Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Italy

Explore more than 2,757,937 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 2,757,937 (6.1%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,223,983 (15.9%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 45,389,639

According to our database, a total of more than 2,757,937 businesses are registered in Italy . That represents 6.08% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Italy-based companies have a share of 9.73% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 7.3% of all EU employees.

Italy: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (687,045 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (536,898) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (358,239).

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 2,757,937 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 687,045 24.9% 687,045
Retail Trade 536,898 19.5% 536,898
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 358,239 13.0% 358,239
Construction 350,629 12.7% 350,629
Manufacturing 295,828 10.7% 295,828
Wholesale Trade 225,433 8.2% 225,433
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 130,586 4.7% 130,586
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 125,110 4.5% 125,110
Unknown industry 30,740 1.1% 30,740
Public Sector 14,293 0.5% 14,293
Mining 3,136 0.1% 3,136

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 (6.23%), Eating place (5.49%) and Real property lessor (5.04%).

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 2,757,937 registered companies

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Italy generated € 8,444,689,187,138 in sales, which represents 9.73% 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 2,757,937 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENI SPA € 93.72B 1.11% € 93.72B
2. ENEL SPA € 92.88B 1.1% € 92.88B
3. GESTORE DEI SERVIZI ENERGETICI - GSE SPA € 55.06B 0.65% € 55.06B
4. AMAZON EU S.A RL € 53.34B 0.63% € 53.34B
5. ENEL ITALIA SPA € 51.86B 0.61% € 51.86B
6. GESTORE DEI MERCATI ENERGETICI SPA € 43.75B 0.52% € 43.75B
7. TOTALENERGIES PETROCHEMICALS & REFINING SA NV € 25.98B 0.31% € 25.98B
8. ENEL ENERGIA SPA € 24.53B 0.29% € 24.53B
9. STELLANTIS EUROPE SPA € 24.03B 0.28% € 24.03B
10. A2A SPA € 22.95B 0.27% € 22.95B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 488.1B

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 28,193,026 people, which represents 7.3% 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 MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO (150,106) 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 2,757,937 registered companies

  Company Name, Employees & Share Number of Employees
1. SANTA SEDE 500,000 1.77% 500,000
2. MINISTERO DELL'INTERNO 150,106 0.53% 150,106
3. POSTE ITALIANE SPA 117,686 0.42% 117,686
4. ARMA DEI CARABINIERI 103,893 0.37% 103,893
5. STATO MAGGIORE DELL'ESERCITO 102,995 0.37% 102,995
6. MINISTERO DELLA DIFESA 100,000 0.35% 100,000
7. INTESA SANPAOLO SPA 70,969 0.25% 70,969
8. MINISTERO DELL'ECONOMIA E DELLE FINANZE 67,913 0.24% 67,913
9. ADECCO ITALIA SPA 63,234 0.22% 63,234
10. GUARDIA DI FINANZA 61,125 0.22% 61,125
Total Number of Employees of the TOP 10 Companies 1,337,921

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