Portugal’s business confidence indicator edged down to 2.8 in September 2026 from 2.9 in the previous month. Sentiment weakened in construction and public works (4.5 vs 4.9) after increasing for the previous six months, while confidence in overall trade fell sharply to 1.7 from 3, reflecting a marked deterioration among wholesalers (-1.5 vs -0.1) and retailers (4.9 vs 6.1). Meanwhile, confidence improved slightly among manufacturers (-4.3 vs -4.4) and in services (8.8 vs 8.4). Looking ahead, expectations for accelerating price growth increased across all sectors, particularly in manufacturing, services and trade, and more moderately in construction and public works. source: Statistics Portugal
Business Confidence in Portugal decreased to 2.80 points in September from 2.90 points in August of 2026. Business Confidence in Portugal averaged 1.74 points from 1989 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 5.80 points in April of 1998 and a record low of -6.40 points in June of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Portugal Business Confidence - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Portugal Business Confidence - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2026.
Business Confidence in Portugal decreased to 2.80 points in September from 2.90 points in August of 2026. Business Confidence in Portugal is expected to be 2.70 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Portugal Business Confidence is projected to trend around 2.60 points in 2027 and 2.50 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.