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Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal

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Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is a Portugal-based international transportation company. The group's largest business area is highway management, in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country. Founded in 1972 by Jorge de Brito, Brisa also has operations in countries including the United States and the Netherlands.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1972Founded1
  • TickerBRI on Euronext1
  • Industrytransport1
  • HeadquartersSão Domingos de Rana1
  • Websitewww.brisa.pt
  • Legal formpublic limited company1
  • LEI529900N95CHSA2Q49U023
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressQuinta da Torre da Aguilha - Edifício Brisa, 2789-522 São Domingos de Rana, Portugal3
  • Registered withInstitute of Registries and Notary (Ministry of Justice), 5000481773

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Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, S.A. is a Portugal-based international transportation company. The group's largest business area is highway management, in which it is the largest concessionaire in its home country. Founded in 1972 by Jorge de Brito, Brisa also has operations in countries including the United States and the Netherlands. Since 2000 Brisa's largest shareholder has been the investment company and family office Grupo José de Mello, which owns over 30% of its stock through subsidiaries. The Spanish infrastructure company Abertis holds around 15% of the firm. The company is listed on the Lisbon Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the benchmark PSI-20 and Euronext 100 indices. Its current CEO is António Pires de Lima.2

Corporate structure

Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal sits at the top of its group. 6 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal São Domingos de Rana, Portugal
    • AtoBe – Mobility Technology, S.A. Subsidiary · São Domingos de Rana, Portugal
    • BCR - BRISA CONCESSAO RODOVIARIA, S.A. (BCR - BRISA CONCESSÃO RODOVIÁRIA, S.A.) Subsidiary · São Domingos de Rana, Portugal
    • BRISAL- AUTO-ESTRADAS DO LITORAL S.A. Subsidiary · Lisboa, Portugal
    • CONTROLAUTO - CONTROLO TECNICO AUTOMOVEL S.A. Subsidiary · Paço de Arcos, Portugal
    • VIA VERDE PAY, S.A. Subsidiary · São Domingos de Rana, Portugal

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

Founded by Jorge de Brito in 1972.1

Leadership

Who has led Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Portugal

In Portugal Brisa exclusively operates the following motorways with a concession lasting until 2035:

A1 - Auto-estrada do Norte

A2 - Auto-estrada do Sul

A3 - Auto-estrada Porto/Valença

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A4 - Auto-estrada Matosinhos/Amarante

A5 - Auto-estrada da Costa do Estoril

A6 - Auto-estrada Marateca/Caia

A9 - CREL - Circular Regional Exterior de Lisboa

A10 - Auto-estrada Bucelas/Carregado/IC3

A12 - Auto-estrada Setúbal/Montijo

A13 - Auto-estrada Almeirim/Marateca

A14 - Auto-estrada Figueira da Foz/Coimbra Norte

Brisa owns 50% of Auto-Estradas do Atlântico, operator of the A8 and A15 motorways until 2028; 70% of the Brisal concession, which is licensed to run the A17 road until 2034; and with a 45% stake heads the Douro Litoral consortium which will operate the A32, A41 and A43 motorways until 2034.

Two further tenders were awarded to consortia including Brisa in 2009. The firm leads the Auto-estradas do Baixo Tejo concession with a 30% stake, which includes construction, widening, operation and maintenance of motorways and Itinerários Complementares trunk roads in the Setúbal area. Brisa also holds 15% of the Litoral Oeste concession, which covers 112 km of new and existing road around Leiria. Both contracts were awarded through to 2038.

Other major investments held by the company within Portugal include 60% of the Via Verde electronic toll collection system, also used in car parks and for other purposes; 100% of roadside assistance firm Brisa Assistência Rodoviária; and 60% of Controlauto, a chain of outlets offering vehicle inspection services.

The company has signalled its intent to diversify into other modes of transportation. In December 2009 a Brisa-led consortium was awarded a contract to construct the first stage of a high-speed rail link between Lisbon and Madrid by the Portuguese government, giving it a 40-year concession to operate the line within Portugal. Brisa, along with Mota-Engil, also heads the Asterion consortium which intends to bid for control of the Portuguese airport authority ANA should it be privatised by the government; and with it the right to construct and operate the proposed replacement for Lisbon's international airport in Alcochete.

International

In the United States, Brisa holds 100% of the operation of the Northwest Parkway toll road near Denver, Colorado since 2007. In 2007 the firm purchased 30% of Movenience, the electronic toll collection system used in the Western Scheldt Tunnel in the Dutch province of Zeeland; this stake was increased to 40% in 2010.

Brisa's 16.3% holding in Brazilian peer Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias (CCR) was sold in June 2010.

From Wikipedia’s article on Brisa – Auto-estradas de Portugal, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Timeline

  1. 1972Founded Founded1

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