Industry Breakdown of Companies
in Italy

Explore more than 2,770,723 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 2,770,723 (5.9%)
Largest Country: United Kingdom 7,828,471 (16.6%)
Total Number of Companies in Europe 47,288,522

According to our database, a total of more than 2,770,723 businesses are registered in Italy . That represents 5.86% of all companies available in the HitHorizons database. These Italy-based companies have a share of 6.85% of all sales generated by EU-based businesses and employ 5.26% of all EU employees.

Italy: TOP Industries

According to our database, the industry with the highest number of companies registered is Services (797,680 companies in total), followed by Retail Trade (511,081) and Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate (354,827).

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 2,770,723 registered companies

  Industry, Number of Companies Number of
Companies
Services 797,680 28.8% 797,680
Retail Trade 511,081 18.4% 511,081
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate 354,827 12.8% 354,827
Construction 345,333 12.5% 345,333
Manufacturing 264,832 9.6% 264,832
Wholesale Trade 208,757 7.5% 208,757
Transportation, Communications, Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 124,071 4.5% 124,071
Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing 123,278 4.4% 123,278
Unknown industry 24,319 0.9% 24,319
Public Sector 13,891 0.5% 13,891
Mining 2,654 0.1% 2,654

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 (6.1%), Real property lessor (5.4%) 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 2,770,723 registered companies

Italy: TOP 10 Companies with Highest Sales

According to our database, companies registered in the Italy generated € 6,021,431,619,031 in sales, which represents 6.85% 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 2,770,723 registered companies

  Company Name, Sales & Share Sales
1. ENI SPA € 88.8B 1.47% € 88.8B
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. GENERALI ITALIA SPA € 18.6B 0.31% € 18.6B
Total Sales of the TOP 10 Companies € 414B

Italy: Top 10 Companies with Highest Number of Employees

According to our database, companies registered in the UK employ 20,031,210 people, which represents 5.26% 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 2,770,723 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 0.27% 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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