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As of 4 November 2026, 2,264 municipal government companies are based in Portugal; 1 are hiring right now and Lisboa has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 2,264
- Hiring now
- 1 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Parish councils · 1,835
- Top city
- Lisboa · 31
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 10,847
Municipal government in Portugal, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Parish councils | 1,835 | 81% |
| Other municipal government | 317 | 14% |
| Municipal authorities & general public bodies | 183 | 8% |
| Local party branches | 42 | 2% |
| Political candidate sites | 34 | 2% |
| Municipal legislative councils | 32 | 1% |
| Neighbourhood community associations | 29 | 1% |
| Public libraries | 18 | 1% |
| Other public programmes & agencies | 9 | 0% |
| Catholic parishes | 8 | 0% |
| Nonprofit libraries & archives | 8 | 0% |
| Public employment & welfare agencies | 6 | 0% |
| Festival & carnival clubs | 4 | 0% |
| Government agencies & ministries | 4 | 0% |
| Local history societies | 4 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 61 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,118 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 30 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 33 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 12 · 0 |
| 501-1000 employees | 7 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa | 31 | 1% |
| Igreja | 12 | 1% |
| Braga | 9 | 0% |
| Santa | 8 | 0% |
| Guimarães | 7 | 0% |
| Vila Nova de Gaia | 7 | 0% |
| Coimbra | 4 | 0% |
| Leiria | 4 | 0% |
| San José | 4 | 0% |
| Vila Nova de Famalicão | 4 | 0% |
| Viseu | 4 | 0% |
| Évora | 4 | 0% |
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The stack of municipal government in Portugal
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Other segments of public, community & associations in Portugal
Public, community & associations in Portugal, the whole market →
Nonprofit civic associations · 3,615 →
Charitable foundations · 1,815 →
Membership associations & unions · 1,812 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,408 →
Amateur sports clubs · 1,393 →
Churches congregations · 734 →
Research institutes & think tanks · 574 →
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2,264 municipal government companies are based in Portugal; 1 are hiring right now and Lisboa has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/community_associations_public/portugal/municipal_government)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Municipal government in Portugal: questions
How many municipal government companies are there in Portugal?
2,264 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Municipal government → leaf niches such as parish councils, other municipal government, municipal authorities & general public bodies. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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