Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Italy

Explore more than 2,763,992 Italy-based companies available in the HitHorizons database and see top industries and biggest players with highest sales and number of employees.

Current Country: Italy 2,763,992 (5.9%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,802,759 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,115,226

According to our database, a total of more than 2,763,992 businesses are registered in Italy . That represents 5.87% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Italy-based companies have a share of 7.1% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.24% of all EU employees.

Italy: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (791,214 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (510,631) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (353,644).

This TOP 10 list was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Italy: TOP Industries 2,763,992 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 791,214 28.6% 791,214
Retail Trade 510,631 18.5% 510,631
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 353,644 12.8% 353,644
Construction 344,314 12.5% 344,314
Manufacturing 264,846 9.6% 264,846
Wholesale Trade 208,206 7.5% 208,206
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 122,945 4.4% 122,945
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 121,210 4.4% 121,210
Unknown industry 30,458 1.1% 30,458
Public Sector 13,881 0.5% 13,881
Mining 2,643 0.1% 2,643

Italy: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code

The Standard Industrial Classification (SIC Code) is used to assign companies to specific industries. According to our database, the top 3 SIC Codes for Italy are Operative builders (6.11%), Eating place (5.37%) and Real property lessor (5.34%).

This breakdown was generated automarically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and find companies leading within individual SIC Codes, SIC Code distribution among individual countries, or SIC Code breakdowns within other industries using HitHorizons Screener.

Italy: Breakdown of Companies by SIC Code 2,763,992 registered companies

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Italy generated € 6,027,938,389,239 in sales, which represents 7.1% of all sales generated by companies available in the HitHorizons database.

This TOP 10 list of companies operating in Italy was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales 2,763,992 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENI SPA € 93.72B 1.55% € 93.72B
2. ENEL SPA € 73.91B 1.23% € 73.91B
3. AMAZON EU S.A RL € 70.42B 1.17% € 70.42B
4. GESTORE DEI MERCATI ENERGETICI SPA € 40.5B 0.67% € 40.5B
5. ENEL ITALIA SPA € 35.77B 0.59% € 35.77B
6. ENEL ENERGIA SPA € 23.18B 0.38% € 23.18B
7. STELLANTIS EUROPE SPA € 21.32B 0.35% € 21.32B
8. ENILIVE SPA € 21.14B 0.35% € 21.14B
9. TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING SA NV € 20.31B 0.34% € 20.31B
10. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA € 19.47B 0.32% € 19.47B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 419.7B

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,000,104 people, which represents 5.24% of all people employed by companies available in the HitHorizons database. The company with the highest number of employees is SANTA SEDE (500,000), followed by POSTE ITALIANE SPA (104,321) and ARMA DEI CARABINIERI (103,893).

This TOP 10 list of companies with the highest number of employees was generated automatically using the latest data from the HitHorizons database. Search through the whole HitHorizons database using filtering criteria relevant for your search and get more data and insights on specific countries, industries, or segments with HitHorizons Screener.

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees 2,763,992 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. SANTA SEDE 500,000 2.5% 500,000
2. POSTE ITALIANE SPA 104,321 0.52% 104,321
3. ARMA DEI CARABINIERI 103,893 0.52% 103,893
4. STATO MAGGIORE DELL'ESERCITO 102,995 0.51% 102,995
5. MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA 100,000 0.5% 100,000
6. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 67,723 0.34% 67,723
7. GUARDIA DI FINANZA 61,125 0.31% 61,125
8. ADECCO ITALIA SPA 59,544 0.3% 59,544
9. RANDSTAD ITALIA SPA 55,016 0.28% 55,016
10. MINISTERO DELLA GIUSTIZIA 42,000 0.21% 42,000
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,196,617

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