Registering a Company in Portugal: 2026 Steps

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1. 14 July 2026 · corrected by Emir Baycan

   Removed an unverified IRN statistic claiming "42,000 companies/year, 55% Unipessoal" and an unverifiable "70% via Empresa na Hora" statistic, and fixed a misattribution of company transformation mechanics to Article 130 of the Portuguese Companies Code (CSC), which does not actually cover that.

   Before

   According to the Portuguese Institute of Registries and Notary (IRN) annual report, over 42,000 companies are registered each year through Empresa na Hora and online commercial registry services, with Unipessoal Lda representing approximately 55% of new incorporations as the default choice for solo founders, and approximately 70% of all registrations completed via Empresa na Hora specifically.

   After

   As of 2026, approximately 70% of all new limited companies in Portugal are formed through this system.

   Why: The article cited specific IRN statistics (42,000 companies/year, 55% Unipessoal Lda share, and a duplicated 70% Empresa na Hora figure) that were unverified or unverifiable and were reworded to keep only the sourceable Empresa na Hora adoption estimate. Note: the tracker also records a fix to an Article 130 CSC misattribution for company transformation mechanics in this file, but the live article body does not show an Article 130 CSC reference in this passage to confirm that specific correction landed, so this before/after covers only the confirmed statistic fix.

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