In the extreme south of the parish is located in the first IKEA store in Portugal as part of a major shopping areas of Lisbon.
The first ever hypermarket with bar code reading opens in Alfragide in 1988, while in the 1990s, more hypermarkets are open in Maia, Castelo Branco, Setúbal, Alverca, Santo Tirso, Gaia, Famalicão and Aveiro respectively.