Food & beverage production in Italy
As of 4 November 2026, 23,555 food & beverage production companies are based in Italy; 27 are hiring right now and Milano has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 23,555
- Hiring now
- 27 · 6 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Winery · 8,925
- Top city
- Milano · 265
- Parent market
- Manufacturing & industry · 124,042
Food & beverage production in Italy, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Winery | 8,925 | 38% |
| Olive oil producer | 4,115 | 17% |
| Pasta & italian specialty foods | 2,496 | 11% |
| Preserves sauces & spices | 1,968 | 8% |
| Distillery | 1,478 | 6% |
| Dairy & cheese manufacturing | 1,469 | 6% |
| Other food & beverage production | 1,383 | 6% |
| Meat processing & charcuterie | 1,262 | 5% |
| Craft brewery | 777 | 3% |
| Snack & sweet manufacturing | 664 | 3% |
| Fruit & vegetable processing | 641 | 3% |
| Food ingredient & flavour manufacturers | 544 | 2% |
| Packaged food manufacturing | 527 | 2% |
| Ice cream & gelato manufacturing | 453 | 2% |
| Flour mills & grain processing | 391 | 2% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 219 · 0 |
| 2-10 employees | 17,476 · 1 |
| 11-50 employees | 4,724 · 1 |
| 51-200 employees | 874 · 12 |
| 201-500 employees | 195 · 6 |
| 501-1000 employees | 40 · 1 |
| 1001-5000 employees | 25 · 6 |
| 5001-10000 employees | 2 · 0 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Milano | 265 | 1% |
| Roma | 163 | 1% |
| Montalcino | 110 | 0% |
| Torino | 91 | 0% |
| Verona | 83 | 0% |
| Bigolino | 71 | 0% |
| Marsala | 64 | 0% |
| Reggio Emilia | 52 | 0% |
| Andria | 50 | 0% |
| Modena | 49 | 0% |
| Rome | 48 | 0% |
| Bolzano | 46 | 0% |
The biggest food & beverage production companies in Italy
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The stack of food & beverage production in Italy
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Other segments of manufacturing & industry in Italy
Manufacturing & industry in Italy, the whole market →
Industrial machinery manufacturing · 18,175 →
Metal fabrication workshops · 15,473 →
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Furniture makers & sellers · 9,601 →
Windows doors & precast concrete · 9,163 →
Print signage packaging production · 8,774 →
Handmade craft makers · 7,847 →
Building products manufacturing · 6,869 →
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23,555 food & beverage production companies are based in Italy; 27 are hiring right now and Milano has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/manufacturing_industry/italy/food_and_beverage_production)
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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.
Food & beverage production in Italy: questions
How many food & beverage production companies are there in Italy?
23,555 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Manufacturing & industry → Food & beverage production → leaf niches such as winery, olive oil producer, pasta & italian specialty foods. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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