Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Portugal

Explore more than 639,049 Portugal-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Portugal 639,049 (1.4%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,802,759 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,115,226

According to our database, a total of more than 639,049 businesses are registered in Portugal . That represents 1.36% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Portugal-based companies have a share of 0.68% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 1.37% of all EU employees.

Portugal: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (246,787 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (100,499) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (73,774).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Portugal: TOP Industries 639,049 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 246,787 38.6% 246,787
Retail Trade 100,499 15.7% 100,499
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 73,774 11.5% 73,774
Construction 61,506 9.6% 61,506
Manufacturing 44,328 6.9% 44,328
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 42,370 6.6% 42,370
Wholesale Trade 39,799 6.2% 39,799
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 23,612 3.7% 23,612
Public Sector 5,534 0.9% 5,534
Mining 737 0.1% 737
Unknown industry 103 0.0% 103

Portugal: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Portugal are Subdivider/developer (5.78%), Operative builders (5.54%) and Eating place (5.5%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Portugal: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 639,049 registered companies

Portugal: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Portugal generated € 573,011,149,448 in sales, which represents 0.68% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Portugal was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Portugal: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 639,049 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. PETROGAL, S.A. € 11.97B 2.09% € 11.97B
2. MODELO CONTINENTE - HIPERMERCADOS, S.A. € 5.506B 0.96% € 5.506B
3. PINGO DOCE - DISTRIBUICÃO ALIMENTAR, S.A. € 5.347B 0.93% € 5.347B
4. EDP GEM PORTUGAL, S.A. € 5.022B 0.88% € 5.022B
5. SU ELETRICIDADE, S.A. € 4.34B 0.76% € 4.34B
6. TRANSPORTES AÉREOS PORTUGUESES, S.A. € 4.21B 0.73% € 4.21B
7. VOLKSWAGEN AUTOEUROPA, LDA € 3.511B 0.61% € 3.511B
8. EDP COMERCIAL - COMERCIALIZACÃO DE ENERGIA, S.A. € 3.19B 0.56% € 3.19B
9. EDP, S.A. € 2.9B 0.51% € 2.9B
10. THE NAVIGATOR COMPANY, S.A. € 2.66B 0.46% € 2.66B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 48.65B

Portugal: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 5,228,113 people, which represents 1.37% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is PINGO DOCE - DISTRIBUICÃO ALIMENTAR, S.A. (27,151), followed by MODELO CONTINENTE - HIPERMERCADOS, S.A. (26,036) and GUARDA NACIONAL REPUBLICANA (23,580).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Portugal: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 639,049 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. PINGO DOCE - DISTRIBUICÃO ALIMENTAR, S.A. 27,151 0.52% 27,151
2. MODELO CONTINENTE - HIPERMERCADOS, S.A. 26,036 0.5% 26,036
3. GUARDA NACIONAL REPUBLICANA 23,580 0.45% 23,580
4. POLÍCIA DE SEGURANCA PÚBLICA 21,247 0.41% 21,247
5. TELEPERFORMANCE PORTUGAL, S.A. 12,301 0.24% 12,301
6. AUTORIDADE TRIBUTÁRIA E ADUANEIRA 10,163 0.19% 10,163
7. UNIDADE LOCAL DE SAÚDE DE COIMBRA, E.P.E. 10,015 0.19% 10,015
8. CTT - CORREIOS DE PORTUGAL, S.A. 9,848 0.19% 9,848
9. ESTADO MAIOR DO EXÉRCITO 9,520 0.18% 9,520
10. UNIDADE LOCAL DE SAÚDE DE SÃO JOSÉ, E.P.E. 9,059 0.17% 9,059
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 158,920

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