Farmacia Ascensão

What Farmacia Ascensão does

Farmacia Ascensão is a pharmacy operating from Rua Conceição Samek Antunes 9 in Almada, Portugal, listed with approximately five employees in firmographic data. The entity is associated with ifarmacias.pt, a consumer-facing directory service branded "Farmácias de Serviço" that locates on-duty ("de serviço") pharmacies across Portugal, including all 18 mainland districts and the Azores and Madeira archipelagos. The directory surfaces structured listings with addresses, telephone numbers, and duty schedules, and is complemented by a health-themed editorial section publishing news articles.

The platform is distributed through native mobile applications on Apple's App Store, Google Play, and Huawei's AppGallery, alongside a desktop web property at ifarmacias.pt. An embeddable widget is offered for third-party websites, allowing external publishers — including municipalities, news outlets, and health portals — to surface on-duty pharmacy data on their own pages, effectively turning the directory into a syndicated data feed. Coverage appears comprehensive at the national level, with content localised to Portuguese districts and regions.

The operating model is consistent with a free-to-consumer, advertising- or listing-supported directory: end-users access pharmacy information without payment, while monetisation (not publicly disclosed) would logically flow from pharmacies seeking featured placement, partner municipalities needing a duty-roster feed, or third-party sites licensing the widget. The business is small-scale — five employees, single physical location — and the input material contains no disclosures on revenue, funding, ownership, or corporate structure, making any financial characterisation indicative only.

Name

Farmacia Ascensão

Legal name

Farmacias de Serviço

Website

https://ifarmacias.pt

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Farmacia Ascensão is a small pharmacy in Almada, Portugal, associated with ifarmacias.pt, a nationwide directory and mobile apps that help consumers locate on-duty ("de serviço") pharmacies across all 18 mainland districts and the Azores and Madeira.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Farmacia Ascensão operates the "Farmácias de Serviço" (ifarmacias.pt) platform, a Portuguese pharmacy service directory that helps consumers locate pharmacies open outside regular business hours. The platform covers all 18 mainland districts of Portugal plus the Madeira and Azores archipelagos, and is accessible via a web portal, iOS, Android, and Huawei mobile applications, with an embeddable widget for third-party websites.

Product overview

Farmácias de Serviço é uma plataforma portuguesa de pesquisa e localização de farmácias de serviço (farmácias abertas fora do horário normal) em Portugal continental e ilhas. A oferta assenta numa plataforma web central (https://ifarmacias.pt/) que cobre todos os 18 distritos de Portugal continental bem como os arquipélagos da Madeira e dos Açores. Complementarmente, a plataforma disponibiliza um conjunto de aplicações móveis para iOS, Android e Huawei, permitindo aos utilizadores aceder às farmácias de serviço a partir dos seus smartphones. Adicionalmente, é oferecido um widget embeddável para que proprietários de websites ou blogs possam incorporar a listagem de farmácias de serviço nas suas próprias páginas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plataforma Web Farmácias de Serviço Web portal for searching and locating duty pharmacies in Portugal, organized by district and island, with search functionality by locality or pharmacy name.
• Aplicação Móvel iOS iOS smartphone application that allows users to access duty pharmacy information directly from their mobile devices.
• Aplicação Móvel Android Android application that allows users to access duty pharmacy information from their smartphone.
• Aplicação Móvel Huawei Application available on Huawei App Gallery for Huawei device users to access duty pharmacy information.
• Widget para Websites Embeddable widget that allows website or blog owners to display duty pharmacies from their municipality directly on their own pages.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• GoodRx: GoodRx is a US-based pharmacy/medication discovery and savings platform with massive consumer reach. Comparable as a directory-monetization reference point — its model of pulling together pharmacy/medication information and monetizing it via advertising and partnerships is the same category the subject operates in.
• Zocdoc: Zocdoc is a major US doctor-finder and appointment-booking marketplace. Comparable as a digital directory business that monetizes healthcare-provider discovery through listings, partnerships, and a consumer-facing search experience, analogous to what ifarmacias.pt does locally.
• Doctoralia (Docplanner): Doctoralia operates one of the largest healthcare professional directories in Iberia and Latin America, including Portugal, with appointment-booking and practitioner listing features. Comparable as a broader-scope healthcare directory that overlaps with the subject's 'find a service' consumer pattern.
• Doctolib: Doctolib is the dominant pan-European healthcare booking and directory platform with millions of users. It is comparable as a scaled, well-funded incumbent in the same category (online healthcare service discovery) that the subject operates in at a much smaller scope.

Direct peers

• Wells: Wells is a large national pharmacy chain in Portugal with its own digital store locator and mobile app, including information about operating hours and on-call service. As a chain-controlled competitor, it competes directly for pharmacy-discovery queries in Portugal.
• BenU: BenU is one of the leading pharmacy retail groups in Portugal with a network across the country and its own online presence. Comparable to the subject because it can natively surface 'open now' and duty-pharmacy information to its customer base.
• Farmácias Portuguesas: The Portuguese national pharmacy association platform operates a pharmacy search/listing service across Portugal with mobile apps. It overlaps directly with the subject's duty-pharmacy directory use case and can offer the same information 'first-party,' making it the most direct comparator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/farmportugal
• Facebookfacebook.com/farmaciasdeservico
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/farmacia-ascens%C3%A3o
• Instagraminstagram.com/farmaciasdeservico

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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