What Percentil does

Percentil - Consultoria, Projectos e Formação em Ambiente e Segurança no Trabalho, Lda. is a Portuguese B2B professional services firm founded in 2004 and headquartered in Taguspark, Oeiras. The company delivers consulting, auditing, training, and on-site coordination services across four core domains: Environmental Management, Occupational Health & Safety (OHS), Ergonomics, and Construction Safety Coordination. Its regulatory positioning is central: Percentil is authorized by ACT (Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho) to provide external OHS services and is a DGERT-accredited training entity, with all trainers holding CCP certifications. The service portfolio includes ISO 14001/45001/9001 implementation and internal audits, environmental and occupational monitoring (noise, lighting, VOCs, explosive atmospheres, thermal comfort), risk assessments, IPPC licensing support, and integrated management system rollouts. A 2024 productization step introduced an OnCloud H&S Documentation Management service with compliance-linked access control.

The firm serves industrial manufacturers, construction companies, and service-sector clients in Portugal, with a publicly displayed logo base of 60+ enterprises including ABB, Nestlé, L'Oréal, Cargill, Saint-Gobain, ThyssenKrupp, Nokia, Canon, Otis, Schindler, and Continente. Its go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-based, with project-based engagement, quote-based pricing, and a "Request a Quote" intake model. Distribution is single-country, delivered through a small technical team (11-50 employees) led by founding partners Gonçalo Nunes and João Heleno, both previously of AMBISEGUR. Marketing is primarily content-driven via the company website and organic social (LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram), with a password-protected client portal for existing customers.

Revenue mechanics are entirely project-based professional services across consulting, training, safety coordination, and monitoring/testing streams. No subscription, licensing, or transaction-based revenue is disclosed. The firm reports zero fatal workplace accidents in its tracked engagements and references ACT 2018 industry data positioning construction and manufacturing as the leading causes of workplace accidents in Portugal. There are no funding rounds, M&A activity, parent entities, or public listings; the firm operates as an independent, founder-controlled private limited company (NIF 507004973).

Name

Percentil

Legal name

Percentil - Consultoria, Projectos e Formação em Ambiente e Segurança no Trabalho, Lda.

Website

https://percentil.com.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Percentil is a Portuguese B2B consulting firm, founded 2004 and based in Oeiras, that delivers ACT-authorized occupational health & safety, environmental management, ergonomics, and DGERT-accredited training services to industrial, construction, and service-sector enterprise clients in Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental, Health & Safety Consulting Services

NAICS

Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Services, Nec (8900)

akta.pro primary industry

Product, Safety & Quality Compliance (incl. Regulatory Affairs) (BPAHAFAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Occupational Safety, OSHA & Workplace Compliance Training (EDAOAMAK)

Keywords

• Occupational health safety consulting
• Environmental management services
• ISO certification consulting
• Construction safety coordination
• Ergonomics workplace analysis

Headquarters

HQ city

Oeiras

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Consulting Services: Project-based consulting engagements covering environmental management, occupational health & safety, and ergonomics. Services include risk assessments, audits, compliance verification, and implementation support for management systems.
2. Training Services: DGERT-accredited training programs in environment and health & safety. All trainers hold professional competency certificates (CCP). Training is delivered using professional experience of technical staff as a key tool.
3. Safety Coordination Services: Construction safety coordination services including project safety coordination and on-site safety coordination for construction clients.
4. Monitoring and Testing Services: Environmental parameter monitoring services using specialized equipment. Company has access to accredited laboratories when necessary for specialized testing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Percentil is a Portuguese consulting, project, and training firm delivering professional services in Environment, Occupational Health & Safety, and Ergonomics. It provides environmental management consulting (including ISO 14001 implementation, waste management, and IPPC licensing), ACT-authorized external occupational health & safety services (risk assessments, audits, contingency plans, SEVESO II analysis), construction safety coordination, ergonomics studies, internal audits, legal compliance verification, DGERT-accredited training, and environmental monitoring.

Product overview

Percentil is a consulting, projects, and training company offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional services in Environment, Health and Safety at Work, and Ergonomics. Founded in 2004 and ACT-authorized, the company operates as a unified service offering rather than a software platform, delivering services across Environmental Management, Health and Safety at Work, Training, Construction Safety Coordination, Ergonomics, Audits, Monitoring, Legal Compliance Verification, and Integrated Management Systems Implementation. The portfolio is delivered through a team of qualified technical professionals and includes DGERT-accredited training, internal audits (Quality ISO 9001, Environment ISO 14001, Safety ISO 45001), and occupational health and safety services. Additionally, an H&S Documentation Management service using OnCloud platform is offered for document management and compliance tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Environmental Management Services (Gestão Ambiental)
• Occupational Health & Safety Services (Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho)
• Construction Safety and Environmental Coordination (Construção)
• Ergonomics (Ergonomia)
• Training (Formação)
• Audits (Auditorias)
• Environmental and Occupational Monitoring (Monitorizações)
• Legal Compliance Verification (Conformidade Legal)
• Integrated Management Systems Implementation (Sistemas de Gestão Integrados)
• H&S Documentation Management

Named customers20 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACT (Autoridade para as Condições de Trabalho)coreOthersOfficial regulatory authorization body for occupational health and safety services in Portugal. Percentil operates as an authorized external service provider under ACT regulation, providing compliance services that require this authorization.
• DGERT (Direção-Geral do Emprego e das Relações de Trabalho)coreOthersPortuguese government authority for employment and labor relations. DGERT accreditation certifies Percentil as an official training entity in their competence areas.
• ISEL (Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa)minorOthersSuperior Engineering Institute of Lisbon - technical institution whose graduates include founding partners. Company references academic credentials from ISEL in their qualifications.
• IST (Instituto Superior Técnico)minorOthersMajor technical university in Portugal with presence in Taguspark. Referenced in company context regarding postgraduate training.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• SGS: SGS is the world's largest testing, inspection and certification (TIC) company with a strong Portugal presence. It offers EHS audits, ISO 14001/45001 certification support, environmental monitoring and OHS advisory - the same core services that Percentil provides to Portuguese enterprises.
• Applus+: Applus+ is a Spanish-headquartered TIC group with deep Iberian presence in construction safety coordination (OHS coordination), ISO certification, environmental consulting and industrial inspection, making it one of the closest direct competitors to Percentil in the Portuguese market.
• LRQA (Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance): LRQA is a UK-headquartered assurance provider focused on ISO management system certification (ISO 9001/14001/45001), training and EHS advisory, mirroring Percentil's audit-led business model and competing for the same enterprise certifications.
• DNV: DNV is a Norwegian-origin TIC firm with a dedicated management system certification and EHS advisory practice offering ISO 14001/45001 audits and supply-chain ESG advisory - matching Percentil's integrated management systems and environmental consulting offerings.
• Bureau Veritas: Bureau Veritas is a global TIC competitor that operates an Iberian business delivering ISO management system certification, environmental compliance, construction safety coordination and OHS services - directly overlapping with Percentil's full service portfolio.

Emerging players

• QIMA: QIMA is an emerging TIC platform with a strong ESG and supply-chain compliance offering that increasingly bundles ISO management system and sustainability audits, positioning it as a partial-overlap competitor to Percentil's ISO 14001/45001 practice.
• ELEVATE: ELEVATE is an emerging ESG advisory and supply-chain compliance firm that overlaps with Percentil's environmental and regulatory compliance consulting, but with a more software- and data-led delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• UL Solutions: UL Solutions is a US-based TIC firm with a growing sustainability and EHS advisory practice, including ISO 14001/45001 auditing and ESG advisory, comparable to Percentil's environmental and safety compliance services as a larger incumbent.
• TÜV Rheinland: TÜV Rheinland is a large German TIC incumbent offering occupational safety training, environmental testing and ISO certification globally, including Portugal. It is comparable as a broader incumbent with overlapping EHS services rather than as a direct Portugal-focused competitor.
• TÜV SÜD: TÜV SÜD is another German TIC incumbent providing ISO certification, OHS services and environmental compliance consulting across Europe. It competes with Percentil on enterprise audits and training but operates a much broader portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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