Castiglione delle Stiviere: Micro-Enterprises, Industry, and Service Sectors

There are 2,193 productive activities based in the town of Castiglione delle Stiviere, with 8,770 employees. An important reality, characterized by a widespread presence of micro-enterprises and service providers.

This is the outcome of an socio-economic research conducted by the Productive Activities sector of the municipality. A comprehensive study starting from the statistical certification of the entrepreneurial situation to provide insights for the municipal administration in view of future decisions.

Returning to the data, aside from unclassified types (26 activities with 38 employees), the primary sector, agriculture and fishing, registers 270 activities, accounting for 12.31% of the total, while the employment in this sector is 291, or 3.32% of the Castiglione workforce.

Regulation of the secondary and tertiary sectors

The secondary sector, traditionally associated with industry and craftsmanship, with its 640 companies, represents 29.18% of the productive structure, and as much as 64.48% of the workforce, with 5,655 employees.

The tertiary sector, or services, dominates in terms of the number of activities, with 1,257 accounting for 57.32%, but has fewer workers compared to industry, with 2,786 people, or 31.77% of the total.

This indicates that the secondary sector is the largest reservoir of jobs, while the tertiary sector leads in the number of enterprises.

Company sizes and artisan enterprises

Analyzing data relating to company sizes, nearly 90% of the 2,193 activities in Castiglione employ fewer than 5 employees. 6.6% have from 6 to 15 employees, 2.05% from 16 to 39, and so on, up to only 2 industries having between 300 and 499 employees.

The artisan enterprise, therefore, plays a leading role and remains the backbone of the productive system of Alto Mantovano.

Government interventions and future prospects

“The fact that there are so many micro-enterprises testifies to the entrepreneurial spirit of our people,” emphasizes the Roberto Moratti, assessor for Productive Activities. “It is a widespread, diversified entrepreneurial drive that secures important market spaces, I would say typical of all Lombardy.”

The municipality has recently made additional spaces available for companies to expand or establish themselves.

“We also distributed a questionnaire to gather the future needs,” Moratti continues. “This way, we can plan our actions moving forward.”

Among the services that the administration is preparing is the One-Stop Shop for Businesses.

“It is a need that productive activities feel,” explains the assessor. “Setting it up is not straightforward; it requires numerous agreements with various entities and the creation of an IT network with other municipalities.”

“We are seeking funding and will follow a specific program to open the service as soon as possible.”