RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.
Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A. is a Portuguese public limited company (sociedade anónima) registered with the Portuguese commercial registry (Registo Comercial, administered by the Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado) under NIPC / registration number 503418455. The company was constituted on 12 May 1995, tracing its origins to DGRL, the Lisbon regional division of the former state operator Rodoviária Nacional, which became an autonomous entity in January 1991 ahead of privatisation. Its registered office is at Campo Grande, Edifício Campo Grande, Nr. 382-C, 1º, 1700-097 Lisboa, and its registered share capital is €8,000,000. The company’s registry status is currently active.
Rodoviária de Lisboa’s principal business activity is classified under CAE 49311, regular urban and suburban road passenger transport. Its registered corporate purpose also covers public road freight transport, transport-sector consultancy and operational management services, the acquisition of stakes in other companies, and real estate leasing. The company runs scheduled bus services across the municipalities of Lisboa, Loures, Odivelas and Vila Franca de Xira, an area with roughly 400,000 residents, over a concessioned network of approximately 1,300 km.
Since 1 January 2023, Rodoviária de Lisboa’s bus services in this area have operated under the unified "Carris Metropolitana" brand and route numbering introduced by Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa, the public entity responsible for the Lisbon metropolitan area’s transport network. Rodoviária de Lisboa continues to hold the underlying operating concession for its assigned service area (covering Loures, Odivelas, Mafra and Vila Franca de Xira) as one of the private operators contracted under that scheme, rather than trading under its own standalone public-facing brand. The company maintains a website at rodoviariadelisboa.pt.
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Shareholders
Shareholders of Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A.
No itemised shareholder register for Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A. (NIPC 503418455) was located through publicly accessible sources. Portugal’s commercial registry (Registo Comercial, administered by IRN) and its Central Register of Beneficial Owners (Registo Central do Beneficiário Efetivo, RCBE) hold shareholder and beneficial-ownership filings, but neither register is freely searchable by the general public; access is restricted to parties with an accredited legitimate interest. Public sources reviewed did not disclose the number of shareholders, individual holdings or share classes against the company’s registered share capital of €8,000,000.
What is consistently reported by the company’s own corporate group and by independent press coverage is that Rodoviária de Lisboa operates as part of Grupo Barraqueiro, a privately held Portuguese transport holding group. This traces to the 1995 privatisation of Rodoviária Nacional’s Lisbon division, when the operations retained under the Rodoviária de Lisboa name were allocated to the "Innotrans" consortium, led by Barraqueiro with the backing of Caixa Geral de Depósitos. No source reviewed disclosed current percentage shareholdings held by any Barraqueiro group entity or other party.
Data availability
Availability: Restricted / Not public. Portugal’s shareholder and beneficial-ownership registers exist but are not open to public search, and no percentage shareholding for Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A. was located in the sources reviewed as of 18 September 2026.
Sources
- Grupo Barraqueiro — barraqueiro.com/empresas/rodoviaria-de-lisboa/ (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Rigorbiz company registry aggregator — rigorbiz.pt/rodoviaria-de-lisboa-s-a-1 (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Iberinform company registry aggregator — iberinform.pt/empresa/31009590/rodoviaria-de-lisboa-s-a (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Wikipédia (PT) — pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodoviária_de_Lisboa (retrieved 2026-09-18)
Officers
Directors and officers of Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A.
No named directors, administrators or legal representatives for Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A. were identified through the publicly accessible sources reviewed. A commercial-registry data aggregator citing the company’s incorporation and registry filings reports that the company is bound by the joint signature of two members of its board of administration (conselho de administração), or by a single administrator holding delegated powers, indicating governance by a multi-member board rather than a sole administrator. The names of current board members were not published in any source consulted, and no filing or resignation date for individual officers could be verified.
Data availability
Not found. Portugal’s commercial registry (Registo Comercial) discloses officer appointments, but this information was not accessible through the public sources reviewed for this research. Nationality and country-of-residence data for any officer are therefore also not available and are not stated here.
Sources
- Rigorbiz company registry aggregator — rigorbiz.pt/rodoviaria-de-lisboa-s-a-1 (retrieved 2026-09-18), citing IRN registry filings for binding-authority terms.
Group Structure
Group structure of Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A.
Rodoviária de Lisboa, S.A. operates as part of Grupo Barraqueiro, a Portuguese transport holding group, rather than as an independent company. This affiliation is corroborated by Grupo Barraqueiro’s own corporate website, which lists Rodoviária de Lisboa among "as empresas do grupo" (the group’s companies), and by independent press and encyclopaedic coverage of the 1995 privatisation of Rodoviária Nacional’s Lisbon division, when the operations retained under the Rodoviária de Lisboa name were allocated to the Barraqueiro-led "Innotrans" consortium.
Internally compiled corporate-linkage data drawn from Portuguese registry records places Barraqueiro Transportes, S.A. (NIPC 500151997) as the entity immediately above Rodoviária de Lisboa in that structure, itself sitting under Barraqueiro, SGPS, S.A. (NIPC 502903562), with HPGB, SGPS, S.A. (NIPC 503144550) identified as the top-level holding company of the wider group. No source reviewed for this profile — public press, the group’s own website, or the registry aggregators consulted — disclosed a specific ownership or voting percentage at any level of this chain, so these relationships are presented as a possible/indicative structure rather than as verified, percentage-based parent-subsidiary links. The wider Barraqueiro group structure, as reflected in that internal data, spans numerous Portuguese transport operating companies together with at least one Spain-registered and one Morocco-registered entity, though Rodoviária de Lisboa’s own operations are confined to Portugal.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barraqueiro Transportes, S.A. | PT | 500151997 | Possible relationship (indicative immediate parent) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-18 |
| Barraqueiro, SGPS, S.A. | PT | 502903562 | Possible relationship (indicative indirect parent) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-18 |
| HPGB, SGPS, S.A. | PT | 503144550 | Possible relationship (indicative ultimate parent) | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | 2026-09-18 |
Recent structural changes
- 1 January 2023: Rodoviária de Lisboa’s bus operations began running under the unified "Carris Metropolitana" brand and route network introduced by Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa for the Lisbon metropolitan area. This was a change in public branding and route operation under a new area-wide concession scheme, not a change in Rodoviária de Lisboa’s ownership; Grupo Barraqueiro continued as the operating concessionaire for the company’s assigned service area. Source: Wikipédia (PT); lisboaparapessoas.pt; aml.pt.
Data availability
Partial / possible relationship only. Rodoviária de Lisboa’s membership of Grupo Barraqueiro is well corroborated by the group’s own website and independent press, but Portugal’s registry does not provide an easily searchable public shareholding chart, and entity-level ownership percentages within the group were not located in the sources reviewed.
Sources
- Grupo Barraqueiro — barraqueiro.com/empresas/rodoviaria-de-lisboa/ (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Grupo Barraqueiro — barraqueiro.com/o-grupo-barraqueiro/ (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Wikipédia (PT) — pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodoviária_de_Lisboa (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- lisboaparapessoas.pt — Carris Metropolitana operator allocation, January 2023 (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- aml.pt — Área Metropolitana de Lisboa, Carris Metropolitana launch notice (retrieved 2026-09-18)
- Zavia.ai internal corporate-linkage data (registry-derived group hierarchy), consulted 2026-09-18
HPGB, SGPS, S.A.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. do?
Regular urban and suburban road passenger transport (CAE 49311) across Loures, Odivelas, Mafra and Vila Franca de Xira in the Lisbon metropolitan area, operated since January 2023 under the Carris Metropolitana network and branding.
Who owns RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.?
Shareholder register not publicly searchable; company is reported to operate within Grupo Barraqueiro following the 1995 privatisation of Rodoviária Nacional's Lisbon division. Ownership percentages not disclosed in sources reviewed.
Who is RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.'s UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) record is shown for RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A., as public access to Portugal's RCBE beneficial-ownership register ended on 1 November 2025, and access now requires demonstrating a legitimate interest via digital ID login.
What is RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.'s company registration number?
RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.'s registration number is 503418455, filed with Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado in Portugal. Its current status on the register is active.
Is RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. still an active company?
RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.'s status on Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado is listed as active.
When was RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. incorporated?
RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. was incorporated on 1 January 1995, according to Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado.
What is RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.'s registered address?
The registered address on file for RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. is Lisboa, Portugal.
Is RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. listed on a stock exchange?
Not listed on any stock exchange; a privately held company.
Who are the officers/directors of RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A.?
No named directors or administrators identified in public sources; registry data indicates governance requires the joint signature of two board members, or one administrator with delegated powers.
Does RODOVIÁRIA DE LISBOA, S.A. have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Operates within Grupo Barraqueiro; internal registry-derived group data indicates Barraqueiro Transportes, S.A. as the likely immediate parent, under Barraqueiro, SGPS, S.A. and ultimate parent HPGB, SGPS, S.A. (relationships indicative; ownership percentages not disclosed).
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
This record is sourced directly from Instituto dos Registos e do Notariado and was last synced on 18 September 2026.