Portugal Investment Immigration focus on Portuguese Economy: Data from Statistics Portugal shows that the number of foreign-invested enterprises in Portugal has now exceeded 5,000. Although they account for only 1.5% of the non-financial sector, they generate 20% of the output value and 12% of employment opportunities, and account for 37% of R&D expenditure. Among them, 6.2% are large enterprises, contributing more than 50% to fixed asset formation.
Among the aforementioned enterprises, 73% are concentrated in the trade and service sectors, and 26% are branches of companies from neighboring Spain.
