In 2019, there where about 4.4 million companies in Italy. Over 2.7 million enterprises belonged to individual entrepreneurs, freelancers, or self-employed individuals. The number of limited liability companies added up to 955 thousand, the second most common legal form.
Number of enterprises in Italy from 2015 to 2019, by legal form
Legal forms
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Social cooperative society
14,644
14,859
15,100
15,189
15,103
Other legal forms
17,926
17,898
17,871
17,734
17,559
Limited company, partnership limited by shares
29,585
28,526
27,659
27,030
26,823
Other partnerships
41,521
43,699
41,432
39,447
38,084
Cooperative society excluded social cooperative society
42,864
43,049
42,318
41,327
39,419
Limited partnership
292,530
287,597
278,284
269,564
261,045
General partnership
353,856
341,467
325,748
312,989
305,174
Limited liability company
815,111
856,384
885,707
914,408
954,782
Individual entrepreneur, freelancer and self-employed
The source adds the following information: "Data does not include public administration, defense compulsory social security, activities of households as employers undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use, activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies."
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Istat. (August 2, 2021). Number of enterprises in Italy from 2015 to 2019, by legal form [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/531445/enterprises-by-legal-form-italy/
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