Twenty-five years of investment in innovation, territorial development and, above all, in the growth of people. InfoCamere — the Italian Chambers of Commerce company for digital innovation — celebrates the first quarter-century of its presence in Bari. Born in 2001 as a start-up-style venture, the Bari office is today a centre of national excellence in technology for the digital transformation of public administration and businesses.

A total of 3.4 million man-days per year devoted to low-value administrative tasks, equivalent to a cost of € 673.9 million, which could be significantly reduced through digitalisation, by leveraging tools that already exist: this is the steep price tag of the obligations tied to the 10 most common self-certifications that Italian businesses must deal with, accounting for a total of 27.5 million filings.

Italy’s business system opens 2026 with an unexpected sign of vitality: there were 690 more companies between January and March, resulting from the difference between 105,051 registrations and 104,361 closures. This is a countertrend result, considering that the first quarter is historically affected by the consolidation of closures carried over from the end of the previous year. The only precedent in the past decade dates back to 2021, but in an exceptional context shaped by pandemic dynamics.

Business networks continue to grow: in 2025, there are 10,361 active network contracts, up 7.6% compared to 2024, involving around 53,000 companies, an increase of 5.2%. These are the key findings of the 2025 edition of the National Observatory on Business Networks, promoted by InfoCamere, RetImpresa, and the Venice School of Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice.

Nearly 4,000 Italian companies have Middle Eastern shareholders in their capital: 3,839 firms, representing a total of €415 million in corporate holdings held by individuals and entities resident in the Persian Gulf and Middle East region.

As of the end of 2025, there are 5,540 Benefit Corporations in Italy, marking a growth of over 20% compared to the previous year. Among large companies, they account for 2.2% of the total number of registered businesses. These figures emerge from the latest results of the 2026 National Research on Benefit Corporations, conducted by Nativa, the Research Department of Intesa Sanpaolo, InfoCamere, the University of Padua, the Chamber of Commerce of Brindisi-Taranto, and Assobenefit.