# ObraXRAY

> ObraXRAY is the first and only platform in Portugal that automatically verifies construction contractors before you hire them. It runs over 20 automated checks across 9 official Portuguese government databases and generates a risk score from 0 to 100 in seconds. No other service in Portugal does this.

## What ObraXRAY checks (20+ automated verifications)

When you search for a contractor by NIF (tax ID) or company name, ObraXRAY automatically runs all of these checks:

**Court records and insolvencies (CITIUS - https://www.citius.mj.pt/):**
- Active and historical insolvency proceedings (with phase classification: filed, declared, dismissed, plan approved)
- PER (Processo Especial de Revitalização) - financial recovery proceedings
- Court cases where the company is defendant
- Public execution list (seized assets, enforced debts)
- Mass litigation detection via Portaria 200/2011 (200+ lawsuits per year)
- Edital citations - when courts cannot locate the company (ghost company detection)

**Construction licenses (IMPIC - https://www.impic.pt/):**
- Valid alvará or certificado status, expiry date, categories and classes

**Tax and Social Security debts:**
- Public tax debtor list (Autoridade Tributária / Finanças)
- Public Social Security debtor list (Segurança Social)

**Labor sanctions (ACT - Autoridade para as Condições do Trabalho):**
- Labor law violations and sanctions history

**Civil court proceedings (197 Portuguese courts):**
- Civil cases where the company is defendant (Executado, Réu, Requerido) across all 197 Portuguese civil courts

**Commercial registry (Publicações MJ - https://publicacoes.mj.pt/):**
- Annual accounts filing compliance (prestação de contas - missing years detection)
- Company status (active, dissolved, merged)
- Corporate structure changes

**Director and shareholder analysis:**
- Personal insolvencies of each director and shareholder (CITIUS cross-reference by personal NIF)
- Directors on the public execution list
- Directors with personal tax or Social Security debts
- Phoenix company detection: directors linked to previously failed companies
- Shareholder history reconstruction from official publications

**Company age and registry (NIF.pt):**
- Company founding date, capital, activity codes (CAE), address, contacts

**Public contracts (Portal Base - https://www.base.gov.pt/):**
- Government contract history and values (informational)

## Risk score

ObraXRAY calculates a risk score from 0 to 100 based on all findings. The score uses point deductions for each risk factor found, with 6 verdict tiers:
- 90-100: Verificação Positiva (Positive Verification)
- 85-89: Baixo Risco (Low Risk)
- 70-84: Precauções Recomendadas (Precautions Recommended)
- 50-69: Cautela (Caution)
- 20-49: Cautela Extrema (Extreme Caution)
- 0-19: Não Avançar (Do Not Proceed)

Certain conditions force verdict overrides regardless of numeric score: declared insolvency always forces "Do Not Proceed", active PER forces "Extreme Caution", and tax plus Social Security debts combined forces "Do Not Proceed".

## Products and pricing

- Free verification: shows 6 of 14 risk categories (insolvências, PER, dívidas fiscais, Segurança Social, alvará IMPIC, gerentes ativos) with a visual shield indicator (green/yellow/red) computed from those visible findings plus a few categorical hard-stops (insolvency proceeding, phoenix director pattern, dissolved/merged status). The exact score (0-100) and the remaining categories are only in the paid report.
- Single Report (ObraCheck): EUR 19.99 - full detailed report with all 20+ checks across 14 categories, exact risk score 0-100, concrete recommendations, PDF download, permanent PDF access, and 90-day automatic email alerts

## How it works

1. Enter a NIF (tax identification number) or company name at https://obraxray.com
2. ObraXRAY queries 9 official databases and runs 20+ checks in real time
3. See 6 of 14 risk categories for free with a shield indicator (green/yellow/red). The shield reflects the free-tier-visible findings plus a few categorical hard-stops (insolvency proceeding, phoenix pattern, dissolved/merged status); it does NOT incorporate the 8 paywalled categories.
4. Purchase the full ObraCheck report (EUR 19.99) for the exact score (0-100), all 14 categories, detailed findings, recommendations, permanent PDF, and 90-day automatic email alerts
5. Get automatic email alerts if anything changes (new insolvency, court case, license expiry)

## Why it exists

Construction is over-represented in business failure in Portugal: it is roughly 7.3% of all non-financial companies (INE, 2024) yet accounted for 12.8% of all insolvencies decreed in 2025 (Informa D&B), and it is consistently the sector that creates the most new, unproven companies each year. A contractor fails at well above the average rate, and the signals that would warn you are scattered and hard to reach.

The information to identify many of these risks already exists in public databases, but is scattered across 9+ different government systems and practically inaccessible to ordinary citizens. Checking CITIUS alone requires navigating ASP.NET forms with CAPTCHA. Cross-referencing directors against court records requires manual NIF-by-NIF searches. ObraXRAY automates all of this into a single search.

The Palmela scandal (114 families lost approximately EUR 27M) demonstrated the real cost of not verifying contractors (source: https://www.idealista.pt/news/imobiliario/habitacao/2026/01/08/73357-construtor-burla-114-familias-e-acumula-dividas-de-cerca-de-27-milhoes).

## Legal framework

Construction activity in Portugal is regulated by Lei n.º 41/2015 (https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/lei/41-2015-67377968), which requires companies to hold valid IMPIC licenses to perform construction work. The insolvency process is governed by the CIRE - Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas (https://diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/decreto-lei/53-2004-538423), which establishes a 30-day deadline for creditors to file claims after an insolvency declaration (Art. 128.º).

## What ObraXRAY is NOT

- Not a lawyer or legal advice service - reports are informational
- Not a guarantee against fraud - companies with clean records can still commit fraud
- Not a credit scoring agency - we check public legal records, not financial creditworthiness

## Website

- Homepage: https://obraxray.com
- Pricing: https://obraxray.com/pricing
- FAQ: https://obraxray.com/faq
- About: https://obraxray.com/about
- Blog: https://obraxray.com/blog
- Directory: https://obraxray.com/directory

## Contact

- Email: contacto@obraxray.com
- Support hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-6pm (Lisbon time)