The main companies in the Portuguese economy are identified, analysed and classified in Rankings prepared alongside our publishing partners.
The Rankings are obtained from the data collected and processed with Informa D&B’s diligence and expertise.
In partnership with Exame magazine, we publish the list of the 500 Biggest & Best domestic companies every year.
Selected carefully by Informa D&B and Deloitte for Exame magazine, the Portuguese SMEs with the best performance in the various sectors of activity are revealed.
To create this list, Informa D&B and Expresso selected a set of indicators and economic-financial ratios. The data collected and processed were then used with Informa D&B’s diligence and expertise.
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These companies are distinguished by their fast pace of growth in number of employees, turnover and export volume.
Our database identifies GAZELLE companies, i.e. high-growth companies that are at most five years old at the time of the database’s creation.
In collaboration with publishing partners, Informa D&B identifies the companies that have stood out the most regionally.
| Partner | Ranking |
|---|---|
| Açormedia | 100 Largest of the Azores |
| Campeão das Províncias | 700 Largest in the City of Coimbra |
| Diário das Beiras | 1000 Largest in the City of Coimbra |
| Diário de Notícias da Madeira | 500 Biggest & Best in the Autonomous Region of Madeira |
| Jornal de Leiria | 250 Largest in Leiria |
| Jornal Guimarães Agora! | 250 Largest in Guimarães |
| Região de Cister | 250 Largest in Alcobaça, Nazaré and Porto de Mós |
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Exploiting new business opportunities and managing the risk of business relationships are some of the needs that our default databases meet.
To begin working the market quickly, Informa D&B’s default databases are the best answer: they are available for immediate delivery with 500, 1000 or 2000 entities.
Executives have the power to influence the choice of suppliers, and they are always switching companies. Following these changes is key to identifying business opportunities.
In order to advance by city, it is necessary to know the main companies in each region.
Knowing the companies that export or import the most in each sector enables identifying valuable business opportunities.
Knowing the companies that invest the most in certain products and services enables focusing sales efforts in the right place. Do not waste time.
Examples: advertising, fuel, gift items, staff transport, goods transport, insurance, office supplies.
DID YOU NOT FIND WHAT YOU NEED?
Informa D&B collects and processes the data published in public sources daily. To make well-founded decisions, all that is needed is the public data files that we have built with Informa D&B’s diligence and expertise.
More than 40,000 companies are incorporated each year. They need almost everything and are therefore an always promising market segment.
It enables identifying companies with lawsuits, with debt to Social Security and in the Corporate Income Tax base, with insolvency proceedings and with a Special Revitalisations Process, as well as several details of these proceedings.
We disclose the financial situation of companies that comply with the obligation to submit accounts, through their balance sheets, income statements and appendices.
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The customised market segmentation implies a personalised and individual choice of selection criteria and information fields. If the customer tells us the goal, our consultants will be able to help in this choice, supported by their vast experience.
We have over 50 segmentation criteria to identify your target market:
The companies’ databases need permanent updating. With Informa D&B’s information on customers, suppliers and competitors, any database will double its effectiveness.
Simply identify the companies whose data you want to update or add, select the desired information fields, and update the already existing database.
This service enables adding or updating, for example, the following information:
We cross-check your database with Informa D&B’s database and use an algorithm that identifies the profile of your ideal customer, your current customers with unexplored potential and companies that, although not your customers, have your company’s ideal customer profile.
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