabor Portugal - Indústria De Calcado, Lda	Portugal	Barcelos	Rua Joachim Gabor, 50	Braga	4775-240	*****.de	1985	$82,787,880	913	Partnership of unknown type	56	501593497
3	Louis Vuitton Portugal - Maleiro, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Liberdade, 190a	Lisboa	1250-147	*****.com	1987	$70,517,439	63	Partnership of unknown type	5038	501835571
4	Ecco'let (portugal) - Fábrica De Sapatos, Lda	Portugal	Santa Maria Da Feira	Rua Francisco Rocha, 134	Aveiro	4520-605	*****.com	1984	$68,038,975	714	Partnership of unknown type	358	501486690
5	Carite - Calcados, Lda	Portugal	Felgueiras	Rua Nicolau Coelho, 2729	Porto	4610-741	*****.pt	1990	$53,728,980	203	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	502417749
6	Ara Shoes Portuguesa, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	Rua 28 de Janeiro, 350 Fracão B17	Porto	4400-335	*****.com	1974	$48,317,585	337	Corporation	65	500027650
7	Jefar - Indústria De Calcado, Lda	Portugal	Felgueiras	Rua Do Outeiro, 63	Porto	4815-621	*****.com	1997	$43,772,067	550	Partnership of unknown type	6	503946745
8	Rodiro - Fábrica De Calcado, S.A.	Portugal	Penacova	Travessa Do Assento, 61	Coimbra	4610-504	*****.com	1994	$43,256,749	404	Corporation	4	503152293
9	M. Neves & B. Neves, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Estrada de Benfica, 676 C/d	Lisboa	1500-110	*****.pt	1986	$38,026,623	442	Partnership of unknown type	51	501745688
10	Mário Cunha & Filhos, Lda	Portugal	Felgueiras	Rua Da Metalurgica Da Longra, 277 Fracão C	Porto	4650-318	*****.com	1985	$36,261,220	187	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	501545824
11	Mari-Sport Calcado, Lda	Portugal	Felgueiras	Rua 25 de Abril, 195	Porto	4610-686	*****.pt	1980	$30,680,259	196	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	501996842
12	Planeta - Plásticos, S.A.	Portugal	Leiria	Alto Do Vieiro	Leiria	2400-822	*****.com	1995	$30,659,036	166	Corporation	14	503459186
13	Amf, Lda	Portugal	Santa Marta de Penaguião	Rua de São Cipriano, 658	Vila Real	4835-461	*****.com	1999	$30,460,946	224	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	504465767
14	Thinking Together - Comércio, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Vale Formoso, 94 4ºesq.	Lisboa	1950-284	N/A	2010	$29,692,246	249	Corporation	45	509505228
15	Procalcado - Produtora De Componentes Para Calcado, S.A.	Portugal	Pombal	Largo de Alminhas Barrancas, 97	Leiria	4415-343	*****.com	1981	$29,022,053	306	Corporation	2	501200720
16	Icc - Indústrias E Comércio De Calcado, S.A.	Portugal	Guimarães	Rua Do Bairro Do Sol	Braga	4810-718	*****.com	1986	$26,713,162	221	Corporation	4	501642200
17	Prada Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Liberdade, 206/210	Lisboa	1250-147	*****.com	2008	$26,553,500	35	Corporation	504	508646367
18	Mephisto Portuguesa - Fábrica De Calcado, Lda	Portugal	Viana Do Castelo	Rua Zona Industrial 2ª Fase	Viana Do Castelo	4935-232	*****.com	1987	$23,139,979	320	Partnership of unknown type	2	501770224
19	Modarte, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Rua Quinta de Santa Maria, 144	Braga	4700-244	*****.pt	1978	$23,124,891	154	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	500829110
20	Sportino, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Caldas Da Rainha	Estrada Nacional 360, 24a	Leiria	2500-098	*****.pt	1982	$23,020,836	144	Corporation	22	501267700
21	Calcado Samba, S.A.	Portugal	Felgueiras	Cabeca de Porca, S/n	Porto	4610-733	*****.com	2012	$22,529,067	150	Corporation	N/A	510310192
22	Aco - Fábrica De Calcado, S.A.	Portugal	Vila Nova de Famalicão	Avenida Padre António Ferreira, 599	Braga	4770-350	*****.pt	1975	$22,495,351	325	Corporation	3	500305420
23	Pedouro - Calcados, Lda	Portugal	Penacova	Travessa Assento, 61	Coimbra	4610-504	*****.com	1992	$21,747,786	122	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	502727640
24	Vapesol - Fábrica De Componentes Para Calcado, Lda	Portugal	Felgueiras	Rua de Revinhade, 421	Porto	4650-376	*****.com	1998	$21,702,888	140	Partnership of unknown type	2	504152530
25	Hermés Internacional Portugal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Largo Do Chiado, 9	Lisboa	1200-108	*****.com	2000	$20,682,563	13	Partnership of unknown type	387	505037416

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Largest shoe makers and shops in Portugal

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

Gabor Portugal - Indústria de Calcado, Lda is the largest shoe makers and shop in Portugal by headcount. 245 firms employ 50 people or more; 81 employ 100 or more.

1Barcelos913 staff
2Santa Maria Da Feira714 staff
3Oeiras650 staff
4Arouca582 staff
5Felgueiras550 staff
6Guimarães458 staff
7Lisboa442 staff
8Penacova404 staff
9Guimarães367 staff
10Vila Nova de Gaia337 staff

By employee size · 4,107 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	2,694	66%
5-9	459	11%
10-19	360	9%
20-49	349	8%
50-99	164	4%
100-199	61	1%
200-499	16	0.4%
500-999	4	<0.1%
1,000+	0	0%

66% have 1 to 4 people; 349 have 20 to 49; 245 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	1,737	49%
$100K-$500K	959	27%
$500K-$1M	320	9%
$1M-$5M	378	11%
$5M-$10M	88	2%
$10M-$50M	71	2%
$50M-$100M	4	0.1%
$100M-$500M	1	<0.1%

49% under $100,000; 378 between $1M and $5M; 164 above $5M.

How many shoe companies are there in Portugal?

Shoe companies and shoe makers and shops in Portugal

4,333

21 October 2026

There are 4,333 shoe companies and shoe makers and shops in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 197 Portuguese companies. About one new firm is entered in the register every week this year (56 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 3,403 79%
Head offices: 223
Branch offices: 707

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 1520 and 4772. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 1520, 4772.

1,465 of the 4,333 are Lda and S.A. (34%); 742 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Portugal?

Felgueiras has the most shoe companies in Portugal (683), ahead of Oliveira de Azeméis (325), Santa Maria Da Feira (243), Lisboa (241) and Guimarães (195). Together the five hold two in five of them. Relative to their size, Felgueiras, Oliveira de Azeméis and Santa Maria Da Feira have the most: 5.4 to 33.4 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

250 Portuguese cities have at least one shoe makers and shop; 74 have ten or more; 49 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Shoe makers and shops per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.51. Felgueiras has 33.4 times the national share.

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

Shoe makers and shops in Felgueiras

Felgueiras has 683 shoe companies and shoe makers and shops, 17.0% of all 4,029 Felgueiras companies and 3238% above the national share. Two in five Felgueiras firms have fewer than five people; 89 have 50 or more. 20 new firms were entered in 2026, 56 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 275 · 41%
5-9: 99 · 15%
10-19: 107 · 16%
20-49: 107 · 16%
50+: 89 · 13%

Legal form

Sole traders: 20 · 3%
Partnerships: 243 · 36%
Lda and S.A.: 406 · 59%
Other or none: 14 · 2%

Of the Portuguese total: 15.8%
Of all Felgueiras companies: 17.0%
Against the national share: 33.4×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 20
Entered 2025: 17
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 35.7%

Old

Before 1990: 56 · 8%
1990 or later: 627 · 92%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 9.6%

Reachable

Email: 90 · 13%
Phone: 283 · 41%
Website: 129 · 19%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 208 · 32%
$100K-$500K: 211 · 32%
$500K-$1M: 76 · 12%
$1M and more: 164 · 25%

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 4,107 Portuguese shoe makers and shops with a known headcount, 2,694 (66%) have one to four people, 459 have five to nine, 709 have ten to 49 and 245 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (1,737, 49%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 103,153 77%
Small 10 to 49709 17%
Medium 50 to 249241 6%
Large 250+4 <0.1%

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

164

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 76 more than $10 million.

firms were entered in 2026.

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in six Portuguese shoe makers and shops 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)74217%
Partnerships1,40732%
Lda and S.A.1,46534%
No form on record or other71917%

Single-site: 79%
Head offices: 223
Branches: 707

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

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

56 shoe makers and shops were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about one per week, after 133 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

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1172023
1222024
1332025
562026 so far

34 of this year's 56 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.

1Lisboa109 staff
2Felgueiras3 staff
3Vila Nova de Famalicão3 staff
4Felgueiras3 staff
5Felgueiras3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 21 retail companies for every shoe makers and shop in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Retail Companies	90,245	27%	74%
Wholesale Companies	46,902	30%	70%
Car Dealers	7,502	32%	80%
Sportswear Companies	4,977	18%	47%
Shoe Companies	4,333	20%	62%
Jewellery Companies	487	21%	77%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
Brazil	103,412	3.6
The USA	52,371	0.8
Italy	35,852	5.1
Spain	21,437	3.9
Germany	12,869	1.9
Portugal	4,333	5.1

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How reachable are they?

Shoe makers and shops are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 42% list a phone number and 20% a website.

Email687 16%
Phone1,836 42%
Website852 20%

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 shoe makers and shops from before 1900, 26 from before 1950 and 584 from before 1990.

1916
1. Lisboa
1918
1. Lisboa
1920
1. Lisboa
1925
1. Lisboa
1928
1. Lisboa
1931
1. Porto

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Portuguese shoe makers and shops date from before 1990

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Frequently asked questions

How many shoe companies are there in Portugal?

There are 4,333 shoe companies and shoe makers and shops in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 197 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest shoe makers and shop in Portugal?

Gabor Portugal - Indústria de Calcado, Lda in Barcelos, with 913 staff. By revenue Sopropé - Organizacões de Calcado, S.A. in Oeiras leads with $100.2 million a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most shoe companies?

Felgueiras, with 683, ahead of Oliveira de Azeméis (325), Santa Maria Da Feira (243), Lisboa (241) and Guimarães (195).

How many shoe makers and shops are there in Felgueiras?

683, which is 17.0% of all 4,029 Felgueiras companies and 3238% above the national share.

How big is a typical shoe makers and shop?

Small. 66% of the 4,107 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 245 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese shoe companies sole traders or companies?

One in six (742) are sole traders, 32% are partnerships and 34% (1,465) are Lda and S.A..

How many shoe makers and shops started in 2026?

56 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 133 in 2025. 34 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest shoe makers and shop in Portugal?

Nova Sapataria Inglesa, Lda - em Liquidacão in Lisboa, 1916, followed by José Ratinho, Lda in Lisboa (1918) and Barreto & Leal, Unipessoal, Lda in Lisboa (1920). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers shoe companies?

Portuguese shoe companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 1520 and 4772. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 1520 and 4772.

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