Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Italy

Explore more than 2,652,130 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 2,652,130 (6.0%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 6,982,522 (15.7%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 44,495,561

According to our database, a total of more than 2,652,130 businesses are registered in Italy . That represents 5.96% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Italy-based companies have a share of 7.25% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.61% of all EU employees.

Italy: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (665,567 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (518,579) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (352,854).

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 2,652,130 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 665,567 25.1% 665,567
Retail Trade 518,579 19.6% 518,579
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 352,854 13.3% 352,854
Construction 341,166 12.9% 341,166
Manufacturing 275,611 10.4% 275,611
Wholesale Trade 212,022 8.0% 212,022
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 123,020 4.6% 123,020
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 121,743 4.6% 121,743
Unknown industry 24,788 0.9% 24,788
Public Sector 13,969 0.5% 13,969
Mining 2,811 0.1% 2,811

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 (6.35%), Eating place (5.57%) and Real property lessor (5.18%).

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 2,652,130 registered companies

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Italy generated € 5,933,489,229,002 in sales, which represents 7.25% 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 2,652,130 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENI SPA € 132.5B 2.23% € 132.5B
2. GESTORE DEI MERCATI ENERGETICI SPA € 110.5B 1.86% € 110.5B
3. ENEL ITALIA SPA € 51.86B 0.87% € 51.86B
4. AMAZON EU S.A RL € 50.9B 0.86% € 50.9B
5. EDISON SPA € 29.58B 0.5% € 29.58B
6. ENEL ENERGIA SPA € 24.53B 0.41% € 24.53B
7. STELLANTIS EUROPE SPA € 24.03B 0.41% € 24.03B
8. A2A SPA € 22.95B 0.39% € 22.95B
9. HERA SPA € 20.08B 0.34% € 20.08B
10. POSTE VITA SPA € 17.18B 0.29% € 17.18B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 484.1B

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 21,679,577 people, which represents 5.61% 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 MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO (151,098) and POSTE ITALIANE SPA (117,686).

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 2,652,130 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. SANTA SEDE 500,000 2.31% 500,000
2. MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO 151,098 0.7% 151,098
3. POSTE ITALIANE SPA 117,686 0.54% 117,686
4. ARMA DEI CARABINIERI 103,893 0.48% 103,893
5. STATO MAGGIORE DELL'ESERCITO 102,995 0.48% 102,995
6. MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA 100,000 0.46% 100,000
7. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 70,969 0.33% 70,969
8. ADECCO ITALIA SPA 63,841 0.29% 63,841
9. GUARDIA DI FINANZA 61,125 0.28% 61,125
10. RANDSTAD ITALIA SPA 59,019 0.27% 59,019
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,330,626

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