There are 7,023,261 companies and businesses in Italy in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 1,839,984 of them are corporations.
List of all companies in Italy
Italy has 7,023,261 registered companies and businesses in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. 1,839,984 of them are corporations. We build the records from Registro Imprese and other official sources, and add the sole traders, branch locations and public bodies a register leaves out. Most of them are small: 90% have fewer than five employees. Below you find the largest, the smallest, the newest and the oldest companies in Italy, where they are based and what they do. Want to buy the list of all 7,023,261 Italian companies as an API integration or Excel file? Get it from our Italian company database.
7,023,261 companies indexed · Data counted on 2 November 2026
Companies7,023,261
Corporations1,839,984
Regions107
Largest regionRoma 7%
Employees1-4
Revenue$100K-$500K
Email11%
Phone32%
Website21%
Italian company list: all 7,023,261 companies
The list of all companies and businesses in Italy, live and sorted by revenue. Narrow it by region, city, industry, size, revenue, legal form or founding year. The full search is on our Italian company directory.
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| Company Name | Country | City | Address 1 | State/Province | Postal Code | Website | Founding Year | Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars | Employees Total | Business Legal Type - Description | Number of Companies in Group | Company Registration Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Willy Bogner GMBH | Italy | Milano | Via Morimondo 23 | Milano | 20143 | N/A | 2011 | $177,370,420,079 | 7 | Foreign company | 95 | IT07489400965 |
| 2 | Amazon EU SARL | Italy | Milano | Viale Monte Grappa 3/5 | Milano | 20124 | N/A | 2011 | $106,552,114,215 | 1,635 | Foreign company | 3718 | IT08973230967 |
| 3 | Eni SPA | Italy | Roma | Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1 | Roma | 00144 | *****.com | 1953 | $95,223,524,328 | 9,142 | Corporation | 2252 | IT00905811006 |
| 4 | Enel SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Regina Margherita 137 | Roma | 00198 | *****.it | 1962 | $78,164,646,312 | 1,316 | Corporation | 4179 | IT00934061003 |
| 5 | Gestore Dei Servizi Energetici - Gse SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski 92 | Roma | 00197 | *****.it | 1999 | $54,897,873,475 | 743 | Corporation | 37253 | IT05754381001 |
| 6 | Gestore Dei Mercati Energetici SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski 122/124 | Roma | 00197 | *****.org | 2000 | $53,447,505,129 | 126 | Corporation | 37253 | IT06208031002 |
| 7 | Eni Trade & Biofuels SPA | Italy | Roma | Piazzale Enrico Mattei 1 | Roma | 00144 | *****.com | 2007 | $41,336,351,577 | 189 | Corporation | 2252 | IT10133500966 |
| 8 | Enel Italia SPA | Italy | Roma | Via Luigi Boccherini 15 | Roma | 00198 | *****.com | 2001 | $35,356,881,384 | 1,546 | Corporation | 4179 | IT06377691008 |
| 9 | Poste Vita SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Europa 190 | Roma | 00144 | *****.it | 1996 | $23,224,645,771 | 458 | Corporation | 1649 | IT05927271006 |
| 10 | Intesa Sanpaolo SPA | Italy | Milano | Via Monte Di Pieta' 8 | Milano | 20121 | *****.com | 1925 | $23,014,710,906 | 66,105 | Corporation | 3449 | IT10810700152 |
| 11 | Prysmian SPA | Italy | Milano | Via Chiese 6 | Milano | 20126 | *****.com | 2005 | $22,776,865,200 | 477 | Corporation | 399 | IT04866320965 |
| 12 | Amazon Web Services EMEA SARL | Italy | Milano | Viale Monte Grappa 3/5 | Milano | 20124 | N/A | 2017 | $22,542,765,965 | 549 | Foreign company | 3718 | IT10119840964 |
| 13 | Stellantis Europe SPA | Italy | Torino | Corso Giovanni Agnelli 200 | Torino | 10135 | *****.com | 1978 | $22,167,705,410 | 30,142 | Corporation | 1333 | IT07973780013 |
| 14 | Enilive SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Giorgio Ribotta 51 | Roma | 00144 | *****.it | 2020 | $22,162,527,360 | 1,534 | Corporation | 2252 | IT11403240960 |
| 15 | Enel Global Trading SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Regina Margherita 125 | Roma | 00198 | *****.com | 1999 | $22,070,615,916 | 322 | Corporation | 4179 | IT05918271007 |
| 16 | Generali Italia SPA | Italy | Mogliano Veneto | Via Marocchesa 14 | Treviso | 31021 | *****.it | 1927 | $21,791,657,630 | 9,866 | Corporation | 1878 | IT00885351007 |
| 17 | Enel Energia SPA | Italy | Roma | Via Luigi Boccherini 15 | Roma | 00198 | *****.it | 1962 | $21,238,780,335 | 1,874 | Corporation | 4179 | IT06655971007 |
| 18 | Edison SPA | Italy | Milano | Foro Buonaparte 31 | Milano | 20121 | *****.it | 1994 | $20,561,771,592 | 1,773 | Corporation | 36005 | IT08263330014 |
| 19 | Totalenergies Petrochemicals & Refining SA NV | Italy | Milano | Via Monfalcone 22 | Milano | 20132 | N/A | 2004 | $19,808,823,439 | 3 | Foreign company | 4493 | IT04488120967 |
| 20 | Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane SPA | Italy | Roma | Piazza della Croce Rossa 1 | Roma | 00161 | *****.it | 1992 | $19,510,442,496 | 930 | Corporation | 37253 | IT06359501001 |
| 21 | Leonardo SPA | Italy | Roma | Piazza Monte Grappa 4 | Roma | 00195 | *****.com | 1897 | $18,784,514,604 | 35,020 | Corporation | 557 | IT00881841001 |
| 22 | Saipem SPA | Italy | Milano | Via Luigi Russolo 5 | Milano | 20138 | *****.com | 1969 | $17,963,006,616 | 6,144 | Corporation | 155 | IT00825790157 |
| 23 | Unicredit SPA | Italy | Milano | Piazza Gae Aulenti 3 Tower A | Milano | 20154 | *****.it | 1870 | $17,514,995,952 | 36,050 | Corporation | 3679 | IT00348170101 |
| 24 | Intesa Sanpaolo Assicurazioni SPA | Italy | Torino | Via San Francesco D'Assisi 10 | Torino | 10122 | *****.com | 1980 | $17,414,326,659 | 698 | Corporation | 3449 | IT02505650370 |
| 25 | Kuwait Petroleum Italia SPA | Italy | Roma | Viale Dell'Oceano Indiano 13 | Roma | 00144 | *****.it | 1934 | $15,966,089,479 | 723 | Corporation | 2249 | IT00891951006 |
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Companies and businesses in Italy
7,023,261
2 November 2026
There are 7,023,261 companies and businesses in Italy in our data, counted on 2 November 2026. That is every kind of business, not only the registered companies: 1,839,984 corporations (S.r.l. and S.p.A.), 2,872,712 sole traders (ditte individuali) and 726,461 partnerships (S.n.c. and S.a.s.). On top of those come 198,909 non-profit organisations, 8,091 branches of foreign companies and 142 public bodies.
Structure
- Single-site businesses
- 4,795,931 68%
- Head offices
- 884,821
- Branch locations
- 1,342,509
Legal form
- Corporations
- 1,839,984 26%
- Sole traders
- 2,872,712
- Partnerships
- 726,461
Per working day this year
≈ 931
new companies registered · 203,066 so far in 2026
How to search the Italian company register, or pull these counts yourself with the Company Data API.
Largest companies in Italy
Which are the largest companies in Italy? That depends on what you measure. By number of employees the biggest employer is Poste Italiane SPA, with 116,953 staff, ahead of Intesa Sanpaolo SPA and Adecco Italia SPA. By yearly revenue the largest company is Intesa Sanpaolo SPA, ahead of Stellantis Europe SPA and Generali Italia SPA. Below are the top companies of Italy ranked four ways: by number of employees, by yearly revenue, the largest public-sector employers and the biggest foreign companies in Italy. 66 Italian companies employ more than 10,000 people and 706 report more than $1 billion a year.
Poste Italiane SPA has the largest headcount of any company in Italy in our data. 66 Italian companies list more than 10,000 people, 2,852 more than 500.
- 1116,953 staff
- 266,105 staff
- 359,560 staff
- 456,073 staff
- 546,125 staff
- 640,783 staff
- 736,050 staff
- 835,020 staff
- 932,554 staff
- 1030,142 staff
Headcount as it is recorded on the company; for a group's parent or holding company it is usually the whole group's, worldwide.
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA is the largest company in Italy by revenue; 706 Italian companies report more than $1 billion a year. Corporations only.
- 1$23.0B
- 2$22.2B
- 3$21.8B
- 4$18.8B
- 5$18.0B
- 6$17.5B
- 7$15.9B
- 8$15.9B
- 9$14.9B
- 10$14.9B
Corpo Forestale e di Vigilanza Ambientale della Regione Sardegna is the largest public body in our data for Italy, with 1,200 staff.
- 11,200 staff
- 2900 staff
- 3873 staff
- 4700 staff
8,091 foreign companies have a registered branch or establishment in Italy.
- 111,910 worldwide
- 24,000 worldwide
- 33,512 worldwide
- 43,400 worldwide
- 53,386 worldwide
- 61,653 worldwide
- 71,418 worldwide
- 81,308 worldwide
Headcount and revenue are those of the worldwide company, not of the branch in Italy.
By employee size · 6,295,185 companies with a known headcount
| Employees | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 | 5,636,870 | 90% | |
| 5-9 | 359,044 | 6% | |
| 10-19 | 175,092 | 3% | |
| 20-49 | 81,937 | 1% | |
| 50-99 | 22,792 | 0.4% | |
| 100-199 | 10,968 | 0.2% | |
| 200-499 | 5,630 | <0.1% | |
| 500+ | 2,852 | <0.1% |
90% have 1 to 4 employees; 2,852 have 500 or more.
By yearly revenue (USD)
| Revenue | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| < $100K | 2,218,815 | 41% | |
| $100K-$500K | 2,568,992 | 47% | |
| $500K-$1M | 301,179 | 6% | |
| $1M-$5M | 287,879 | 5% | |
| $5M-$10M | 45,757 | 0.8% | |
| $10M-$100M | 46,354 | 0.8% | |
| $100M-$1B | 6,149 | 0.1% | |
| $1B+ | 706 | <0.1% |
6,855 companies report more than $100 million; 706 more than $1 billion.
Small businesses in Italy
Most companies in Italy are small businesses. Of the 6,295,185 with a known headcount, 5,995,914 (95%) are micro businesses with fewer than ten employees, 257,029 are small (10 to 49) and 39,390 medium-sized (50 to 499). Only 2,852 employ 500 people or more, so 99.95% of Italian companies are SMEs. This is where our data is strongest: sole traders, micro companies and single shops, each with an address and an industry code.
| Size class | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Micro · fewer than 10 | 5,995,914 | 95% | |
| Small · 10 to 49 | 257,029 | 4% | |
| Medium · 50 to 499 | 39,390 | 0.6% | |
| Large · 500 or more | 2,852 | <0.1% |
5,636,870
companies have 1 to 4 employees (90%). 2,218,815 turn over less than $100,000 a year.
2,872,712
sole traders are in the data, each with an address and an industry code.
100%
of the 203,066 companies started in 2026 have 1 to 4 employees (202,928). Only 2 started with 200 staff or more.
Where are companies in Italy based?
Roma has more companies than any other region in Italy: 508,181, or 7% of the total, ahead of Milano (449,879) and Napoli (318,656). Below you find the twelve largest of its 107 regions and the ten busiest cities, with a link to the local list where we have one.
The twelve largest of 107 regions
| Region | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roma | 508,181 | 7% | |
| Milano | 449,879 | 6% | |
| Napoli | 318,656 | 5% | |
| Torino | 270,538 | 4% | |
| Brescia | 149,482 | 2% | |
| Salerno | 139,031 | 2% | |
| Bari | 128,434 | 2% | |
| Firenze | 125,861 | 2% | |
| Bergamo | 117,271 | 2% | |
| Bologna | 116,191 | 2% | |
| Palermo | 114,175 | 2% | |
| Padova | 113,432 | 2% |
Ten busiest cities
- Roma370,281
- Milano272,021
- Torino127,460
- Napoli121,031
- Genova70,774
- Palermo62,665
- Firenze54,546
- Bologna47,339
- Catania36,699
- Venezia34,618
Main industries in Italy
Construction trades is the biggest industry in Italy by number of companies: 570,221, or 8% of all firms with an industry code. Next come crop farming (551,574) and restaurants and bars (514,891). Companies are grouped here by their SIC code, the classification every company in our data carries, in every country. Below you find the main sectors, the largest industries with their biggest companies and our 121 industry lists for Italy.
- Construction trades570,2218%
- Crop farming551,5748%
- Restaurants and bars514,8917%
- Business services and IT446,4136%
- Real estate373,3345%
- Wholesale (consumer goods)322,5905%
- Other shops289,1344%
- Personal services278,8324%
- Building construction276,3034%
- Engineering, accounting and management270,6394%
- Wholesale (durable goods)217,6953%
- Food shops217,3203%
- Clothing shops208,7383%
- Hotels147,1692%
- Leisure and recreation128,7722%
- Other industries2,166,26931%
The fifteen largest of 82 SIC major groups; records without an industry code are not in this chart.
Largest industries in Italy
570,221
SIC 17: Construction Special Trade Contractors
- 13,173 staff
- 22,789 staff
- 32,463 staff
551,574
Crop farming
SIC 01: Agricultural Production Crops
- 11,605 staff
- 21,570 staff
- 3712 staff
514,891
Restaurants and bars
SIC 58: Eating And Drinking Places
- 112,501 staff
- 210,536 staff
- 310,515 staff
446,413
SIC 73: Business Services
- 159,560 staff
- 256,073 staff
- 346,125 staff
322,590
Wholesale (consumer goods)
SIC 51: Wholesale Trade-non-durable Goods
- 122,820 staff
- 29,817 staff
- 35,668 staff
278,832
SIC 72: Personal Services
- 11,832 staff
- 21,185 staff
- 31,081 staff
Discover more: all Italian industries, cities and regions
Every Italian list we publish. Industries are grouped by economic sector.
B · Mining
C · Manufacturing
- Automotive companies
- Breweries
- Chemical companies
- Clothing companies
- Cosmetics companies
- Fashion companies
- Food companies
- Furniture companies
- Leather companies
- Manufacturing companies
- Meat companies
- Office furniture companies
- Packaging companies
- Paper companies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Printing companies
- Rubber companies
- Shipbuilders
- Shoe companies
- Sportswear companies
- Steel companies
- Tools companies
- Tyre companies
- Wine companies
- Workwear companies
D · Energy
E · Water and waste
F · Construction
G · Wholesale and retail
H · Transport and storage
I · Accommodation and food
J · Information and communication
K · Finance and insurance
L · Real estate
M · Professional, scientific and technical
N · Administrative and support
P · Education
Q · Health and social work
R · Arts and recreation
S · Other services
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Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curaçao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Ivory Coast
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkey
- UAE
- Uganda
- UK
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- USA
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How many new companies are registered in Italy? (2026)
203,066 new companies and startups registered in Italy so far in 2026, about 931 every working day, after a record 296,277 new businesses in 2025. Most startups begin small: 100% of this year's newcomers have one to four employees. 73,194 of them are corporations (S.r.l. and S.p.A.).
≈ 931
new companies register every working day in 2026
100%
of this year's startups begin with one to four employees
296,277
new companies in 2025, a record year
Companies founded per year
- 234,2222022
- 247,5202023
- 273,7912024
- 296,2772025
- 203,0662026 so far
The biggest newcomers of 2026
A new registration is often a restructuring, not a start-up: the largest newcomers are new holding and property companies for existing businesses.
- 1644 staff
- 2563 staff
- 3108 staff
- 487 staff
- 566 staff
Oldest companies in Italy
The oldest company in Italy that still trades is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SPA, founded in 1472. Older still is Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta S.m.o.m., from 1048, the oldest organisation in our data that is still active. In total our data holds 303 Italian organisations founded before 1700, 425 before 1800, 3,077 before 1900 and 19,744 before 1950.
Oldest organisations still active
- 1048897 staff
- 1105938 staff
- 11751,608 staff
- 1244163 staff
- 13051,203 staff
- 1327166 staff
Oldest large trading companies
- 1472$4.9B
The founding year is the year a business traces itself to, as recorded in the register and company filings, not the incorporation date of the current legal entity. Trading companies listed here report $100 million or more a year.
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589,017
Italian companies were founded before 1990
49,235
were founded in 1990
5,042,507 Italian companies, 90% of those with a founding year on record, were founded in 1990 or later. 589,017 are older.
Types of companies in Italy
One in four Italian businesses in our data is a corporation (S.r.l. and S.p.A.), and two in five are sole traders (ditte individuali). Partnerships (S.n.c. and S.a.s.) make up 10%. The chart shows every legal form in our data.
- Corporations1,839,98426%
- No legal form on record1,360,54419%
- Sole traders2,872,71241%
- Partnerships726,46110%
- Foreign companies8,0910.1%
- Non-profit organisations198,9093%
- Cooperatives545<0.1%
- Public bodies142<0.1%
- Joint ventures15,8730.2%
Which Italian companies are part of a group?
Most Italian companies stand alone: 68% are single-site businesses. The other 2,227,330 are part of a multi-site structure, as one of 884,821 head offices or 1,342,509 branches. The largest corporate family on this page is Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SPA, with 37,253 companies in its group.
The largest corporate families on this page
- 137,253 companies
- 25,546 companies
- 34,417 companies
- 43,679 companies
- 53,505 companies
- 63,449 companies
- 71,878 companies
- 81,649 companies
Counted from the largest companies on this page, not from all 7,023,261; the API has no group-size filter.
What you can reach: contact data on Italian companies
1,506,690 Italian companies have a website on record (21%), 2,271,865 a phone number (32%) and 781,631 an email address (11%). Corporations are easier to reach online: 28% have a website and 15% an email address.
| Field | Share | Companies | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website | 1,506,690 | 21% | |
| Phone | 2,271,865 | 32% | |
| 781,631 | 11% |
Questions about companies in Italy
Every answer is counted from the data on this page (2 November 2026).
7,023,261. That includes 2,872,712 sole traders and 726,461 partnerships.
1,839,984 corporations, 26% of all Italian businesses in our data (2 November 2026).
Of the 6,295,185 Italian companies with a known headcount, 6,292,333 have fewer than 500 employees: 5,995,914 micro, 257,029 small and 39,390 medium-sized. 2,852 are large enterprises.
Intesa Sanpaolo SPA, with $23.0 billion in yearly revenue, ahead of Stellantis Europe SPA ($22.2B) and Generali Italia SPA ($21.8B).
Poste Italiane SPA, with 116,953 staff on its record (for a group's parent this is usually the whole group's headcount).
Among large trading companies, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SPA, founded in 1472. The oldest organisation still active is Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta S.m.o.m., 1048.
508,181, 7% of all Italian companies (2 November 2026).
203,066 so far in 2026, about 931 per working day, after a record 296,277 in 2025.
From Registro Imprese and other official sources, combined with company websites and filings, and refreshed every month.
1,506,690, 21% of all Italian companies. 2,271,865 have a phone number and 781,631 an email address.
Yes. The full list of 7,023,261 companies is available as Excel, CSV or through the API from our Italian company database.
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