Restaurants pubs cafes in Portugal
As of 4 November 2026, 3,649 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Portugal; 7 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
- 3,649
- Hiring now
- 7 · 1 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Full service restaurants · 1,806
- Top city
- Lisboa · 519
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 13,245
Restaurants pubs cafes in Portugal, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Full service restaurants | 1,806 | 49% |
| Seafood restaurants | 569 | 16% |
| Spanish tapas restaurants | 505 | 14% |
| Fine dining restaurants | 301 | 8% |
| Pizzerias | 265 | 7% |
| Bars cocktail lounges | 229 | 6% |
| Bbq smokehouse restaurants | 212 | 6% |
| Italian restaurants | 210 | 6% |
| Cafes coffee shops | 206 | 6% |
| Sushi restaurants | 190 | 5% |
| Steakhouses | 184 | 5% |
| Burger restaurants | 133 | 4% |
| Mediterranean restaurants | 111 | 3% |
| Restaurant groups & hospitality operators | 99 | 3% |
| Brasseries bistros | 95 | 3% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 19 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 3,361 · 0 |
| 11-50 employees | 198 · 3 |
| 51-200 employees | 52 · 2 |
| 201-500 employees | 13 · 1 |
| 501-1000 employees | 2 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 4 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa | 519 | 14% |
| Porto | 210 | 6% |
| Funchal | 56 | 2% |
| Lisbon | 55 | 2% |
| Braga | 45 | 1% |
| Coimbra | 35 | 1% |
| Matosinhos | 34 | 1% |
| Viseu | 32 | 1% |
| Cascais | 31 | 1% |
| Faro | 31 | 1% |
| Albufeira | 30 | 1% |
| Vila Nova de Gaia | 29 | 1% |
The biggest restaurants pubs cafes companies in Portugal
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The stack of restaurants pubs cafes in Portugal
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in Portugal
Hospitality & travel in Portugal, the whole market →
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Boating & watersports · 708 →
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3,649 restaurants pubs cafes companies are based in Portugal; 7 are hiring right now and Lisboa has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/portugal/restaurants_pubs_cafes)
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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.
Restaurants pubs cafes in Portugal: questions
How many restaurants pubs cafes companies are there in Portugal?
3,649 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Restaurants pubs cafes → leaf niches such as full service restaurants, seafood restaurants, spanish tapas restaurants. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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