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title: Portugal: business websites and AI agents, city by city · The Direct Index
url: https://directindex.org/country/pt?format=md
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# Portugal: which businesses can AI agents use?

974 business websites scanned in 2 cities of Portugal, across 10 indexes. 46% of the reachable sites take a booking or an order on their own site, 34% turn an AI crawler away at the edge, 25% of scanned sites score A or B. Numbers as of 2026-10-14.

974

business websites scanned, of 1,164 with a site of their own

46%

take a booking or an order on their own site

34%

turn an AI crawler away at the edge

25%

score A or B (247 sites)

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A 65 · B 182 · C 230 · D 175 · F 322

Shares are over the 850 reachable sites; A or B over all scanned. [Methodology](https://directindex.org/methodology) · [Markdown](https://directindex.org/country/pt?format=md) · [JSON](https://directindex.org/api/country/pt) · [Rankings](https://directindex.org/rankings).

 Cities

## Portugal, city by city

Every index of each city added together; the kinds are listed under the city and each has its own page.

| City | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | A or B | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lisbon](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon) Lisboa
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon-cafes-bars) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon-clinics) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/lisbon-tours) | 636 | 47% | 35% | 26% |
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A 48 · B 115 · C 151 · D 115 · F 207

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| [Porto](https://directindex.org/city/porto)
[restaurants and fast food](https://directindex.org/city/porto) · [cafes and bars](https://directindex.org/city/porto-cafes-bars) · [tours, attractions and museums](https://directindex.org/city/porto-tours) · [hairdressers and beauty salons](https://directindex.org/city/porto-salons) · [dentists, clinics and vets](https://directindex.org/city/porto-clinics) | 338 | 44% | 32% | 25% |
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A 17 · B 67 · C 79 · D 60 · F 115

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Side by side: [Lisbon / Porto](https://directindex.org/compare/lisbon/porto).

 Kinds

## By kind of business

| Kind | Sites scanned | Book or order on their own site | Turn a crawler away | A or B | Grades |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| restaurants and fast food 2 indexes | 513 | 48% | 31% | 33% |
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A 56 · B 113 · C 101 · D 91 · F 152

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| cafes and bars 2 indexes | 191 | 36% | 44% | 20% |
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A 8 · B 31 · C 47 · D 33 · F 72

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| hairdressers and beauty salons 2 indexes | 44 | 39% | 42% | 14% |
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A 0 · B 6 · C 13 · D 7 · F 18

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| dentists, clinics and vets 2 indexes | 87 | 48% | 28% | 18% |
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A 1 · B 15 · C 26 · D 17 · F 28

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| tours, attractions and museums 2 indexes | 139 | 51% | 34% | 12% |
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A 0 · B 17 · C 43 · D 27 · F 52

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 Vendors

## Booking and ordering vendors common in Portugal

Sites in the country whose booking or ordering runs through each vendor, on the business's own domain or on a marketplace, from the daily vendor pass. Each vendor's page says how its sites score.

| Vendor | Sites |
| --- | --- |
| [TheFork](https://directindex.org/vendors/thefork) | 57 |
| [Uber Eats](https://directindex.org/vendors/ubereats) | 18 |
| [SevenRooms](https://directindex.org/vendors/sevenrooms) | 13 |
| [CoverManager](https://directindex.org/vendors/covermanager) | 9 |
| [Zomato](https://directindex.org/vendors/zomato) | 7 |
| [Zenchef](https://directindex.org/vendors/zenchef) | 5 |
| [Glovo](https://directindex.org/vendors/glovo) | 4 |
| [Bolt Food](https://directindex.org/vendors/bolt_food) | 1 |
| [Booking.com](https://directindex.org/vendors/booking_com) | 1 |
| [Eat App](https://directindex.org/vendors/eatapp) | 1 |

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