What Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal does

Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal is the Portuguese operating subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific SE (Euronext Paris: ERF), a publicly listed global testing services group with approximately 62,000 employees, more than 900 laboratories, and operations in 62 countries. The Portuguese entity was established in 2005 with the launch of its Environment division and has since expanded into five service lines: Environment, Food & Agro, Agriculture, Agroscience, and Assurance/Consumer Products. Headcount is reported in the 51-100 range, indicating a mid-sized local platform serving the Portuguese market.

The lab offers accredited testing services across environmental monitoring (water, soil, air, asbestos, waste), food and feed safety (pesticide residues, microbiology, nutrition), agricultural inputs, agroscience field studies, and consumer product assurance. It holds IPAC accreditations L0705, L0748, and L0728, ISO 45001 occupational health certification, and is the first Portuguese lab certified by ZERYA for pesticide residue analysis in fruit and vegetables, with additional recognition from DGADR and DGAV. Differentiated methods include proprietary Eurofins group technologies such as SNIF-NMR for wine and juice authentication, TerraAttesT for soil and sludge, DNA Multiscan for GMO detection, and EquiFeed for animal nutrition, supported by an online results platform branded EOL.

Revenue is generated through fee-for-service testing on a per-sample basis (for example, EUR 47 per asbestos fiber count analysis), targeting industrial operators, environmental consultants, food producers, agribusiness, construction firms, and public-sector clients. The Portuguese subsidiary does not report standalone financials; consolidated reporting sits with the parent. Strategic activity has been concentrated on inorganic expansion (acquisition of Lagra in 2022), geographic build-out (North operations center in 2022), and scope extensions to its IPAC accreditation, including a 2024 expansion adding 52 substances to the Lisbon lab's accredited menu.

Name

Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal

Legal name

Eurofins Scientific SE

Website

https://eurofins.pt

Company type

Public

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal is the Portuguese testing subsidiary of Eurofins Scientific, operating five accredited laboratories covering environmental, food, agricultural, agroscience, and consumer product testing for industrial, public, and agribusiness clients across Portugal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Testing Services

NAICS

Testing Laboratories and Services (541380), Testing Laboratories and Services (54138)

SIC

Services-Testing Laboratories (8734), Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731)

akta.pro primary industry

Laboratory Testing & Analytical Services (in-house/contract labs; microbiology, metals, organics) (EUANAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Testing Laboratories (Microbiological, Chemical, Allergen) (AFALAAAA), Water, Ice & Process Utility Testing for Food Operations (AFALAAAJ)

Keywords

• Environmental laboratory testing
• Food safety testing
• Agricultural testing services
• Asbestos fiber analysis
• Pesticide residue testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Sobrosa

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Environmental Testing Services: Laboratory analytical services for environmental matrices including water, soil, waste, air, gas effluents, sludge, compost, and materials. Services provided to industrial companies, environmental consultants, contractors, and government authorities.
2. Consumer Product Assurance Services: Compliance audits, product inspection, and QA-QC programs for consumer products industry including apparel, footwear, electronics, and toys.
3. Food and Agro Testing: Microbiological, pesticide, contaminant analysis and nutritional testing services for food industry, agricultural sector, and consumer products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal is a Portuguese environmental and agro-food analytical laboratory that provides testing services for water, soil, air, food, and agricultural products. The laboratory delivers routine and specialized analyses, including physico-chemical, microbiological, and contaminant testing, supporting industrial, agricultural, food, and public-sector clients with compliance and quality assurance needs. It operates as part of the Eurofins global network, leveraging shared proprietary methods and accreditations.

Product overview

Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal operates as part of Eurofins Scientific Group, offering a multi-division portfolio of laboratory testing and assurance services. The core offerings include: Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Portugal (environmental analysis for waters, soils, waste, air, gas effluents, microplastics, PFAS, TerraAttesT®); Eurofins Food & Agro Portugal (food safety testing including pesticides, microbiology, allergens, heavy metals, mycotoxins, vitamins, OGM, wine authenticity); Eurofins Agro testing Portugal (agricultural analysis covering irrigation water, soil, foliar tissue, fertilizers, Plant Doctor phytopathology, DNA Multiscan, silage and horse nutrition); Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (QA-QC programs, social compliance auditing with Sedex SMETA and amfori BSCI, product inspection for garments/textiles/footwear, DuPro FRI pre-production inspection); Eurofins Agroscience Services (crop protection, seed services, regulatory consultancy); and Eurofins OnLine (EOL) digital platform for online sample management and results access. The divisions operate independently under the Eurofins Portugal umbrella while sharing common digital infrastructure.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Eurofins Consumer Products Assurance (Eurofins CPA): Provides comprehensive supply chain assurance to the consumer products industry through factory audits, product inspection, and training programs.
• Eurofins Lagra
• EquiFeed
• EurofinsOnLine
• SMETA
• amfori BSCI
• TerraAttesT

Products and services

• TerraAttesT® Proprietary packaged analytical service offering soil analysis for environmental and agricultural applications.
• SNIF-NMR® Proprietary NMR-based testing service used to authenticate the origin and composition of wines and detect sugar adulteration.
• Eurofins OnLine (EOL) Client-facing digital platform that enables sample registration, tracking, and delivery of analytical results online.
• Plant Doctor Diagnostic service that identifies plant diseases and pathogens using molecular and microbiological methods for agricultural clients.
• DNA Multiscan Multi-pathogen molecular detection service used to screen agricultural and food samples for a range of pathogens in a single assay.
• EquiFeed® Equine nutrition analysis package that evaluates feed composition for horse owners, breeders, and feed manufacturers.
• Environmental Laboratory Testing (water, soil, air, waste) Core accredited testing service covering physico-chemical, microbiological, asbestos, and contaminant analyses of water, soil, air, sediment, and waste for industrial, municipal, and environmental clients.
• Food and Feed Testing Services Analytical testing services for the food and feed industry covering nutritional, microbiological, contaminant, and residue analyses for producers, retailers, and regulators.
• Agricultural Testing Services (Eurofins Agro) Soil, crop, and agronomic testing services for farmers, agronomists, and cooperatives to support fertilizer planning and crop performance.

Quantifiable outcome

• 200+ chemical compounds screened in TerraAttesT® package
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• amfori BSCIcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEurofins conducts amfori BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative) audits based on ILO labor standards, evaluating suppliers across 13 Performance Areas including social management systems, worker protection, freedom of association, non-discrimination, fair remuneration, working hours, health and safety, child labor prevention, youth protection, no precarious employment, no forced labor, environmental protection, and ethical business behavior.

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves12 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Lapesa (Lapsa) / Portuguese regional labs: Smaller Iberian and Portuguese analytical laboratories offering niche environmental, food, or agricultural testing services. Provide localized competition for routine samples that Eurofins Portugal does not serve directly.

Direct peers

• Mérieux NutriSciences: Specialist food testing and sensory research provider with European lab network. Closely comparable on Eurofins Portugal's food testing, pesticide residue, microbiology, and shelf-life work for the same food-industry customers.
• Bureau Veritas Portugal: Local operations of Bureau Veritas, another TIC incumbent. Competes head-to-head with Eurofins Portugal for environmental, agri-food, and industrial commodity testing contracts across Portugal.
• SGS Portugal: Portuguese arm of SGS SA, the global testing, inspection and certification leader. Overlaps directly with Eurofins Portugal on environmental, food, and consumer-product testing for industrial clients, governments, and agribusiness in the same Portuguese market.
• Intertek Portugal: Portuguese presence of Intertek Group. Overlaps with Eurofins Portugal on food, environmental, and product testing, serving similar industrial, food, and consumer-products customers.
• TÜV Rheinland / TÜV SÜD Portugal: Germany-rooted TIC groups with Portuguese offices providing environmental, product safety, and food/feed testing. Compete with Eurofins Portugal on industrial compliance and consumer-product assurance audits.
• ALS Global (Portugal): ALS Life Sciences operates testing laboratories across food, environmental, and agricultural matrices with a presence in Iberia. Directly competes in soil, water, residue, and microbiology testing work similar to Eurofins Portugal's portfolio.

Emerging players

• Silliker (Mérieux) Portugal operations: Food-safety testing brand within Mérieux NutriSciences focused on microbiological and chemical analysis for food producers. Directly comparable to Eurofins Portugal's food testing division for shared food-industry customers.

Broad incumbents

• Eurofins Lab Environment Testing Spain: Adjacent Iberian sister entity of Eurofins Scientific with overlapping environmental/food/agro testing scope. Operates in the same macro region and offers cross-border capacity that affects competitive dynamics for Portuguese clients.
• Eurofins Scientific SE (parent): Public parent (Euronext Paris: ERF) operating 900+ labs across 62 countries. Sets group methods, IT platforms, and pricing that this Portuguese entity deploys, and houses the SNIF-NMR® and TerraAttesT® IP leveraged locally.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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