Research institutes & think tanks in Portugal
As of 4 November 2026, 574 research institutes & think tanks 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
- 574
- Hiring now
- 1 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Biomedical research groups · 94
- Top city
- Lisboa · 114
- Parent market
- Public, community & associations · 10,847
Research institutes & think tanks in Portugal, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Biomedical research groups | 94 | 16% |
| Eu technology research consortia | 90 | 16% |
| University research labs | 77 | 13% |
| Humanities social research projects | 73 | 13% |
| Biodiversity conservation research | 65 | 11% |
| Other research institutes & think tanks | 65 | 11% |
| Multidisciplinary research institutes | 64 | 11% |
| Environmental & agri research | 55 | 10% |
| Health services research groups | 42 | 7% |
| Policy think tanks | 29 | 5% |
| Professional bodies | 27 | 5% |
| Sustainability energy research | 17 | 3% |
| Ai & society research | 14 | 2% |
| Local history societies | 14 | 2% |
| Cultural heritage research projects | 12 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 141 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 227 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 150 · 0 |
| 51-200 employees | 40 · 0 |
| 201-500 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa | 114 | 20% |
| Porto | 48 | 8% |
| Coimbra | 17 | 3% |
| Aveiro | 15 | 3% |
| Braga | 13 | 2% |
| Faro | 13 | 2% |
| Lisbon | 10 | 2% |
| Matosinhos | 9 | 2% |
| Vairão | 8 | 1% |
| Monte de Caparica | 7 | 1% |
| Bragança | 6 | 1% |
| Cantanhede | 5 | 1% |
The biggest research institutes & think tanks companies in Portugal
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The stack of research institutes & think tanks 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 →
Municipal government · 2,264 →
Charitable foundations · 1,815 →
Membership associations & unions · 1,812 →
Public programmes & agencies · 1,408 →
Amateur sports clubs · 1,393 →
Churches congregations · 734 →
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574 research institutes & think tanks 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/research_institutes_and_think_tanks)
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- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Research institutes & think tanks in Portugal: questions
How many research institutes & think tanks companies are there in Portugal?
574 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
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The middle level of our industry tree: Public, community & associations → Research institutes & think tanks → leaf niches such as biomedical research groups, eu technology research consortia, university research labs. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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