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Fleetora · first roles in DEConstruction & building engineering in Portugal_
As of 4 November 2026, 3,519 construction & building engineering companies are based in Portugal; 16 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
- 3,519
- Hiring now
- 16 · 2 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- General building contractors · 2,414
- Top city
- Lisboa · 190
- Parent market
- Property & construction · 18,144
Construction & building engineering in Portugal, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| General building contractors | 2,414 | 69% |
| Civil infrastructure contractors | 740 | 21% |
| Multi trade renovation | 194 | 6% |
| Swimming pool builders | 139 | 4% |
| Prefabricated house manufacturers | 91 | 3% |
| Timber frame house builders | 79 | 2% |
| Excavation & earthmoving contractors | 78 | 2% |
| Custom home builders | 69 | 2% |
| Demolition contractors | 66 | 2% |
| Architecture practices | 58 | 2% |
| Concrete & formwork contractors | 43 | 1% |
| Residential property developers | 36 | 1% |
| General property developers | 32 | 1% |
| Pool service & maintenance | 20 | 1% |
| Other construction & building engineering | 15 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 211 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 2,526 · 2 |
| 11-50 employees | 604 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 148 · 8 |
| 201-500 employees | 19 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 8 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 1 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Lisboa | 190 | 5% |
| Porto | 57 | 2% |
| Braga | 45 | 1% |
| Maia | 43 | 1% |
| Amadora | 32 | 1% |
| Lisbon | 32 | 1% |
| Setúbal | 29 | 1% |
| Vila Nova de Gaia | 28 | 1% |
| Pār | 27 | 1% |
| Coimbra | 26 | 1% |
| Leiria | 24 | 1% |
| Almada | 17 | 0% |
The biggest construction & building engineering companies in Portugal
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The stack of construction & building engineering in Portugal
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Other segments of property & construction in Portugal
Property & construction in Portugal, the whole market →
Real estate agencies · 3,990 →
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Architecture & interior design · 2,014 →
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Electrical solar installation · 1,544 →
Property development projects · 1,504 →
Cleaning pest control services · 1,211 →
Property management services · 964 →
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3,519 construction & building engineering companies are based in Portugal; 16 are hiring right now and Lisboa has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/property_construction/portugal/construction_and_building_engineering)
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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.
Construction & building engineering in Portugal: questions
How many construction & building engineering companies are there in Portugal?
3,519 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Property & construction → Construction & building engineering → leaf niches such as general building contractors, civil infrastructure contractors, multi trade renovation. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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