Hand-curated structure profiles of 10 companies registered in Portugal, the entity type, the registration jurisdiction, ownership and the people on the filings. From Alphabet and Meta to Stripe, OpenAI and Anthropic.
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.
The formation guide walks through LLC versus C-Corp, the EIN application, registered agents, franchise tax and BOI reporting.
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