Notable Lisbon-based and Portuguese-founded companies: unicorns, employer-of-record leaders and digital-nomad-era scale-ups.
Portugal's Lda (Sociedade por Quotas) is the default private structure; Unipessoal Lda is its single-member variant, both formable within 1-3 business days via Empresa na Hora. A NIF (Numero de Identificacao Fiscal) is required before incorporation and can be obtained through a fiscal representative. Portuguese-founded unicorns such as Farfetch, OutSystems and Talkdesk frequently redomicile to Delaware for US capital access while keeping Lisbon ops.
Our Portugal formation guide walks through every step, cost, and document.
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