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A fragmented sector, with a limited production structure and business volumes. The construction sector in Veneto is represented, in 2021 (latest available ISTAT data), by more than 48 thousand enterprises, equal to 9.3% of the national total.
62.1% of these realities have only one employee and another 32.9% from 2 to 9 collaborators, in line with the Italian total. This production structure has an impact on the average company size, which in Veneto stands at 2.7 employees per company (2.8 for Italy), as well as on business volumes at low levels: 70% of the units declare a turnover of less than 200 thousand euros and 15.1% between 200 thousand and 500 thousand euros (overall, 85% of the sector's production offer in the region has a turnover of less than 500 thousand euros).
Most of the companies, almost 80 per cent, deal with specialised construction work; this is followed by the building construction segment with 20.6 per cent, and finally by the civil engineering segment, which accounts for 1.1 per cent.
Activities are concentrated in the provinces of Padua and Verona (20% each), followed by Treviso (18.3%), Vicenza (17.3%) and Venice (16.2%). Finally, the provinces of Belluno and Rovigo hold small shares of the operating stock, around 4%.
After the crisis that hit the building industry, causing the disappearance of almost 16,000 construction companies in Veneto (-25.7%) from 2009 onwards, since 2020 positive signs have begun to be seen related to the progressive improvement in production levels. In the two-year period 2020-21, in fact, the number of construction companies in the region grew by +5.1% (about + 2,400 units).
