Motor vehicles market in Portugal: size, suppliers and public contracts

What industry and official reports say

• ACEA counts 38,238 new buses registered in the EU in 2025, up 7.5% on 2024; electrically chargeable buses were 23.8% of them. ACEA, New commercial vehicle registrations: vans -8.8%, trucks -6.2%, buses +7.5% in 2025
• EU manufacturers sold 23,139 buses and coaches worth €6.25 billion in 2024 (Eurostat PRODCOM). Eurostat, Sold production, exports and imports (PRODCOM, DS-059358)
• Under the Clean Vehicles Directive, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and other western Member States must make 65% of the buses they procure in 2026–2030 clean, half of the target through zero-emission buses; the targets are lower in central and eastern Europe (for example Poland 46%, Czechia 60%, Hungary 53%, Croatia 38%). European Commission (DG MOVE), Clean Vehicles Directive

Figures from the publishers named, checked at the source on 9 November 2026. They measure the whole market (all buyers, different price bases and country scopes), so they are not comparable one-to-one with the public contract counts on this page.

The market in numbers

Public supply contracts in Portugal: award notices published on TED from 2023-11 to 2026-11, by publication year.

Contracts awarded

1K

in 447 award notices

Awarded value

€588.2M

from 75% of awards with a published value

Winning companies

189

with at least one award

Public buyers

198

hospitals, cities, agencies

Imports: Eurostat Comext, customs headings 8703, 8704, 8702, 8705 (only headings whose trade is mainly this category); all buyers, not only public ones.

Awards to companies registered in Portugal

97.9%

21 awards went to companies registered elsewhere.

Share of the 5 biggest winners

27%

Of all awards; a high share means a concentrated market.

Lots with a single bid

37.2%

Among 922 awards whose notice states the number of tenders.

How we count: one award per procedure, lot and winning company, from live contract award notices; a joint procurement counts on every buyer's market. Values are the awarded amounts published in the notice (framework ceilings and estimates are never added), converted to euro at the ECB yearly average. Company size is the SME flag of the notice (eForms BT-165). Read the methodology.

Among the companies that win most often

1. Jacinto Marques de Oliveira, Sucessores, Lda.40 public contracts in total
2. LeasePlan Portugal – Comércio e Aluguer de Automóveis e Equipamentos Unipessoal, Lda38 public contracts in total
3. Nors VT Trucks and Buses Portugal, S.A.33 public contracts in total
4. Kinto Portugal, S.A.20 public contracts in total
5. Olimec Lda.18 public contracts in total

Where this industry meets in Portugal

• IFAT MunichTrade fair · Munich, Germany
• Automechanika ShanghaiTrade fair · Shanghai, China
• Automechanika RiyadhTrade fair · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• AutopromotecTrade fair · Bologna, Italy
• UITP SummitCongress · Hamburg, Germany
• SIFERTrade fair · Lille, France

All trade fairs and congresses of this industry →

Questions

Who wins public contracts for motor vehicles in Portugal?

189 companies won 447 contract award notices for these categories from 198 public buyers in Portugal since November 2023. The companies that win most often are Jacinto Marques de Oliveira, Sucessores, Lda., LeasePlan Portugal – Comércio e Aluguer de Automóveis e Equipamentos Unipessoal, Lda, Nors VT Trucks and Buses Portugal, S.A., Kinto Portugal, S.A., Olimec Lda..

How big is the motor vehicles market in Portugal?

In 2025, public buyers in Portugal awarded 436 supply contracts for motor vehicles through award notices on TED; the 300 of them that state a value (68.8%) add up to €192 million. Portugal imported €9.13 billion of goods in the customs headings matched to motor vehicles in 2025 (Eurostat Comext, HS 8703, 8704, 8702 and 8705; all buyers, not only public ones), up 18.1% from 2023.

Where do suppliers of motor vehicles meet buyers and distributors in Portugal?

At trade fairs and congresses such as IFAT Munich, Automechanika Shanghai, Automechanika Riyadh, Autopromotec, UITP Summit, SIFER — each checked on the organiser's official website.

How do I find a distributor for motor vehicles in Portugal?

Create a free Cresques account and open the market map for Portugal and this category. It shows the companies that win public contracts there, how often, for how many buyers and for how much: the first 5 on the Free plan, every company on a paid plan. Where the data exists, the map also shows wholesalers from the business register, import figures and the industry's trade fairs.