Businesses: Unioncamere reports that 677,000 businesses in Italia are run by foreigners, an increase of 16,000 in the first half of the year

This accounts for 12 per cent of all companies. Limited companies are on the rise

(Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) - As at 30 June, there were 677,188 businesses in Italia run by foreign nationals – 79 per cent of whom were from outside the EU – with a net increase of 16,000 in the first six months of the year. Foreign nationals run 12 per cent of all businesses registered in Italia. This is according to data from the Business Register compiled by Infocamere for the Futurae project, promoted by the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies and Unioncamere.

Between January and June 2026, 37,140 new foreign companies were set up, whilst 21,043 ceased trading, excluding automatic deregistrations: this represents an increase of 16,097 compared with the end of December.

Whilst sole traders remain the most common form of business (79 per cent of the total), the survey shows that the greatest growth is to be found among limited companies: up 11 per cent over the past year, with the total already exceeding 160,000.

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