Lima Cabrita SGPS S.A.

Lima Cabrita SGPS S.A. is a Portuguese holding company (sociedade gestora de participações sociais) based in São Bartolomeu de Messines, in the Faro district of the Algarve. It is the parent of Grupo Lima Cabrita, a family-controlled group whose origins date to 1987, when the Centro Médico de Messines and the Óptica de Messines were created to bring healthcare and optical services to the town and its surrounding localities. The group was founded on the vision of Eng. José Manuel Lima Cabrita, and its stated positioning has remained constant since the beginning: service excellence and close attention to the customer. From that starting point the group has grown by opening new stores, by establishing a specialised ophthalmology clinic, and by diversifying its activities. Its operations are concentrated in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, where it serves local communities through a proximity-based model. The group describes its core values as proximity, team development, quality and trust, and presents quality as a timeless business strategy rather than a short-term objective. As a holding company, Lima Cabrita SGPS S.A. coordinates participations across the group's businesses rather than operating a single storefront. Its public identity is that of a regional, family-owned Portuguese group with a healthcare and optical retail heritage, still guided by the founder's original principles. The company is privately held and does not appear to be listed on a stock exchange.

Grupo Lima Cabrita was born in 1987 with the creation of the Centro Médico de Messines and the Óptica de Messines. The purpose was to offer services that, until then, were not easily accessible to the population of the town of São Bartolomeu de Messines and the surrounding localities. The positioning of the companies was clear from the outset and centred on service excellence and attention to the customer — values that remain essential and transversal pillars across the whole group and that are based on the vision of its founder, Eng. José Manuel Lima Cabrita. Since its origin the group has grown through the opening of new stores, through a clinic specialised in ophthalmology, and through the diversification of its activities. This trajectory reflects a deliberate strategy of expanding from a local healthcare and optical base into a broader set of proximity services while retaining the same customer-focused principles. The group's public communication continues to emphasise quality as a timeless business strategy and to present proximity, team development, quality and trust as its core values. Today Lima Cabrita SGPS S.A. functions as the holding company of the group, based in the Faro district of Portugal. It remains a privately held, family-linked Portuguese group whose identity is closely tied to the Algarve region and to the founder's original vision.

• 1987

  Grupo Lima Cabrita founded with the creation of Centro Médico de Messines and Óptica de Messines.

• Group grows through the opening of new stores and the establishment of a specialised ophthalmology clinic.

• Diversification of group activities beyond the original healthcare and optical businesses.

Proximity-based, quality-focused family group serving the Algarve through healthcare, optical and diversified retail services.

• Centro Médico de Messines

  Medical centre established at the group's founding in 1987.

• Óptica de Messines

  Optical retail business established at the group's founding in 1987.

• Specialised ophthalmology clinic

  A clinic specialised in ophthalmology developed as part of the group's growth.

1. 1Grupo Lima Cabrita SGPS | Ao seu lado desde 1987!limacabrita.pt
2. 2Lima Cabrita SGPS S.A. (Portugal) - Wikidatawikidata.org