In 2024, there were 42,561 companies belonging to a group in Portugal, corresponding to 7.9% of all companies. These accounted for 40.6% of persons employed, 63.6% of turnover, 59.3% of gross value added (GVA) and 67.6% of gross operating surplus (GOS). Compared to 2023, the number of companies belonging to groups increased by 2.7%. In the same period, there was growth of 4.1% in persons employed, 5.3% in turnover, 6.4% in GVA and 3.3% in GOS.

In 2024, 27.4% of companies in the Financial services sector belonged to a group. This was followed by the sectors of Manufacturing and energy (11.9%) and Information and communication (9.9%). In these sectors, companies belonging to groups accounted for 80.3%, 66.1%, and 78.4% of the GVA generated, respectively.

In absolute terms, the Construction and real estate activities sector aggregated the highest number of companies integrated into groups (9,964 companies), an increase of 3.8% compared to 2023.