Market map · Italy · Commerce & trade

General & specialty stores in Italy_

As of 4 November 2026, 4,319 general & specialty stores are based in Italy; 5 are hiring right now and Roma has the most.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Companies
4,319
Hiring now
5 · 1 new in 30 d
Largest niche
Other general & specialty stores · 1,085
Top city
Roma · 95
Parent market
Commerce & trade · 110,157
4,319general & specialty stores in Italy
5hiring today
1opened a role in the last 30 days
20niches inside the segment
02 — Niches, sizes, cities

General & specialty stores in Italy, broken down

By niche
companiesshare
Other general & specialty stores
1,08525%
Kitchen & bathroom showrooms
63415%
Furniture webshops
2265%
Tile & flooring webshops
1985%
Construction materials distribution
1794%
Tools & hardware webshops
1594%
Independent supermarkets
1403%
Vending & micro market operators
1363%
General merchandise webshops
1313%
Kitchenware household goods webshops
1113%
Consumer electronics appliance webshops
1083%
Interior finishing material webshops
912%
Convenience stores & kiosks
842%
Bathroom sanitaryware webshops
792%
Paint & coatings distribution
762%
By company size
companies · hiring
Self-employed
32 · 1
2-10 employees
3,861 · 2
11-50 employees
333 · 1
51-200 employees
50 · 0
201-500 employees
20 · 0
501-1000 employees
10 · 0
1001-5000 employees
12 · 1
5001-10000 employees
1 · 0
By city
companiesshare
Roma
952%
Milano
551%
Torino
491%
Palermo
210%
Angri
200%
Bologna
190%
Brescia
160%
Genova
160%
Napoli
150%
Galciana
140%
Reggio Emilia
130%
Cagliari
100%
03 — Largest companies

The biggest general & specialty stores in Italy

The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.

4,319 general & specialty stores in Italy.

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04 — What they run

The stack of general & specialty stores in Italy

From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.

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4,319 general & specialty stores are based in Italy; 5 are hiring right now and Roma has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/italy/general_and_specialty_stores)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

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  • ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
  • Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
  • HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
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General & specialty stores in Italy: questions

How many general & specialty stores are there in Italy?

4,319 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.

What is a sub-vertical?

The middle level of our industry tree: Commerce & trade → General & specialty stores → leaf niches such as other general & specialty stores, kitchen & bathroom showrooms, furniture webshops. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.

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Yes: the first 20 largest are on this page; the full list with verified e-mails is in the product. Counting is free.

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