Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Italy
As of 5 November 2026, 460 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Italy; 11 are hiring right now and Milano has the most.
As of 5 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 460
- Hiring now
- 11 · 4 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Defence systems manufacturers · 88
- Top city
- Milano · 11
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 124,042
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Italy, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Defence systems manufacturers | 88 | 19% |
| Aerospace component suppliers | 80 | 17% |
| Civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers | 66 | 14% |
| Other aerospace & defence manufacturing | 46 | 10% |
| Uav aerospace manufacturers | 32 | 7% |
| Space systems manufacturers | 22 | 5% |
| Other consumer goods manufacturing | 19 | 4% |
| Precision CNC machining | 18 | 4% |
| Other electronics & electrical manufacturing | 17 | 4% |
| Aircraft manufacturers | 15 | 3% |
| Workwear & uniform manufacturers | 10 | 2% |
| Communications & network equipment manufacturers | 9 | 2% |
| Other industrial machinery manufacturing | 7 | 2% |
| Security & access control equipment manufacturers | 6 | 1% |
| Custom knife makers | 5 | 1% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 6 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 201 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 182 · 2 |
| 51-200 employees | 52 · 3 |
| 201-500 employees | 11 · 3 |
| 501-1000 employees | 6 · 0 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 2 · 2 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Milano | 11 | 2% |
| Torino | 10 | 2% |
| Gardone Val Trompia | 7 | 2% |
| Sarezzo | 5 | 1% |
| Foligno | 4 | 1% |
| Magno | 4 | 1% |
| Roma | 4 | 1% |
| Rome | 4 | 1% |
| Aprilia | 3 | 1% |
| Bosisio Parini | 3 | 1% |
| Cesi | 3 | 1% |
| Gallarate | 3 | 1% |
The biggest aerospace & defence manufacturing companies in Italy
The largest companies of the segment, by headcount; job boards and portals left out.
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The stack of aerospace & defence manufacturing in Italy
From their websites and DNS records, page plumbing left out.
Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Italy
Manufacturing & industry in Italy, the whole market →
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Windows doors & precast concrete · 9,163 →
Print signage packaging production · 8,774 →
Handmade craft makers · 7,847 →
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460 aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are based in Italy; 11 are hiring right now and Milano has the most. (Breaknorm, 5 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/italy/aerospace_and_defence_manufacturing)
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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.
Aerospace & defence manufacturing in Italy: questions
How many aerospace & defence manufacturing companies are there in Italy?
460 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Aerospace & defence manufacturing → leaf niches such as defence systems manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers, civilian firearms & ammunition manufacturers. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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