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Top 25 Research institutes based in Portugal

Name: Research institutes based in Portugal
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026 161 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 161 research institutes headquartered in Portugal as of September 2026 and tracks 7,107 professional contacts across them, including 885 with verified work emails. Lisboa is the largest hub.

This list covers research institutes headquartered in Portugal, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

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The 25 largest research institutes based in Portugal

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 161 research institutes based in Portugal, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 21, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to research institutes: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Nova Fcsh	Indirect evidence	Lisboa, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	5,001-10,000	518 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NOVA FCSH)” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
2	LNEC	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	501-1,000	428 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil – LNEC (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering) is a state owned research and development (R&D) institution founded in 1946.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
3	Itqb Nova	Strong evidence	Oeiras, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	309 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier ITQB NOVA is an interdisciplinary research and advanced training institute of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
4	Inesc-Id	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	284 contacts →
	Strong evidence “INESC-ID is a leading, private, non-profit Portuguese research institute advancing R&D+i in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
5	CENTI	Indirect evidence	Vila Nova De Famalicão, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	197 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “CeNTI is a reference private non-profit Centre for Technology and Innovation (CTI), with a multi-sectoral and multidisciplinary orientation and equipped with cutting-edge…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
6	Instituto Gulbenkian DE Ciencia	Strong evidence	Oeiras, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	141 contacts →
	Strong evidence “As part of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) is an institute dedicated to biological and biomedical research and innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
7	Instituto DE Ciências Sociais DA Universidade DE Lisboa	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	132 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Institute of Social Sciences (ICS-ULisboa) is a school of the University of Lisbon and a research unit that is part of the Portuguese Science and Technology system, with the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
8	CCG Zgdv Institute	Strong evidence	Guimarães, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	119 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CCG/ZGDV is an applied research Institute and technological innovation for the digital economy, designing and prototyping new high-value processes, services, and products in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
9	Uninova	Strong evidence	Caparica, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	79 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The UNINOVA Institute is a multidisciplinary, independent, and non-profit research institute employing around 150 persons, located in the metropolitan area of Lisbon.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
10	Itecons	Partial evidence	Coimbra, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	70 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Itecons - Construção \| Energia \| Ambiente \| Sustentabilidade O Itecons - Instituto de Investigação e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico para a Construção, Energia, Ambiente e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
11	CES Centro DE Estudos Sociais	Indirect evidence	Coimbra, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	67 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Instituição científica dedicada à investigação e à formação avançada nas ciências sociais, nas artes e nas humanidades, através de uma abordagem inter e transdisciplinar.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
12	Isla Santarém	Partial evidence	Santarém, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Partial evidence “O ISLA – Instituto Superior de Gestão e Administração de Santarém (ISLA-Santarém), criado em 1984, dedica-se à criação, transmissão, crítica e difusão de cultura, ciência e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
13	Dinâmia'cet- Iscte	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, Centre for Socioeconomic and Territorial Studies is an ISCTE-IUL research unit which combines fundamental and applied research on economic, social and cultural…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
14	Cies-Iscte	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Partial evidence “O Centro de Investigação e Estudos de Sociologia (CIES-Iscte) do Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa é uma unidade de I&D na área das ciências sociais constituída em 1985 e…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
15	Inesc Microssistemas E Nanotecnologias	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “INESC Microssistemas e Nanotecnologias (INESC MN) is a private, non-profit Reseach and Development institute created in January, 2002 from the former Solid State Technology group…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
16	Research Center For Science And Technology Of The Arts Citar	Partial evidence	Porto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 2004, the CITAR is an Academic Research Center of School of the Arts of the Portuguese Catholics University who foster interdisciplinary collaboration and promote…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
17	INESC	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	45 contacts →
	Strong evidence “INESC is a private, non-profit research institution founded in Portugal in 1980 with a conviction: that scientific excellence and real-world economic impact are not competing…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
18	Bru-Iul Business Research Unit-Iul	Strong evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	44 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Business Research Unit of the Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), BRU-IUL, is a scientific research entity accredited by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
19	CBQF	Partial evidence	Porto, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	201-500	44 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CBQF, the Centre for Biotechnology and Fine Chemistry at Catholic University of Portugal, is a research centre located in Porto, Portugal, that co-creates, develops and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
20	CDRSP	Partial evidence	Marinha Grande, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	42 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development - CDRSP is a research centre hosted by the Polytechnic of Leiria.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
21	Cicant	Partial evidence	Lisboa, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	1,001-5,000	41 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CICANT results from the combined efforts of all teachers in the School of Communication, Arts and Information Technologies towards the goal of creating an autonomous research unit…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
22	2ai Ipca	Indirect evidence	Barcelos, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Artificial intelligence (AI) is an innovative and powerful technology that holds promise for economic and societal benefits.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
23	CENSE	Partial evidence	Caparica, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Partial evidence “CENSE is the research branch of a wider organization including researchers, students and staff from the NOVA School of Science and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, plus a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
24	CEBAL	Partial evidence	Beja, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Centro de Biotecnologia Agrícola e Agro-alimentar do Alentejo (CEBAL) is a private, non-profit research and development unit located in Beja.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026
25	Istar-Iscte	Partial evidence	Lisbon, PortugalHQ checked Sep 21, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The ISTAR-Information Sciences, Technologies and Architecture Research Centre is an Iscte research unit that has the mission to carry out theoretical, applied and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: research institutes. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names research institutes.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of research institutes, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name research institutes. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Research institutes based in Portugal at a glance

As of Sep 21, 2026

12.5%Verified-email coverage

44.1Average contacts per company

51-200Median size (employees)

22.4%Largest-city concentration · Lisboa

Sep 21, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Portugal, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Portugal, over 161 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among research institutes, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Portugal whose own description of what they do matches “research institutes”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names research institutes), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among research institutes, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Portugal are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 885 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Research institutes by metro

Research institutes in Lisboa36

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names research institutes, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many research institutes are there based in Portugal?

RevenueBase identified 161 research institutes headquartered in Portugal as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Nova Fcsh, headquartered in Lisboa, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most research institutes?

Lisboa leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Coimbra (18) and Porto (17).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 885 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 161 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.