MINING Companies in Italy
Approximately 5,698 real businesses classified under Mining and Quarrying in Italy, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 5,698 real businesses operate in the Mining and Quarrying sector across Italy. Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
116 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Italy's own official business register reports a comparable figure specifically for active, currently-trading businesses: approximately 2,510 (InfoCamere (Italian Chambers of Commerce register), ATECO 2025 classification, active businesses as of December 2025).
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Mining and Quarrying companies in Italy follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Italy beneficial ownership overviewTop Mining and Quarrying Companies in Italy
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code B in Italy, as of the last reconciliation.
Section B is 0% of the Italy register by entity count and its 19th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Mining and Quarrying in Italy runs on a legal distinction rooted in what’s being extracted, not just who’s extracting it. A deposit classified as a miniera belongs to the state, and can only be worked under an administrative concessione granted to a private operator; a deposit classified as a cava, by contrast, falls under private law and belongs to the landowner, worked instead under a lighter autorizzazione regime tied to regional extraction planning. Exploration work (ricerca) needs its own permesso before a concessione for actual extraction can be granted at all.
Since mining and quarrying fall under Italy’s residual regional competence, each of the 20 regions grants and administers its own concessions and authorisations independently — a March 2026 olivine-mine authorisation in Piedmont, granted by the Province of Vercelli with specific conditions, is a typical example of how localised this record-keeping is. For verification, confirming a mining or quarrying operator’s actual extraction rights means checking the specific region’s own concession or authorisation register, not a single national source, and distinguishing whether the underlying deposit is a state-owned miniera or a privately-held cava.
Italy Mining and Quarrying, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Entities by sub-sector
SIC division level, live from official registries.
Active vs. inactive
Section B entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section B, Italy. 17 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Italy mining and quarrying ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Concessione vs. autorizzazione distinction
Italy splits extraction rights by ownership: a mineral deposit classified as a miniera belongs to the state and can only be worked under an administrative concessione, while a cava (quarry) deposit belongs to the landowner and is worked under a lighter autorizzazione regime aligned with regional extraction planning.
Regional authority verification
Mining and quarrying regulation is a residual regional competence in Italy — each region grants and administers its own concessions and authorisations, so confirming an operator’s extraction rights means checking the specific region’s own register, not a single national one.
Exploration-right vs. extraction-right check
Exploration (ricerca) itself requires a separate permesso before any concessione can be granted for actual extraction — a company holding one doesn’t necessarily hold the other, and neither substitutes for company registration.
Sub-sectors within Mining and Quarrying
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Italy company directory.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Mining and Quarrying companies are registered in Italy?
Approximately 5,698 real businesses operate under Mining and Quarrying in Italy. Italy's own official business register reports a comparable figure specifically for active, currently-trading businesses: approximately 2,510, per InfoCamere (Italian Chambers of Commerce register), ATECO 2025 classification, active businesses as of December 2025.
What does the Mining and Quarrying sector include in Italy?
Mining licences are public. The company holding one often is not the company running the mine. Extraction rights get granted to a specific concession-holding entity, while the real operating capital — and sometimes the real decision-making — sits a layer or two up, inside a joint venture with a foreign technical partner. The sector covers mineral, ore, coal, and petroleum extraction alongside sand, gravel, and stone quarrying. Many jurisdictions now layer resource-specific transparency rules on top of standard registration, including beneficial-ownership disclosure tied to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative — built specifically because ordinary company registers were not catching this.
How is company ownership disclosed for Mining and Quarrying companies in Italy?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Italy — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Mining and Quarrying.
Can I see all industries present in Italy?
Yes — the Italy company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Italy.
Can I see Mining and Quarrying companies in other countries?
Yes — the Mining and Quarrying sector directory lists every country with recorded Mining and Quarrying companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Mining and Quarrying companies in Italy over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Mining and Quarrying companies in Italy going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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