Portugal may be a tiny country, but it has some seriously huge companies. Find out more as we take a look at just some of them.
While Portugal is rather mini in size, the telecommunications industry is an extremely prominent and competitive market within the country. Naturally, given that the industry is a major world industry all on its own. Telecoms appear on every list of major industries, so it is no big surprise that one among Portugal’s most important businesses would be a telecommunications enterprise. The business runs many of the biggest brand names in Portugal and it is no doubt that the Portugal Telecom owner is very proud to be the most famous telecoms service provider in the whole country. The corporation, which was established in 1994, is so massive that it employs over 10,000 men and women and connects nearly all citizens in the compact European country – making it one among the leading contributor’s the country’s overall economy. This number also makes it one among the biggest job providers in Portugal as a whole.
Portugal is a country that is passionate about food. Like so many countries with a Mediterranean culture, the Portuguese live to eat so it’s no big shock that a country that loves food so much would have a food distribution enterprise as one among if its leading companies. The Jerónimo Martins president is likely exceptionally happy about the fact that it happens to be one among the most popular Portuguese food companies around. The organization operates a chain of supermarkets in Portugal, as well as other food stores in Poland and Colombia. Truthfully, it runs more than 3,600 retailers in those countries combined. The business was first set up in 1792 and employs over 100,000 individuals – which is obviously a substantial amount – making it not just one of the oldest companies, but one of the most indispensable to Portugal’s economic climate.
It's expected that an energy provider would be a big enterprise in Portugal as energy essentially powers every single thing around the world now. Not only one among Portugal’s largest business groups, Energias de Portugal also ranks among Europe’s great electricity providers. For a compact country, that is truly rather remarkable. The enterprise is the largest provider of power in the country and likewise happens to have a notable presence in South America. Founded in 1976, the company employs over 12,000 individuals, which makes it a vital part of the small European nation’s economy. Even though the energy provider currently creates a large number of omissions-free energy, with modern society becoming more eco-conscious in general, it is no wonder that the it is working towards developing even more renewable forms of energies. In fact, the Energias de Portugal activist investor has admitted that the business is hoping to commit itself more to creating more earth friendly energy as it moves forward.