Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Name

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Legal name

Supremo Tribunal de Justiça

Website

https://stj.pt

Company type

Private

Founded year

1833

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Judicial Services

NAICS

Courts (92211), Courts (922110)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIAFAA

Judicial Courts & Court Administration

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAIAFAH

Court Services & Operations (Clerks, Records, Jury, Interpreters)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Justice System (Courts, Prosecution & Corrections)

SECONDARYBPAIADAK

Dispute Resolution, Appeals & Tax Tribunals

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Tax, Revenue & Customs Administration

Keywords

• Supreme court services
• Judicial appeals
• Jurisprudence database
• Civil case adjudication
• Constitutional jurisdiction

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Supremo Tribunal de Justiça administers justice at the highest level of Portugal's ordinary judicial system, operating through four sections (civil, criminal, social/labour, and contentious matters). It adjudicates ordinary appeals from relation courts in civil cases above €30,000 and criminal cases with penalties exceeding 5-8 years, issues habeas corpus decisions, and processes jurisprudence uniformization appeals. The court also provides public digital access to its decisions via the jurisprudence database, publishes the official STJ law journal, and organizes academic colloquiums on legal topics.

Product overview

The Supremo Tribunal de Justiça operates a web-based information platform consisting of its main institutional website (stj.pt), a searchable jurisprudence database (juris.stj.pt), a library service, an official journal (a Revista), and multimedia gallery. These digital services provide public access to court decisions, legal research resources, publications, and institutional communications. The STJ does not offer commercial software products but rather government digital services for judicial administration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Official Website of the Supremo Tribunal de Justiça (stj.pt) Official institutional website of Portugal's Supreme Court of Justice providing access to court information, news, press releases, event announcements, and institutional communications for the legal community and citizens.
• Base de Dados de Acórdãos (Jurisprudence Database at juris.stj.pt) Searchable online database of court rulings (acórdãos) and case summaries enabling legal professionals, academics, and citizens to research judicial decisions from the Supreme Court of Justice.
• Biblioteca do STJ Library service of the Supreme Court of Justice supporting legal research and knowledge development in the field of Law, providing access to legal information resources for legal professionals and researchers.
• a Revista do Supremo Tribunal de Justiça Official law journal of the Supreme Court of Justice publishing scholarly articles and legal analysis from judges and academics for the legal community.
• Sumários dos Acórdãos

Quantifiable outcome

• Handles ordinary appeals from relation courts in civil cases above €30,000
• +3 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered regular and significant.

• Associação Portuguesa de Direito do TrabalhoregularStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 October 2026Partnership for organizing the XVI Colloquium on Labour Law, scheduled for October 22, 2026, at the STJ's Salão Nobre. Part of the STJ's Cycle of Colloquiums dedicated to labour law topics.
• Faculdade de Direito da Universidade NOVA de LisboasignificantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 September 2026Partnership for organizing the II Colloquium on Courts and Artificial Intelligence: An Odyssey in the 21st Century, scheduled for September 24, 2026. The event addresses AI transformation in justice systems, discussing ethics, regulation, impact on judicial decisions, fundamental rights, and AI implementation in Portuguese courts.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Provedoria de Justiça (Portugal): Portugal's Ombudsman institution, an independent public body that investigates citizens' complaints against public authorities. Operates within the same Portuguese legal system and complements the STJ's protection of constitutional rights, but is not a judicial peer — it is an administrative oversight body.

Broad incumbents

• Tribunal de Contas de Portugal: Portugal's Court of Accounts, a sovereign organ that audits public spending and adjudicates fiscal responsibility cases. Comparable in status as a constitutional organ with similar scale and Lisbon HQ, but operates in an adjacent jurisdiction (financial oversight).
• Supremo Tribunal Administrativo (Portugal): Portugal's Supreme Administrative Court, the apex of the administrative and tax court system. Operates as a parallel sovereign court alongside the STJ with similar constitutional standing, headcount scale, and Lisbon location, but specialized in administrative/tax matters.
• Tribunal Constitucional de Portugal: Portugal's Constitutional Court, which sits above the STJ in constitutional matters and has appellate jurisdiction over STJ decisions on constitutional issues. Directly comparable sovereign Portuguese court with a parallel constitutional mandate and similar headcount and Lisbon HQ.

Direct peers

• Corte Suprema di Cassazione (Italy): Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation, the highest court for civil, criminal, and labour matters. Direct peer in function, jurisdiction, and continental legal tradition; comparable scale and similar public-sector institutional model.
• Bundesgerichtshof (Germany): Germany's Federal Court of Justice, the highest court of the ordinary jurisdiction. Comparable apex role in civil and criminal matters, similar institutional independence, and operates as a harmonizer of jurisprudence across Germany's federal court system.
• Cour de cassation (France): France's supreme court of the ordinary judicial order, the closest European analogue to the STJ. Same functional role (appellate review + jurisprudence uniformization), similar constitutional independence, and shared Romano-Germanic legal tradition.
• Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: The United Kingdom's final appellate court for civil and criminal matters across England and Wales, and for non-devolved matters across the UK. Direct peer in appellate and jurisprudence-harmonizing role, with comparable institutional prestige and public-service governance.
• Tribunal Supremo (Spain): Spain's Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo), the highest court in the ordinary jurisdiction of Spain. Closest functional peer — same role, same Iberian legal tradition, comparable caseload, and operates as both appellate court and harmonizer of jurisprudence, with similar public-sector governance structure.

Others

• Conselho Superior da Magistratura (Portugal): Portugal's Superior Council of the Judiciary, which oversees the disciplinary and administrative management of judges and is presided over by the President of the STJ. Closely linked institution — not a peer court, but a governance and oversight counterpart within the same judicial system.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

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