Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Italy

Explore more than 2,774,977 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 2,774,977 (5.9%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,837,937 (16.5%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,403,667

According to our database, a total of more than 2,774,977 businesses are registered in Italy . That represents 5.85% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Italy-based companies have a share of 6.92% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.3% of all EU employees.

Italy: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (802,994 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (511,351) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (356,490).

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 2,774,977 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 802,994 28.9% 802,994
Retail Trade 511,351 18.4% 511,351
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 356,490 12.8% 356,490
Construction 345,823 12.5% 345,823
Manufacturing 264,846 9.5% 264,846
Wholesale Trade 209,033 7.5% 209,033
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 123,323 4.4% 123,323
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 123,160 4.4% 123,160
Unknown industry 21,417 0.8% 21,417
Public Sector 13,895 0.5% 13,895
Mining 2,645 0.1% 2,645

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 (6.09%), Real property lessor (5.42%) and Eating place (5.36%).

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 2,774,977 registered companies

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Italy generated € 6,070,437,339,607 in sales, which represents 6.92% 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 2,774,977 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENI SPA € 88.8B 1.46% € 88.8B
2. ENEL SPA € 73.91B 1.22% € 73.91B
3. AMAZON EU SARL € 70.42B 1.16% € 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 € 18.73B 0.31% € 18.73B
10. GENERALI ITALIA SPA € 18.6B 0.31% € 18.6B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 412.4B

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,118,683 people, which represents 5.3% 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 (117,890) 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 2,774,977 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. SANTA SEDE 500,000 2.49% 500,000
2. POSTE ITALIANE SPA 117,890 0.59% 117,890
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 67,126 0.33% 67,126
7. GUARDIA DI FINANZA 61,125 0.3% 61,125
8. ADECCO ITALIA SPA 59,544 0.3% 59,544
9. RANDSTAD ITALIA SPA 55,016 0.27% 55,016
10. MINISTERO DELLA GIUSTIZIA 42,000 0.21% 42,000
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,209,589

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