List of Wholesale Companies in Portugal

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 46,902 wholesale companies in Portugal, one in every 18 Portuguese companies. Most of them are small: three in four have one to four people, and only 618 firms employ 50 people or more. One in five wholesale firms is based in Lisboa, Porto, Sintra, Vila Nova de Gaia and Oeiras. Below you find the largest wholesale 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.

46,902 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies46,9021 in18 Portuguese companiesCities344Largest cityLisboa 4,133Sole traders10%Employees1-4 (73%)Revenue< $100K (41%)Email23%Phone44%Website30%

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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	The Navigator Company, S.A.	Portugal	Setúbal	Península Da Mitrena, Complexo Industrial de Setúbal	Setúbal	2910-738	*****.com	1993	$3,042,661,960	295	Corporation	67	503025798
2	Repsol Portuguesa, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida José Malhoa, 16 8º	Lisboa	1099-091	*****.pt	1920	$2,976,788,311	280	Partnership of unknown type	2042	500246963
3	Galp - Gás Natural, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da Índia, 8	Lisboa	1349-065	*****.com	1994	$2,398,147,515	34	Corporation	523	503103616
4	Bp Portugal - Comércio De Combustíveis E Lubrificantes, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifício 3	Lisboa	2740-266	*****.com	1929	$2,022,184,811	87	Corporation	5186	500194670
5	Recheio - Cash & Carry, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Rua Actor António Silva, 7	Lisboa	1649-033	*****.pt	1931	$1,452,976,025	2,311	Corporation	673	500145415
6	Itmp Alimentar, S.A.	Portugal	Alcanena	Marrujo	Santarém	2380-220	*****.com	1997	$1,297,430,790	207	Corporation	791	503882003
7	Moeve - Comercial Portuguesa, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, 108 3ºb	Lisboa	1070-067	*****.pt	1963	$1,286,640,980	117	Corporation	3302	500513295
8	Reagro - Importacão E Exportacão, S.A.	Portugal	Lisboa	Avenida Da República, 35 1º	Lisboa	1050-186	*****.pt	1977	$1,008,606,933	129	Corporation	12	500731748
9	Prio Energy, S.A.	Portugal	Ílhavo	Porto de Pesca de Aveiro, Lote B	Aveiro	3830-565	*****.pt	2006	$989,145,648	876	Corporation	425	507872525
10	Ocp - Portugal - Produtos Farmacêuticos, S.A.	Portugal	Maia	Rua Do Barreiro, 235	Porto	4470-573	*****.pt	1960	$943,160,420	317	Corporation	2591	500364877
11	Midsid - Sociedade Portuguesa De Distribuicão, S.A.	Portugal	Alcochete	Praceta Vale Da Fonte Coberta, 153/167	Setúbal	2894-002	*****.pt	1998	$937,588,758	300	Corporation	801	504533525
12	Cdil - Companhia De Distribuicão Integral Logista Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Alcochete	Praceta Vale Da Fonte Coberta, 153/167	Setúbal	2894-002	*****.pt	2020	$889,491,168	90	Corporation	801	516236466
13	Nestlé Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Alexandre Herculano, 8/8a	Lisboa	2799-554	*****.pt	1923	$887,676,877	1,913	Corporation	2327	500201307
14	Alcapetro - Petróleos E Derivados, S.A.	Portugal	Alcanena	Rua Do Marujo	Santarém	2380-220	*****.com	1995	$825,977,475	7	Corporation	791	503535133
15	Alliance Healthcare, S.A.	Portugal	Porto	Rua Do Engenheiro Ferreira Dias, 728 3ºsul	Porto	4149-014	*****.pt	1991	$824,132,467	393	Corporation	51	502693150
16	Makro - Cash & Carry Portugal, S.A.	Portugal	Oeiras	Rua Quinta Do Paizinho, 1	Lisboa	2794-066	*****.pt	1988	$725,361,459	1,198	Corporation	906	502030712
17	Tabaqueira Ii, S.A.	Portugal	Sintra	Avenida Alfredo Da Silva, 35	Lisboa	2639-002	*****.com	2007	$715,277,315	1,086	Corporation	601	508254043
18	Td Synnex Portugal, Lda	Portugal	Porto	Avenida Da Boavista, 3265 7º Sala 2	Porto	4100-137	*****.pt	1992	$710,402,622	193	Partnership of unknown type	441	502703628
19	Fratelli Cosulich, Unipessoal, S.A. (zona Franca Da Madeira)	Portugal	Funchal	Rua Queimada de Baixo, 5a 1º	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-068	N/A	2004	$533,078,404	22	Corporation	85	511247052
20	Cenibra - Internacional - Servicos E Comércio, Sociedade Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Funchal	Avenida Infante, 8 2º Sala K	Ilha Da Madeira	9000-015	N/A	1997	$532,041,013	7	Corporation	926	511091192
21	Megaco - Produtos Siderúrgicos, S.A.	Portugal	Palmela	Enxarrapais	Setúbal	2950-401	*****.com	1992	$511,078,385	23	Corporation	32	502679875
22	Manuel Rui Azinhais Nabeiro, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Campo Maior	Avenida Calouste Gulbenkian	Portalegre	7370-025	*****.pt	1961	$493,498,593	1,687	Corporation	82	500853975
23	Samsung - Electrónica Portuguesa, Unipessoal, Lda	Portugal	Oeiras	Lagoas Park, Edifício 5b 4º	Lisboa	2740-245	*****.com	1982	$477,724,243	78	Corporation	781	501325301
24	Empifarma - Produtos Farmacêuticos, S.A.	Portugal	Montemor-O-velho	Zona Industrial de Montemor-O-velho, Lote 12/13/27/28	Coimbra	3140-293	*****.pt	1998	$429,564,165	214	Corporation	9	504100050
25	Cooprofar - Cooperativa Dos Proprietários De Farmácia, C.R.L.	Portugal	Gondomar	Rua Pedro José Ferreira, 200/210	Porto	4420-612	*****.pt	1975	$407,152,269	308	Non profit organization	8	500336512

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Where in Portugal?

Lisboa has the most wholesale companies in Portugal (4,133), ahead of Porto (1,825), Sintra (1,520), Vila Nova de Gaia (1,177) and Oeiras (1,100). Together the five hold one in five of them. Relative to their size, Benavente, São João Da Madeira and Trofa have the most: 1.8 to 2.0 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

344 Portuguese cities have at least one wholesale firm; 275 have ten or more; 22 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Wholesale firms per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 5.50. Benavente has 2.0 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 31 districts

District	Firms	%
Lisboa	11,557	25%
Porto	9,361	20%
Braga	4,193	9%
Aveiro	3,740	8%
Leiria	2,764	6%
Setúbal	2,640	6%
Santarém	2,022	4%
Faro	1,665	4%
Coimbra	1,370	3%
Viseu	1,242	3%

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Firm sizes in Portugal

Of the 44,942 Portuguese wholesale firms with a known headcount, 32,793 (73%) have one to four people, 6,767 have five to nine, 4,764 have ten to 49 and 618 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (17,009, 41%).

EU size bands · the grey line shows all Portuguese companies

Micro under 1039,560 88%
Small 10 to 494,764 11%
Medium 50 to 249603 1%
Large 250+15 <0.1%

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

3,243

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 1,726 more than $10 million.

1,343

firms were entered in 2026.

Wholesale firms in Lisboa

Lisboa has 4,133 wholesale companies and wholesale firms, 4.4% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 20% below the national share. Three in four Lisboa firms have fewer than five people; 80 have 50 or more. 259 new firms were entered in 2026, 517 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 2,989 · 75%
5-9: 572 · 14%
10-19: 233 · 6%
20-49: 119 · 3%
50+: 80 · 2%

Legal form

Sole traders: 116 · 3%
Partnerships: 1,785 · 43%
Lda and S.A.: 1,734 · 42%
Other or none: 498 · 12%

Of the Portuguese total: 8.8%
Of all Lisboa companies: 4.4%
Against the national share: 0.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 259
Entered 2025: 406
Of Portugal's 2026 entries: 19.3%

Old

Before 1990: 517 · 13%
1990 or later: 3,616 · 87%
Of Portugal's pre-1990 firms: 9.6%

Reachable

Email: 883 · 21%
Phone: 1,464 · 35%
Website: 1,213 · 29%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 1,704 · 47%
$100K-$500K: 716 · 20%
$500K-$1M: 309 · 9%
$1M and more: 898 · 25%

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Wholesale companies and wholesale firms in Portugal

46,902

21 October 2026

There are 46,902 wholesale companies and wholesale firms in Portugal in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 18 Portuguese companies. About 6 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,343 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 40,034 85%
Head offices: 2,830
Branch offices: 4,038

Classification

NACE Rev. 2 code 46. Our platform filter is NACE Rev. 2 46.

16,250 of the 46,902 are Lda and S.A. (35%); 4,511 are sole traders. They come from Registo Comercial and our Portuguese register data, through the Company Data API.

Largest wholesale 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.

Nokia Solutions and Networks Portugal, S.A. is the largest wholesale firm in Portugal by headcount. 618 firms employ 50 people or more; 211 employ 100 or more.

1Amadora2,421 staff
2Lisboa2,311 staff
3Oeiras1,913 staff
4Campo Maior1,687 staff
5Oeiras1,198 staff
6Sintra1,086 staff
7Gondomar1,082 staff
8Ílhavo876 staff
9Vila Franca de Xira780 staff
10Torres Vedras685 staff

By employee size · 44,942 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	32,793	73%
5-9	6,767	15%
10-19	3,162	7%
20-49	1,602	4%
50-99	407	0.9%
100-199	144	0.3%
200-499	52	0.1%
500-999	8	<0.1%
1,000+	7	<0.1%

73% have 1 to 4 people; 1,602 have 20 to 49; 618 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	17,009	41%
$100K-$500K	9,892	24%
$500K-$1M	4,327	10%
$1M-$5M	6,914	17%
$5M-$10M	1,517	4%
$10M-$50M	1,415	3%
$50M-$100M	162	0.4%
$100M-$500M	128	0.3%
$500M+	21	<0.1%

41% under $100,000; 6,914 between $1M and $5M; 3,243 above $5M.

Sole traders or Lda: how they are organised

One in ten Portuguese wholesale 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)4,51110%
Partnerships21,20045%
Lda and S.A.16,25035%
No form on record or other4,94111%

Single-site: 85%
Head offices: 2,830
Branches: 4,038

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

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 11 wholesale firms for every one of the bakeries in Portugal.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Wholesale Companies	46,902	30%	70%
Transport Companies	32,002	8%	86%
FMCG Companies	9,978	29%	54%
Food Companies	7,937	27%	53%
Butchers	4,847	13%	82%
Bakeries	4,406	21%	54%

In other countries

Country	Firms	Per 1,000 cos.
India	5,953,882	153.7
The USA	1,786,361	28.0
South Africa	1,020,162	132.6
Vietnam	474,608	255.5
Hong Kong	400,136	190.1
Portugal	46,902	55.0

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The oldest firms in Portugal

Our data holds 8 Portuguese wholesale firms from before 1900, 304 from before 1950 and 5,411 from before 1990.

1826
1. Braga
1844
1. Vila Nova de Gaia
1854
1. Matosinhos
1864
1. Sintra
1864
1. Angra Do Heroísmo
1895
1. Vila Franca de Xira

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5,411

Portuguese wholesale firms date from before 1990

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were entered in 1990

Newcomers in Portugal in 2026

1,343 wholesale firms were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, about 6 a working day, after 2,185 in 2025. Portugal as a whole saw 33,330 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes 4.0% of the inflow.

1,3492022
1,7542023
1,8042024
2,1852025
1,3432026 so far

832 of this year's 1,343 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.

1Mora51 staff
2Barcelos32 staff
3Mafra7 staff
4Lisboa6 staff
5Matosinhos6 staff

How reachable are they?

Wholesale firms are easier to reach than the average Portuguese company: 44% list a phone number and 30% a website.

Email10,686 23%
Phone20,483 44%
Website13,847 30%

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 wholesale companies are there in Portugal?

There are 46,902 wholesale companies and wholesale firms in Portugal in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 18 Portuguese companies.

Which is the largest wholesale firm in Portugal?

Nokia Solutions and Networks Portugal, S.A. in Amadora, with 2,421 staff. By revenue Recheio - Cash & Carry, S.A. in Lisboa leads with $1.5 billion a year.

Which Portuguese city has the most wholesale companies?

Lisboa, with 4,133, ahead of Porto (1,825), Sintra (1,520), Vila Nova de Gaia (1,177) and Oeiras (1,100). Relative to its size, Benavente has the most: 2.0 times the national share.

How many wholesale firms are there in Lisboa?

4,133, which is 4.4% of all 93,657 Lisboa companies and 20% below the national share.

How big is a typical wholesale firm?

Small. 73% of the 44,942 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 618 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are Portuguese wholesale companies sole traders or companies?

One in ten (4,511) are sole traders, 45% are partnerships and 35% (16,250) are Lda and S.A..

How many wholesale firms started in 2026?

1,343 were entered in the Portuguese register so far in 2026, after 2,185 in 2025. 832 of them are Lda and S.A..

What is the oldest wholesale firm in Portugal?

Calheiros de Carvalho & Filhos, Lda in Braga, 1826, followed by J.h.andresen, Sucessores, Lda in Vila Nova de Gaia (1844) and Sysmex Portugal, S.A. in Matosinhos (1854). 8 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers wholesale companies?

Portuguese wholesale companies are classified under NACE Rev. 2 code 46. Our platform filters them on NACE Rev. 2 46.

Can I download the full list?

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