Portugal is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. It is the westernmost country of mainland Europe. Portugal is a developed country with a high-income advanced economy and a high living standard.[1][2][3] It is the 5th most peaceful country in the world,[4] maintaining a unitary semi-presidential republican form of government.[5][6][7][8][9] It has the 18th highest Social Progress in the world, putting it ahead of other Western European countries like France, Spain and Italy.[10] A founding member of NATO and the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, it is also a member of numerous other international organizations, including the United Nations, the European Union, the eurozone, and the OECD.
For further information on the types of business entities in this country and their abbreviations, see "Business entities in Portugal".
Notable firms
This list includes notable companies with primary headquarters located in the country. The industry and sector follow the Industry Classification Benchmark taxonomy. Organizations which have ceased operations are included and noted as defunct.
Name | Industry | Sector | Headquarters | Founded | Notes |
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Altri | Basic materials | Paper | Porto | 2005 | Paper |
Ambar – Ideas on Paper S.A. | Industrials | Industrial suppliers | Porto | 1939 | Office supplies |
Banco Comercial Português | Financials | Banks | Porto | 1985 | Bank |
Bial | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | Trofa | 1924 | Pharma |
Caixa Geral de Depósitos | Financials | Banks | Lisbon | 1876 | State bank |
Central de Cervejas | Consumer goods | Brewers | Vila Franca de Xira | 1934 | Brewery |
Chipidea | Technology | Semiconductors | Oeiras | 1997 | Semiconductor, defunct 2009 |
Churchill's Port | Wine making | Port wine | Porto | 1981 | Port wine |
Ciberbit | Technology | Software | Coimbra | 1995 | Software |
Cimpor | Industrials | Building materials & fixtures | Lisbon | 1976 | Cement, owned by Mover Participações |
CMS-Helmets | Consumer goods | Clothing & accessories | Anadia | 1976 | Motorcycling helmets |
Cofina | Consumer services | Publishing | Porto | 1856 | Publisher |
Comboios de Portugal | Consumer services | Travel & tourism | Lisbon | 1856 | Passenger rail |
Conservas Ramirez | Consumer goods | Food products | Matosinhos | 1853 | Fish & Cannedfish |
Corticeira Amorim | Basic materials | Industrial suppliers | Santa Maria da Feira[11] | 1870 | Cork |
Critical Software | Technology | Software | Coimbra | 1998 | Software |
CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. (CTT) | Industrials | Delivery services | Lisbon | 1520 | Postal services |
Delta Cafés | Consumer goods | Food products | Campo Maior | 1961 | Coffee |
EFACEC | Industrials | Electronic equipment | Matosinhos | 1948 | Electronics |
Energias de Portugal (EDP) | Utilities | Conventional electricity | Lisbon | 1976 | Electrical generation |
Fábrica Nacional de Munições de Armas Ligeiras | Industrials | Defense | Lisbon | 1947 | Arms |
Galp Energia | Utilities | Gas distribution | Lisbon | 1999 | Natural gas distribution |
Glintt | Technology | Software | Lisbon | 2008 | Software developer |
Grupo José de Mello | Conglomerates | - | Lisbon | 1986[12] | Health care, energy, logistics |
Iberomoldes | Industrials | General industries | Marinha Grande | 1975 | Engineering |
Impresa | Consumer services | Media | Oeiras | 1972 | Television, publisher |
Jerónimo Martins | Consumer services | Retail | Lisbon | 1792 | Food retail |
Lactogal | Consumer goods | Food & beverage | Porto | 1996 | Dairy, water |
Logoplaste | Industrials | Diversified industrials | Cascais | 1976 | Plastic |
Martifer | Industrials | Heavy construction | Oliveira de Frades | 1990 | Construction |
Media Capital | Consumer services | Broadcasting & entertainment | Oeiras | 1988 | Media distribution |
Medinfar | Health care | Pharmaceuticals | Lisbon | 1970 | Pharma |
MEO | Telecommunications | Mobile telecommunications | Lisbon | 1991 | Mobile provider |
Montepio | Financials | Banks | Lisbon | 1840 | Bank |
Mota-Engil | Industrials | General industries | Porto | 1946 | Engineering and infrastructure |
Move Interactive | Technology | Software | Cascais | 2008 | Video games |
NOS | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | Lisbon | 1994 | Telecom |
Novabase | Technology | Software | Lisbon | 1989 | Information technology |
Novo Banco | Financials | Banks | Lisbon | 2014 | Bank |
Pingo Doce | Consumer services | Food retailers & wholesalers | Lisbon | 1980 | Supermarket chain |
Porto Editora | Consumer services | Publishing | Porto | 1944 | Publisher |
Portugal Telecom | Telecommunications | Fixed line telecommunications | Lisbon | 1994 | Telecommunications, part of Altice (Netherlands) |
Quidgest | Technology | Software | Lisbon | 1988 | Specialist enterprise software |
Rádio e Televisão de Portugal | Consumer services | Broadcasting & entertainment | Lisbon | 1935 | State media |
Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) | Utilities | Conventional electricity | Lisbon | 1994 | Electrical distribution |
Renova | Basic materials | Paper | Torres Novas | 1939 | Paper |
Semapa | Industrials | Building materials & fixtures | Lisbon | 1991 | Cement, paper |
Simoldes | Industrials | Diversified industrials | Oliveira de Azeméis | 1959 | Manufacturing |
Soares da Costa | Industrials | Heavy construction | Porto | 1918 | Construction |
SIC | Consumer services | Broadcasting & entertainment | Lisbon | 1992 | Television, part of Impresa |
Sonae Indústria | Industrials | Diversified industrials | Maia | 1959 | Part of Sonae |
Sonae | Conglomerates | - | Maia | 1959 | Retail, financials, industrials, telecom |
Sovena Group | Consumer goods | Farming & fishing | Oeiras | 1956 | Agribusiness |
Sumol + Compal | Consumer goods | Food products | Oeiras | 2008 | Food and beverage, merger of Sumolis and Compal |
Tabaqueira | Consumer goods | Tobacco | Lisbon | 1927 | Cigarettes, part of Philip Morris International (US) |
TAP Air Portugal | Consumer services | Airlines | Lisbon | 1945 | Airline |
Televisão Independente | Consumer services | Broadcasting & entertainment | Oeiras | 1993 | Broadcaster |
The Navigator Company | Basic materials | Paper | Setúbal | 2001 | Paper |
Tranquilidade | Financials | Full line insurance | Lisbon | 1871 | Insurance, owned by Assicurazioni Generali |
Tupam editores | Consumer services | Publishing | Lisbon | 1977 | Health publisher |
UMM | Industrials | Diversified industrials | Lisbon | 1977 | Metal works |
Unicer Brewery | Consumer goods | Brewers | Matosinhos | 1890 | Brewery |
Uniplaces | Technology | Internet | Lisbon | 2012 | Student accommodation platform, travel, real estate |
Visabeira | Conglomerates | - | Viseu | 1980 | Telecommunications, travel, industrials, real estate |
Vista Alegre | Consumer goods | Durable household products | Ílhavo | 1824 | Porcelain |
- Vineyards in the Douro Valley.
- Headquarters of the Caixa Geral de Depósitos bank.
- Seat of the Banco Comercial Português.
See also
References
- ↑ 2014 Global Report. (Europe 2014)
- ↑ Deloitte Social Progress 2015
- ↑ Numbeo QOLR
- ↑ "Vision of Humanity". Institute for Economics and Peace. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ↑ "Constituição da República Portuguesa – D.R.E. (Constitution of the Portuguese Republic)" (in Portuguese). Diário da República Electrónico. 2 April 1976. Archived from the original on 21 December 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ Morais, Carlos Blanco de (2011). A Constituição Revista — Parte III Constituição da República Portuguesa: Semipresidencialismo "on probation?" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisboa, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. pp. 65–71. ISBN 978-989-8424-28-0. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ Araújo, António; Morais, Carlos Blanco de; Cunha, Luís Campos e; Costa, José Manuel M. Cardoso da; Lobo, Marina Costa; Duarte, David; Duarte, Tiago; Freire, André; Garoupa, Nuno; Gonçalves, Maria Eduarda; Lomba, Pedro; Magalhães, Pedro; Brito, Miguel Nogueira de; Barros, Pedro Pita; Sousa, Luís de; Tavares, José A.; Vasconcelos Vilaça, Guilherme; Veiga, Francisco José; Andrade, José Carlos Vieira de (2011). Garoupa, Nuno; Magalhães, Pedro; Maduro, Miguel Poiares; Tavares, José A. (eds.). A Constituição Revista (PDF) (in Portuguese). Lisboa, Portugal: Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos. p. 143. ISBN 978-989-8424-28-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ Veser, Ernst (1997). Semi-Presidentialism-Duverger's Concept — A New Political System Model (PDF) (in English and Chinese). Department of Education, School of Education, University of Cologne. pp. 39–60. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ↑ Shugart, Matthew Søberg (December 2005). "Semi-Presidential Systems: Dual Executive And Mixed Authority Patterns" (PDF). French Politics. 3 (3): 323–351. doi:10.1057/palgrave.fp.8200087. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ↑ The Social Progress Imperative. "Social Progress Index". socialprogressimperative.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
- ↑ "CORA.LS - Corticeira Amorim SGPS SA Profile | Reuters". Reuters.
- ↑ José de Mello, SGPS S.A.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg