Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência

What Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência does

Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência (FPDD) is a Portuguese non-profit sports federation founded in 1988, headquartered in Olival Basto, Portugal. According to the available firmographic data, its stated function is to train people with disabilities through sport — operating as the recognized national umbrella body organizing para-sport activity within Portugal. It employs between 11 and 50 staff and operates exclusively within the Portuguese market (Europe).

No commercial revenue model, pricing structure, products, services, technology stack, customer segments, partnership agreements, or management team information is disclosed in the available source data. The organization's primary web presence (fpdd.org) was inaccessible due to a verification system, and downstream fields covering funding, M&A, leadership changes, certifications, and headcount are all empty. As a national federation, the implied operating model is membership- and grant-funded — drawing on public sector subsidies, membership dues from affiliated clubs and athletes, event-related income, and sponsorship — but none of these specific revenue mechanics are confirmed in the input.

The organization has no disclosed parent company, no subsidiaries, no app or API presence, and no social media profiles captured. Its investment-relevant differentiators rest entirely on its structural position as the official Portuguese national federation for disabled sport — a designation that confers governance exclusivity over official para-sport representation, athlete licensing, and federation-sanctioned competition within Portugal. Beyond this institutional role, the available evidence does not support claims about technology, commercial product offerings, or growth-stage investment characteristics.

Name

Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência

Legal name

Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência

Website

https://fpdd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência is a Portuguese non-profit national sports federation, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Olival Basto, that trains and organizes sporting activity for people with disabilities in Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Adaptive Sports Federation Services

NAICS

Other Similar Organizations (except Business, Professional, Labor, and Political Organizations) (813990), Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Other Spectator Sports (711219)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPAKACAH

Disability & Adaptive Sports Organizations (Paralympic, Special Olympics)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Collegiate & Amateur Sports Organizations (NCAA, Federations, Clubs)

SECONDARYMPAKAFAL

Disability & Adaptive Sport Governing Bodies (Paralympic & Sport-Specific)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Rights Holders & Governing Bodies (Federations, Associations, Sanctioning Bodies)

SECONDARYMPAKAJAK

Adaptive & Para-Sport Training Programs

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Sports (Leagues, Teams, Events, Venues)/Sports Camps, Academies & Training Centers

Keywords

• Adaptive sports federation
• Disability sports training
• Para-athletics coaching
• Inclusive sports programs
• National sports federation

Headquarters

HQ city

Olival Basto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Federação Portuguesa de Desporto para Pessoas com Deficiência is a Portuguese national sports association (federation) that organizes, trains, and supports athletes with disabilities across adaptive and para-sports disciplines. It operates as a non-profit governance body coordinating competitive and developmental sport for persons with disabilities in Portugal.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Adaptive Sports Training and Athlete Development

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Others

• European Paralympic Committee: Umbrella organization coordinating European Paralympic sport; relevant as a governing ecosystem counterpart and a route to international events, partnerships, and funding relevant to FPDD's athletes.
• Federação Portuguesa de Atletismo: Portugal's athletics federation; relevant as a domestic counterpart governing mainstream track-and-field and a potential partner/competitor for athlete pathways that include adaptive athletics.

Direct peers

• Comité Paralímpico de Portugal: Portugal's national Paralympic committee; operates as the country's overarching body for elite Paralympic sport and overlaps directly with FPDD's mandate around disability sport governance, classification, and athlete pathways.
• Special Olympics Portugal: Portuguese branch of the Special Olympics movement serving athletes with intellectual disabilities; competes for the same volunteer, public-grant, and athlete pools as FPDD.

Broad incumbents

• British Paralympic Association: UK Paralympic body responsible for sending teams to the Paralympic Games; an established, well-funded federation peer with similar national-remit scope and complementary disability-sport ecosystem.
• Comitato Italiano Paralimpico: Italy's national Paralympic body; consolidated federation/Paralympic model comparable in scope to FPDD's mandate, providing a benchmark for how disability sport governance is institutionalized in a neighboring market.
• Deutscher Behindertensportverband: Germany's national federation for disabled sport and Paralympic sport; significantly larger peer that combines federation and NPC functions and provides a model for scaled disability-sport governance.

Regional players

• Comité Paralímpico Español: Spanish Paralympic Committee, a direct counterpart on the Iberian Peninsula managing elite Paralympic sport; useful structural and operational benchmark for the Portuguese federation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FPDDPortugal
• Facebookfacebook.com/fpdd.portugal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fpdd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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