Chapter I · Purpose, effects and defects of registration

Article 2 Sole traders

Artigo 2.º · Comerciantes individuais

Código do Registo Comercial · Decree-Law No. 403/86 · consolidated text checked 26 October 2026

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The following facts relating to sole traders are subject to registration:

Estão sujeitos a registo os seguintes factos relativos a comerciantes individuais:

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a) The commencement, alteration and cessation of the sole trader’s business;

a) O início, alteração e cessação da actividade do comerciante individual;

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b) Changes in their marital status and matrimonial property regime;

b) As modificações do seu estado civil e regime de bens;

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c) A change of principal establishment.

c) A mudança de estabelecimento principal.

What we checked in this article

The three registrable facts in points (a) to (c) are retained, including changes of marital status and matrimonial property regime.

Registering an act under Article 2?

We file registrations at the commercial registry for foreign-owned companies: incorporations, share transfers, manager changes, capital changes, branches, filing of accounts and closures. In English, fixed fees, with the registry fee shown separately.

Unofficial English translation prepared by BCA Portugal for reference. Only the Portuguese text published in the Diário da República has legal force. Editorial notes are ours and are not part of the statute.

Applying the law

Registry work in Portugal, done right the first time

A refused or provisional registration costs weeks. We prepare the documents the registrar expects, file them and follow the application until it is definitive.

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