List of Telecom Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 1,494 telecom companies in Portugal, one in every 571 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: four in five have one to four people, and only 21 firms employ 50 people or more. Three in ten of all telecom firms are based in Lisboa, Porto, Sintra, Funchal and Braga. Below you find the largest telecom 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.

1,494 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies1,4941 in571 Portuguese companiesCities175Largest cityLisboa 195Sole traders0.6%Employees1-4 (78%)Revenue< $100K (59%)Email13%Phone20%Website21%

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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	Meo - Servicos De Comunicacões E Multimédia, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40	Lisboa	1069-300	*****.pt	2000	$2,441,194,003	4,121	Corporation	127	504615947
2	Nos - Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Actor António Silva, 9	Lisboa	1600-404	*****.pt	1983	$1,792,593,581	776	Corporation	275	502604751
3	Vodafone Portugal - Comunicacões Pessoais, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dom João Ii, 36 8º	Lisboa	1998-017	*****.pt	1991	$1,453,228,870	1,589	Corporation	2721	502544180
4	Fastfiber - Infraestruturas De Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua João de Lemos, 3 Loja	Lisboa	1300-323	*****.pt	2020	$638,385,763	116	Corporation	15	515947709
5	Nowo Communications, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Alameda Dos Oceanos, Lote 2.11.01e	Lisboa	1998-020	*****.pt	1995	$68,133,821	122	Corporation	113	503062081
6	Wondercom, Gestão De Projectos E Equipamentos De Informacão E Telecomunicacões, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Estrada Do Paco Do Lumiar, 22 Edifício K1	Lisboa	1649-038	*****.pt	2004	$57,000,779	718	Partnership of unknown type	20	506845303
7	Recubans, Unipessoal, Lda (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Rua 31 de Janeiro, 81a 3ºe	Ilha Da Madeira	9050-401	N/A	2004	$52,870,451	13	Corporation	3	511248237
8	Ibasis Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dom João Ii, 13 1ºa	Lisboa	1990-077	N/A	2018	$43,444,974	31	Corporation	21	514698454
9	Nos Madeira - Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Funchal	Rua Estados Unidos Da América, 51	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-090	*****.pt	1991	$35,287,308	56	Corporation	275	511040741
10	Tablevelics, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lousada	Rua de Santo António, Entrada 253 Loja 7	Porto	4620-651	N/A	2022	$35,021,164	5	Corporation	13	514578297
11	Nos Wholesale, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Actor António Silva, 9	Lisboa	1600-404	*****.pt	2019	$31,106,291	56	Corporation	275	515553000
12	Ip Telecom - Servicos De Telecomunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua José Da Costa Pedreira, 11	Lisboa	1769-023	*****.pt	2000	$29,218,327	84	Corporation	1699	505065630
13	Colt Technology Services, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Estrada Da Outurela, 118 1º	Lisboa	2794-084	*****.net	2001	$21,133,274	116	Corporation	152	505289385
14	Goodmove4mobile, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Metro Do Jardim Zoológico, Átrio Norte Loja 17	Lisboa	1500-423	N/A	2021	$21,116,558	4	Corporation	N/A	516258354
15	Aptoide, S.A.	Portugal	Évora	Rua Fernanda Seno, 6	Évora	7005-485	*****.com	2011	$20,274,292	35	Corporation	N/A	509987184
16	Siresp - Gestão De Redes Digitais De Seguranca E Emergência, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Praca Duque de Saldanha, 1 9º	Lisboa	1050-094	*****.pt	2005	$18,432,026	14	Corporation	1699	506804917
17	Nos Acores - Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Ponta Delgada	Avenida Antero de Quental, 9c 1º Piso	Ilha de São Miguel	9500-160	*****.pt	1992	$16,693,195	56	Corporation	275	512033498
18	Upstar Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Vendas Novas	Parque Industrial de Vendas Novas, Lote 704	Évora	7080-341	N/A	2009	$16,623,735	90	Corporation	2	508999804
19	Fibroglobal - Comunicacões Electrónicas, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua João de Lemos, 3 Loja	Lisboa	1300-324	*****.com	2010	$15,626,487	4	Corporation	15	509349463
20	Dstelecom Norte, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Dos Pitancinhos, S/n	Braga	4700-727	*****.pt	2010	$14,382,332	5	Corporation	192	509344496
21	Alce Telecom Portugal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Liberdade, 129b	Lisboa	1250-140	*****.pt	2020	$14,378,326	1	Partnership of unknown type	N/A	516093975
22	4x4 - Comércio De Produtos Electrónicos E Equipamentos Para Telecomunicacões, Lda	Portugal	Guimarães	Rua Joaquim Goncalves, 27	Braga	4835-428	*****.pt	1976	$10,484,943	123	Partnership of unknown type	79	500440158
23	Sector Interactivo Group, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Rua Da Constituicão, 352	Porto	4200-192	*****.pt	2019	$10,107,394	324	Partnership of unknown type	3	515684775
24	Rentelecom - Comunicacões, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Dos Estados Unidos Da América, 55	Lisboa	1749-061	*****.pt	2001	$9,718,907	6	Corporation	17	505654598
25	Dstelecom Alentejo E Algarve, S.A.	Portugal	Braga	Rua Dos Pitancinhos, S/n	Braga	4700-727	*****.pt	2010	$8,262,328	5	Corporation	192	509344518

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Telecom firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 195 telecom companies and telecom firms, 0.2% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 19% above the national share. Two in three Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 13 have 50 or more. 10 new firms were entered in 2026, 3 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 106 · 67%
5-9: 27 · 17%
10-19: 8 · 5%
20-49: 4 · 3%
50+: 13 · 8%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1 · 0.5%
Partnerships: 70 · 36%
Lda and S.A.: 80 · 41%
Other or none: 44 · 23%

Of the Portuguese total: 13.1%
Of all Lisboa companies: 0.2%
Against the national share: 1.2×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 10
Entered 2025: 16
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 14.3%

Old

Before 1990: 3 · 2%
1990 or later: 192 · 98%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 42.9%

Reachable

Email: 31 · 16%
Phone: 54 · 28%
Website: 57 · 29%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 67 · 46%
$100K-$500K: 32 · 22%
$500K-$1M: 14 · 10%
$1M and more: 32 · 22%

Largest

14,121
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Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most telecom companies in Portugal (195), ahead of Porto (69), Sintra (57), Funchal (49) and Braga (48). Together the five hold three in ten of them.

Cities by number of firms

175 Portuguese cities have at least one telecom firm; 40 have ten or more; 49 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 1,029 Portuguese telecom firms with a known headcount, 807 (78%) have one to four people, 127 have five to nine, 74 have ten to 49 and 21 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (547, 59%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 10934 91%
Small 10 to 4974 7%
Medium 50 to 24916 2%
Large 250+5 0.5%

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

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

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest telecom firms in Portugal

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

Meo - Servicos de Comunicacões e Multimédia, S.A. is the largest telecom firm in Portugal by headcount. 21 firms employ 50 people or more; 10 employ 100 or more.

1Lisboa4,121 staff
2Lisboa1,589 staff
3Lisboa776 staff
4Lisboa776 staff
5Lisboa718 staff
6Porto324 staff
7Vila Nova de Gaia166 staff
8Guimarães123 staff
9Oeiras116 staff
10Lisboa116 staff

By employee size · 1,029 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	807	78%
5-9	127	12%
10-19	46	4%
20-49	28	3%
50-99	11	1%
100-199	4	0.4%
200-499	1	<0.1%
500-999	3	0.3%
1,000+	2	0.2%

78% have 1 to 4 people; 28 have 20 to 49; 21 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	547	59%
$100K-$500K	229	25%
$500K-$1M	57	6%
$1M-$5M	64	7%
$5M-$10M	10	1%
$10M-$50M	16	2%
$50M-$100M	3	0.3%
$500M+	4	0.4%

59% under $100,000; 64 between $1M and $5M; 33 above $5M.

How many telecom companies are there in Portugal?

Telecom companies and telecom firms in Portugal

1,494

21 October 2026

There are 1,494 telecom companies and telecom firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 571 Portuguese companies. About 2 new firms are entered in the register every week this year (70 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 926 62%
Head offices: 54
Branch offices: 514

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 codes 611, 612 and 613. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 611, 612, 613.

567 of the 1,494 are Lda and S.A. (38%); 9 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 0 Portuguese telecom firms from before 1900, 0 from before 1950 and 7 from before 1990.

1976
1. Guimarães
1977
1. Lisboa
1980
1. Nazaré
1983
1. Lisboa
1984
1. Covilhã
1986
1. Ourém

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

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1990

Portuguese telecom firms date from before 1990

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Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

70 telecom firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 2 a week, after 124 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 0.2% of the inflow.

752022
712023
972024
1242025
702026 so far

44 of this year's 70 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.

1Lisboa5 staff
2Porto5 staff
3Faro3 staff
4Oeiras3 staff
5Porto3 staff

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 12 technology companies for every telecom 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	135,302	2.1
Brazil	66,700	2.3
The UK	17,650	2.0
Italy	12,869	1.8
France	10,956	0.8
Portugal	1,494	1.8

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How reachable are they?

Telecom firms are harder to reach than the average Portuguese company: 20% list a phone number and 21% a website.

Email188 13%
Phone292 20%
Website317 21%

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 166 Portuguese telecom 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)90.6%
Partnerships39727%
Lda and S.A.56738%
No form on record or other52135%

Single-site: 62%
Head offices: 54
Branches: 514

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

Frequently asked questions

How many telecom companies are there in Portugal?

There are 1,494 telecom companies and telecom firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 571 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest telecom firm in Portugal?

Meo - Servicos de Comunicacões e Multimédia, S.A. in Lisboa, with 4,121 staff.

Which Portuguese city has the most telecom companies?

Lisboa, with 195, ahead of Porto (69), Sintra (57), Funchal (49) and Braga (48).

How many telecom firms are there in Lisboa?

195, which is 0.2% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 19% above the national share.

How big is a typical telecom firm?

Small. 78% of the 1,029 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 21 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese telecom companies sole traders or companies?

One in 166 (9) are sole traders, 27% are partnerships and 38% (567) are Lda and S.A..

How many telecom firms started in 2026?

70 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 124 in 2025. 44 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest telecom firm in Portugal?

4x4 - Comércio de Produtos Electrónicos e Equipamentos para Telecomunicacões, Lda in Guimarães, 1976, followed by Curto & Duarte, Unipessoal, Lda in Lisboa (1977) and Antonio Louraco da Graca in Nazaré (1980). 0 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers telecom companies?

Portuguese telecom companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 codes 611, 612 and 613. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 611, 612 and 613.

Can I download the full list?

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