The title compound, [Fe(CF(3)O(3)S)(C(48)H(36)N(4)O(4))], is a five-coordinate iron(III) porphyrin complex with a trifluoro-methane-sulfonate anion as an axial ligand. The Fe(III) atom is displaced by 0.40 (1) Å towards the trifluoro-methane-sulfonate anion from the 24-atom mean plane of the porphyrin. The average Fe-N(p) distance is 2.044 (2) Å and the Fe-O distance is 2.001 (2) Å.