List of Software Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 7,423 software companies in Portugal, one in every 115 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 133 firms employ 50 people or more. Two in five of all software firms are based in Lisboa, Porto, Braga, Oeiras and Vila Nova de Gaia. Below you find the largest software 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.

7,423 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies7,4231 in115 Portuguese companiesCities270Largest cityLisboa 1,504Sole traders1%Employees1-4 (83%)Revenue< $100K (64%)Email10%Phone14%Website17%

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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	Siemens, S.A.	Portugal	Amadora	Rua Dos Irmãos Siemens, 1/1a	Lisboa	2720-093	*****.com	1847	$506,708,267	3,221	Corporation	3670	500247480
2	Critical Techworks, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Doutor António Luís Gomes, 10	Porto	4000-091	*****.com	2018	$265,214,939	2,827	Corporation	4	514852046
3	Altice Labs, S.A.	Portugal	Aveiro	Rua Engenheiro José Ferreira Pinto Basto	Aveiro	3810-106	*****.com	1999	$225,094,151	650	Corporation	127	504705610
4	Natixis - Sucursal Em Portugal	Portugal	Porto	Rua de Santos Pousada, 220 7º	Porto	4000-478	*****.com	2016	$212,865,753	2,348	Foreign company	2	980566797
5	Cisco Systems Portugal - Sistemas Informáticos, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifício 12 3º	Lisboa	2740-269	*****.com	1999	$140,055,338	957	Corporation	870	504727060
6	Outsystems - Software Em Rede, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Do Central Park, Edifício 2 2ºa	Lisboa	2795-242	*****.com	2000	$137,226,783	841	Corporation	14	504995634
7	Critical Software, S.A.	Portugal	Coimbra	Parque Industrial de Taveiro, Lote 48	Coimbra	3045-508	*****.com	1998	$125,936,445	1,296	Corporation	11	504208187
8	Feedzai - Consultadoria E Inovacão Tecnológica, S.A.	Portugal	Coimbra	Rua Pedro Nunes, Edifício Do Instituto Pedro Nunes - Ipn	Coimbra	3030-199	*****.com	2008	$102,194,981	522	Corporation	4	508771862
9	Xblend Software, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Amadora	Rua Cidade de Córdova, 2a	Lisboa	2610-038	N/A	2020	$94,247,397	112	Corporation	3	515701963
10	Euronext Technologies, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Rua Aníbal Cunha, 218	Porto	4050-047	N/A	2016	$68,705,400	279	Corporation	118	513945342
11	Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Do Sol Ao Rato, 11	Lisboa	1250-261	*****.pt	2018	$62,291,391	639	Corporation	4281	515128171
12	Itsector - Sistemas De Informacão, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Avenida Sidónio Pais, 153 6º Torre A	Porto	4100-467	*****.com	2005	$47,140,777	577	Corporation	349	507291727
13	Engmindera - Software Engineering, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Goncalo Cristóvão, 347 4º Sala 404	Porto	4000-270	*****.com	2014	$45,355,765	520	Corporation	20	513199560
14	Dxc Services Portugal, Unipessoal Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua de Malhões, 4	Lisboa	2774-528	*****.technology	1985	$40,868,978	367	Corporation	1092	501570691
15	Jungle Frog, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Startup Madeira, Ev 142	Ilha Da Madeira	9020-105	*****.com	2021	$38,710,964	6	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	516233564
16	Bizay, S.A.	Portugal	Torres Vedras	Hipólito Center Park, Fracão F 2ºa	Lisboa	2560-628	N/A	2011	$37,681,147	239	Corporation	8	509980422
17	Appgeneration - Software Technologies, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Avenida Da Boavista, 848	Porto	4100-112	*****.com	2010	$36,859,742	33	Partnership of unknown type	7	509442137
18	Atd Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifcício 14 4º	Lisboa	2740-262	*****.pt	2022	$36,792,917	467	Corporation	23	517077450
19	Uphold, Lda	Portugal	Braga	Praca Conde de Agrolongo, 27	Braga	4700-312	*****.com	2014	$30,781,601	175	Partnership of unknown type	4	513095136
20	Veeam Software Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Engenheiro Duarte Pacheco, 19 1º	Lisboa	1070-100	N/A	2022	$28,477,260	163	Corporation	39	517108364
21	Crédito Agrícola Servicos - Centro De Servicos Partilhados, A.C.E.	Portugal	Amadora	Rua Teófilo Braga, 63 C/v	Lisboa	2720-526	*****.pt	2000	$27,904,291	5	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	504992589
22	Asp Act Digital, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da República, 18 14º	Lisboa	1050-191	*****.pt	2015	$26,897,621	381	Partnership of unknown type	9	513418210
23	Vtxrm - Software Factory, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	N/A	Lisboa	2740-296	*****.com	2012	$26,707,046	476	Partnership of unknown type	4281	510480209
24	Tui Technology Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Matosinhos	Rua Roberto Ivens, 1333 Sala 3.2	Porto	4450-257	N/A	2017	$24,177,477	261	Corporation	1852	514618450
25	Wit-Software - Consultoria E Software Para A Internet Móvel, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dom João Ii, Lote 1.07.2.1 Piso 0	Lisboa	1990-096	*****.com	2000	$23,427,362	185	Corporation	4	505205939

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Largest software firms in Portugal

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

Siemens, S.A. is the largest software firm in Portugal by headcount. 133 firms employ 50 people or more; 62 employ 100 or more.

1Amadora3,221 staff
2Porto2,827 staff
3PortoForeign company2,348 staff
4Coimbra1,296 staff
5Oeiras957 staff
6Oeiras841 staff
7Aveiro650 staff
8Lisboa639 staff
9Porto577 staff
10Porto520 staff

By employee size · 7,286 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	6,065	83%
5-9	612	8%
10-19	281	4%
20-49	195	3%
50-99	71	1.0%
100-199	36	0.5%
200-499	17	0.2%
500-999	5	<0.1%
1,000+	4	<0.1%

83% have 1 to 4 people; 195 have 20 to 49; 133 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	4,315	64%
$100K-$500K	1,488	22%
$500K-$1M	410	6%
$1M-$5M	385	6%
$5M-$10M	73	1%
$10M-$50M	50	0.7%
$50M-$100M	3	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	7	0.1%
$500M+	1	<0.1%

64% under $100,000; 385 between $1M and $5M; 134 above $5M.

How many software companies are there in Portugal?

Software companies and software firms in Portugal

7,423

21 October 2026

There are 7,423 software companies and software firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 115 Portuguese companies. About 4 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (930 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 6,968 94%
Head offices: 262
Branch offices: 193

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 5821, 5829, 6201 and 6202. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 5821, 5829, 6201, 6202.

3,796 of the 7,423 are Lda and S.A. (51%); 80 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most software companies in Portugal (1,504), ahead of Porto (546), Braga (266), Oeiras (256) and Vila Nova de Gaia (231). Together the five hold two in five of them. Relative to their size, Aveiro, Braga and Porto have the most: 1.9 to 2.1 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

270 Portuguese cities have at least one software firm; 93 have ten or more; 48 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Software firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.87. Aveiro has 2.1 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 27 districts

District	Firms	%
Lisboa	2,670	36%
Porto	1,451	20%
Setúbal	548	7%
Braga	524	7%
Aveiro	366	5%
Leiria	281	4%
Coimbra	265	4%
Faro	216	3%
Ilha Da Madeira	214	3%
Santarém	189	3%

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Software firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 1,504 software companies and software firms, 1.6% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 85% above the national share. Three in four Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 46 have 50 or more. 189 new firms were entered in 2026, 16 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 1,115 · 76%
5-9: 182 · 12%
10-19: 78 · 5%
20-49: 55 · 4%
50+: 46 · 3%

Legal form

Sole traders: 6 · 0.4%
Partnerships: 544 · 36%
Lda and S.A.: 869 · 58%
Other or none: 85 · 6%

Of the Portuguese total: 20.3%
Of all Lisboa companies: 1.6%
Against the national share: 1.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 189
Entered 2025: 282
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 20.3%

Old

Before 1990: 16 · 1%
1990 or later: 1,488 · 99%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 30.2%

Reachable

Email: 160 · 11%
Phone: 209 · 14%
Website: 282 · 19%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 758 · 57%
$100K-$500K: 267 · 20%
$500K-$1M: 139 · 10%
$1M and more: 163 · 12%

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 7,286 Portuguese software firms with a known headcount, 6,065 (83%) have one to four people, 612 have five to nine, 476 have ten to 49 and 133 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (4,315, 64%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 106,677 92%
Small 10 to 49476 7%
Medium 50 to 249124 2%
Large 250+9 0.1%

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

134

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 61 more than $10 million.

930

firms were entered in 2026.

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 1 Portuguese software firms from before 1900, 1 from before 1950 and 53 from before 1990.

1847
1. Amadora
1967
1. Lisboa
1974
1. Porto
1980
1. Leiria
1980
1. Porto
1982
1. Coimbra

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

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How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 2 technology companies for every software firm in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Technology Companies	17,318	19%	82%
Automotive Companies	9,020	32%	79%
Software Companies	7,423	17%	82%
E-Commerce Companies	2,263	17%	91%
Telecom Companies	1,494	21%	54%
Chemical Companies	1,141	43%	43%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
The USA	404,703	6.3
Poland	177,702	28.1
France	166,311	11.6
The UK	106,022	12.0
The Czech Republic	69,225	19.7
Portugal	7,423	8.7

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Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in ninety-three Portuguese software firms work as sole traders, against 15% of all Portuguese companies. Half are Lda and S.A..

Sole traders (empresários em nome individual)801%
Partnerships3,26544%
Lda and S.A.3,79651%
No form on record or other2824%

Single-site: 94%
Head offices: 262
Branches: 193

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

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

930 software firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 4 a working day, after 1,336 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 2.8% of the inflow.

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9302026 so far

507 of this year's 930 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.

1Lisboa437 staff
2Lisboa12 staff
3Oeiras5 staff
4Paredes5 staff
5Seixal5 staff

How reachable are they?

Software firms are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 14% list a phone number and 17% a website.

Email724 10%
Phone1,055 14%
Website1,284 17%

Grey line: all Portuguese companies (email 17%, phone 33%, website 22%).

The full list with these fields is in our Portuguese company database.

Frequently asked questions

How many software companies are there in Portugal?

There are 7,423 software companies and software firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 115 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest software firm in Portugal?

Siemens, S.A. in Amadora, with 3,221 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most software companies?

Lisboa, with 1,504, ahead of Porto (546), Braga (266), Oeiras (256) and Vila Nova de Gaia (231). Relative to its size, Aveiro has the most: 2.1 times the national share.

How many software firms are there in Lisboa?

1,504, which is 1.6% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 85% above the national share.

How big is a typical software firm?

Small. 83% of the 7,286 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 133 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese software companies sole traders or companies?

One in ninety-three (80) are sole traders, 44% are partnerships and 51% (3,796) are Lda and S.A..

How many software firms started in 2026?

930 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 1,336 in 2025. 507 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest software firm in Portugal?

Siemens, S.A. in Amadora, 1847, followed by Veros - Administracão e Planificacão de Empresas Comerciais, Lda in Lisboa (1967) and Appmind, Lda in Porto (1974). 1 firm dates from before 1900.

Which industry code covers software companies?

Portuguese software companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 5821, 5829, 6201 and 6202. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 5821, 5829, 6201 and 6202.

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