Number represents around 10,1% of total business in the country
If you move to the nice paese e open a small business It is the dream of many people. And Brazilians are not alone. There are 616 thousand companies run by immigrants in Italy.
The number represents around 10,1% of the total number of small and medium-sized companies in the country.
The data is from the report “Immigration and Entrepreneurship 2019-2020” produced by IDOS Study and Research Center, in collaboration with the National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprises (CNA).
Between 2011 and 2018, the Italy saw 32,6% growth in the number of new foreign entrepreneurs – unlike those managed by Italian entrepreneurs, which decreased by 2,8%.
The increase continued in 2019, with growth of 10,1 %.
Moroccans and Chinese lead
These companies are mainly owned by Moroccans (14,1%), Chinese (11,5%) and Romanians (10,7%). Followed by immigrants from Albania (6,9%) and Bangladesh (6,6%). There is no data available on companies managed by Brazilians.
Companies run by immigrants in Italy range from commerce to construction, from catering to industry, from logistics to business services.
Autonomous entrepreneurial initiatives managed by immigrants have spread to all regions, definitively establishing itself as a structural component of the national business fabric.
For the vice-president of the CNA, Maria Fermanelli, “there is no doubt that the migratory movement represents one of the main transformations” in Italy.
Companies managed by foreigners are mostly small, concentrated mainly in the retail business (35%) and in construction civil (22,4%).
Throughout the national territory
The Central-North regions, on the one hand, and the large metropolitan areas, on the other, represent the main areas of activity of immigrants.
Lombardia (19,4%) and Lazio (13,3%) are confirmed as the regions with the greatest integration, followed by Toscana (9,4%), which records the highest incidence of companies led by immigrants.
According to the study, the female participation remains low, managing just under a quarter of the companies analyzed (145 thousand, or 24,0%).
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