Italy PROFESSIONAL SERVICES Companies
Approximately 655,150 real businesses classified under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Italy, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 655,150 real businesses operate in the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector across Italy. Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over — once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.
162 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 233,767 (InfoCamere (Italian Chambers of Commerce register), ATECO 2025 classification, active businesses as of December 2025).
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Italy follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Italy beneficial ownership overviewTop Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities Companies in Italy
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Data Coverage
Record counts for SIC Code M in Italy, as of the last reconciliation.
Section M is 7% of the Italy register by entity count and its 6th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Italy includes a wide range of regulated professions — architects, commercialisti (chartered accountants), lawyers, consulenti del lavoro (labour consultants), journalists, psychologists and others — where mandatory registration with the relevant professional ordine’s albo exists specifically to prevent unqualified practice. Registration is a legal precondition to exercising the profession at all, separate from and in addition to any company the professional operates through.
The financial standing behind that registration is real and checkable: commercialisti in 2026 face a €90 enrolment fee, a €260 annual quota (reduced to €135 for members under 36 as of 31 December 2025), plus a national-council contribution of €150 (€50 for younger members). For verification, an Italian professional-services counterparty’s albo registration and paid-up standing are the actual confirmation that its named professionals are authorised to practise — a check the company register alone doesn’t provide.
Italy Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities, 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 M entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section M, Italy. 2,819 entities with no disclosed headcount are not counted in any band.
Who uses Italy professional, scientific and technical activities ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Albo professionale registration check
Regulated professions in Italy — lawyers, commercialisti (chartered accountants), architects and others — require mandatory registration with a professional ordine’s albo to legally practise, specifically to prevent unqualified individuals from exercising the profession.
Annual dues and standing verification
For commercialisti in 2026, registration requires a €90 enrolment fee, a €260 annual quota (reduced to €135 for those under 36), and a €150 national-council contribution (€50 for younger members) — real, checkable figures against a firm’s claimed professional standing.
Fee-based, low-asset exposure
Professional and technical service firms typically carry little in the way of fixed assets, so lenders and counterparties assessing this sector look mainly at partner composition, client concentration and albo standing rather than a conventional balance sheet.
Sub-sectors within Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities
SIC divisions inside this section, each with its own Italy company directory.
Legal and accounting activities
19,651 companies
Activities of head offices and management consultancy
179,936 companies
Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis
51,494 companies
Scientific research and development
14,179 companies
Activities of advertising, market research and public relations
96,731 companies
Other professional, scientific and technical activities
137,016 companies
Veterinary activities
1,721 companies
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies are registered in Italy?
Approximately 655,150 real businesses operate under Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities in Italy. Italy's own official business register reports a comparable figure specifically for active, currently-trading businesses: approximately 233,767, per InfoCamere (Italian Chambers of Commerce register), ATECO 2025 classification, active businesses as of December 2025.
What does the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector include in Italy?
Consultants, lawyers, architects, and researchers make up a sector regulated twice over — once by company law, once by their own professional body. Legal, accounting, tax, management consulting, engineering, advertising, and R&D firms are frequently structured as partnerships or professional corporations, which layers licensing-body oversight on top of standard company registration rather than replacing it.
How is company ownership disclosed for Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities.
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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in other countries?
Yes — the Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities sector directory lists every country with recorded Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities 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 Professional, Scientific and Technical Activities companies in Italy going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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