Industry Breakdown of Companies in Italy

This statistic shows TOP industries, TOP companies by sales and number of employees and the most common SIC codes in Italy

The number of companies in Italy is 2,623,478, which represents 5.75% of all 45,639,763 companies in the HitHorizons database. The country with the highest number of registered companies is United Kingdom with 6,756,179 companies.

Current Country:
Italy 2,623,478 (5.7%)
Largest Country:
United Kingdom 6,756,179 (14.8%)
Total Number of Companies 45,639,763

TOP Industries in Italy

The industry with the highest number of companies registered in Italy is Services with 652,556 companies followed by Retail Trade and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate with 519,094 and 348,083 companies respectively.

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TOP Industries in Italy 2,623,478 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of Companies
Services 652,556 24.9% 652,556
Retail Trade 519,094 19.8% 519,094
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 348,083 13.3% 348,083
Construction 335,912 12.8% 335,912
Manufacturing 277,651 10.6% 277,651
Wholesale Trade 211,620 8.1% 211,620
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 121,539 4.6% 121,539
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 120,221 4.6% 120,221
Unknown industry 20,193 0.8% 20,193
Public Sector 13,730 0.5% 13,730
Mining 2,879 0.1% 2,879

Breakdown of Companies in Italy by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification code (SIC code) allows to classify individual industries. The top three SIC codes for Italy are Operative builders (6.35%), Eating place (5.54%) and Real property lessor (5.12%) .

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Breakdown of Companies in Italy by SIC Code 2,623,478 registered companies

TOP 10 Companies by Sales Registered in Italy

Companies registered in Italy generate € 5,107,173,347,555 in sales per annum, which represents 6.6% of sales of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest sales is ENEL SPA with € 84.10B followed by ENI SPA and GESTORE DEI SERVIZI ENERGETICI - GSE SPA with € 76.58B and € 54.40B in sales respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Sales in Italy 2,623,478 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENEL SPA € 84.10B 1.65% € 84.10B
2. ENI SPA € 76.58B 1.5% € 76.58B
3. GESTORE DEI SERVIZI ENERGETICI - GSE SPA € 54.40B 1.07% € 54.40B
4. AMAZON EU S.A RL € 51.32B 1% € 51.32B
5. GESTORE DEI MERCATI ENERGETICI SPA € 42.03B 0.82% € 42.03B
6. ENEL ITALIA SPA € 32.32B 0.63% € 32.32B
7. FCA ITALY SPA € 21.92B 0.43% € 21.92B
8. POSTE VITA SPA € 17.57B 0.34% € 17.57B
9. TELECOM ITALIA SPA € 15.32B 0.3% € 15.32B
10. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA € 15.26B 0.3% € 15.26B

TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees Registered in Italy

Companies registered in Italy have 20,977,053 employees, which represents 5.4% of all employees of companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is SANTA SEDE with 500,000 people followed by MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO and POSTE ITALIANE SPA with 150,603 and 118,241 employees respectively.

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TOP 10 Companies by Number of Employees in Italy 2,623,478 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Employees
1. SANTA SEDE 500,000 2.38% 500,000
2. MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO 150,603 0.72% 150,603
3. POSTE ITALIANE SPA 118,241 0.56% 118,241
4. ARMA DEI CARABINIERI 103,893 0.5% 103,893
5. STATO MAGGIORE DELL'ESERCITO 102,995 0.49% 102,995
6. MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA 100,000 0.48% 100,000
7. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 73,006 0.35% 73,006
8. ADECCO ITALIA SPA 66,071 0.31% 66,071
9. RANDSTAD ITALIA SPA 63,651 0.3% 63,651
10. GUARDIA DI FINANZA 61,125 0.29% 61,125

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