The overall number of artisans in
Italy has dropped by 22% from 2012 to 2023, according to a study
published on Saturday by the research centre of artisans
association CGIA Mestre (Venice), based on data provided by INPS
and Infocamere/Movimprese.
The research found that artisans - who own a firm, are partners
or help family by undertaking manual jobs - have decreased by
nearly 410,000 people (-73,000 over the past year alone) from
1,867.000 units in 2012 to 1,457.000 last year.
The significant decrease only halted during the year following
the Covid crisis (+2.325 between 2021 and 2020), the study
found.
The number of active artisan companies has also decreased
significantly from the 1,486.559 reported in 2008, a year in
which the highest peak was recorded since the start of this
century, to 1.258.079 in 2023.
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