Porto-based Sisqual, a workforce management software company, is expanding its international footprint by opening offices in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey, Mexico, and Colombia. This expansion, backed by a €3.5 million investment, is expected to help the company double its revenue to €20 million.
Sisqual, which currently operates in ten countries and employs 130 people, plans to hire 30 more employees, including 20 local staff for the new offices and 10 remote software developers.
Founded in 1992, the company specializes in workforce and productivity management software for sectors that require constant staff availability, such as healthcare, retail, hospitality, and transportation. Sisqual’s major clients include SNS (Portugal’s National Health Service), Mercadona, Metro AG (Makro), Leroy Merlin, Sheraton, and Sonae Group (Continente, Worten, Sport Zone, etc.).
CEO Frederico Magalhães, a former robotics professor at Cranfield University, highlights that 80% of the company’s revenue comes from the healthcare and food retail sectors, with Portuguese and Brazilian clients being the dominant contributors.
Sisqual’s AI-driven software helps businesses optimize staffing by analyzing historical transaction data, predicting customer flow, and automating work schedules. The system enables hypermarkets and hospitals to allocate staff efficiently, ensuring optimal workforce distribution.
Sisqual’s Workforce Management solution costs between €1 and €4 per employee, depending on features, making it ideal for businesses with over 100 employees. The company, which started by monitoring factory production data, pivoted in 2003 to focus on human resource optimization, launching its first workforce management solution for Gato Preto and the Portuguese Red Cross.
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