CONFIMPRESA

Name

CONFIMPRESA

Legal name

CONFIMPRESA: Confederazione Italiana della Piccola Media Impresa e dell'Artigianato

Website

https://confimpresa.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Membership Fees (Quota Associativa): CONFIMPRESA generates revenue through annual membership fees charged to associated enterprises. The standard membership fee is €160 per year, payable to Banca Prossima (IntesaSanPaolo). This provides members access to consultations, information, advice, solutions, and benefits on services.
2. Professional Services: Services including technical consulting (SISTRI waste management, workplace safety, ISO certifications, CE marking), management services (accounting, payroll), directional services (extraordinary finance, personnel search), and development services (financing, market research) are provided through affiliated professional studios.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

CONFIMPRESA is a membership-based business confederation that represents and protects the interests of Italian small and medium enterprises and artisans through political-union interventions, fiscal protection, institutional relations, and a portfolio of professional services. Members pay an annual fee of €160 and gain access to consultations, training, workplace safety services, tax assistance, payroll processing, credit guarantees, and collective participation in trade fairs, delivered through a nationwide network of local offices and affiliated professional studios.

Product overview

CONFIMPRESA is a confederation of small and medium enterprises and craftspeople offering a portfolio of business support services. The service portfolio includes Paghe on line (online payroll processing), PARE (noise risk assessment web application), CAF tax assistance center, workplace safety and training services (SICUREZZA LAVORO E FORMAZIONE), credit guarantee services (CONFIDI), and the I.S.Va.Ce.Co.P. certification institute. Additionally, it encompasses technical services (SISTRI waste management, quality systems ISO 9001/14001, CE marking, food hygiene HACCP), management services (accounting, payroll), executive services (extraordinary finance, international taxation, personnel search), and development services (national/EU/local funding, market research, website development, international branch opening).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAF CONFIMPRESA: Tax Assistance Center operated by Confimpresa for member businesses.
• FIPO
• ISVACECOP
• PARE

Products and services

• Paghe on Line (Online Payroll Service)

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• INAIL (Istituto Nazionale per l'Assicurazione contro gli Infortuni sul Lavoro)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONFIMPRESA has a partnership with INAIL for workplace safety initiatives. Together they developed the PARE (Programma di Aiuto alla Riduzione del Esposizione) web application - a free tool provided to support enterprises in adopting good practices and programming measures to prevent and reduce noise exposure risk. The partnership also enables INAIL funding opportunities (Bando ISI) for workplace safety investments up to 65% of project costs.
• Sinape FeLSA CislcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONFIMPRESA and Sinape FeLSA Cisl jointly created the first National Collective Labor Contract (CCNL) for the Holistic Professions sector. The contract addresses naturopathy, energy disciplines, relational disciplines, manual techniques, artistic disciplines, and yoga-meditation. The partnership also established the EBol (Ente Bilaterale di settore) sectoral bilateral body to manage support interventions for workers and entrepreneurs.
• Attesta S.p.A.minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONFIMPRESA concluded an agreement with Attesta S.p.A. to facilitate enterprises seeking SOA (Società Organismo di Attestazione) certification for public procurement. Attesta is one of the first authorized SOA companies in Italy with a decade of experience in public contracts.
• ISVACECOP (Istituto Superiore per la Valorizzazione e Certificazione delle Competenze Personali)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISVACECOP was established by CONFIMPRESA in Rome on May 9 to pursue the affirmation of full dignity of professional activities, improve quality of education and training systems, and facilitate personalized access to education pathways through recognition and validation of non-formal and informal learning.
• CONFIDIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCONFIMPRESA partners with CONFIDI (Consorzio Italiano di Garanzia Collettiva dei Fidi) to provide credit guarantee services for member enterprises seeking financing for investments, financial rebalancing, cash flexibility, restructuring, quality certification, and workplace safety improvements.
• FIPO (Federazione Italiana Professioni Olistiche)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIPO is a federation under CONFIMPRESA representing holistic professions. The partnership created the first CCNL for the holistic sector, signed by Diego Giovinazzo (CONFIMPRESA Secretary General) and Gerarda Buoninconti (Sinape FeLSA Cisl), covering six macro areas including naturopathy, energy disciplines, relational disciplines, manual techniques, artistic disciplines, and yoga-meditation.
• CNEL (Consiglio Nazionale dell'Economia e del Lavoro)minorOthersCONFIMPRESA maintains institutional relations with CNEL (National Council for Economics and Labor), participating in sector representation activities.
• Conferenza delle Regioni e delle Province AutonomeminorOthersCONFIMPRESA maintains institutional relations with the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces of Italy for regional policy representation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Confcooperative: Italian cooperative confederation providing representation, training, and financial services to cooperative enterprises — partly overlapping with CONFIMPRESA's SME services portfolio and political-representation function.
• Confindustria: Principal Italian industrial employers' confederation operating at a much larger scale; comparable in national-representation function and institutional access but focused on larger enterprises rather than SMEs and artisans.
• Confcommercio - Confederazione Generale Italiana delle Imprese, delle Attività Professionali e del Lavoro Autonomo: Larger, broadly established Italian confederation spanning commerce, professional services, and SMEs — overlapping membership segments and service offerings but operating at greater scale across all regions.

Direct peers

• Confartigianato: The largest Italian federation representing artisans and small businesses across all 20 regions; directly comparable in member base, artisan-sector focus, and provision of services such as training, fiscal assistance, and representation.
• CLAAI - Confederazione Libere Associazioni Artigiane Italiane: Confederation of Italian artisan associations providing representation and member services to artisans and small enterprises; comparable in scope of advocacy, training, and institutional liaison.
• Casartigiani: Italian autonomous confederation of artisan unions serving SME and artisan members with representation and services — directly overlapping with CONFIMPRESA's market and member profile.
• Confesercenti: Italian confederation representing self-employed, professional, and small enterprise activities with comparable membership, advocacy, and service-portfolio structure to CONFIMPRESA.
• CNA - Confederazione Nazionale dell'Artigianato e della Piccola e Media Impresa: Italy's primary confederation representing small and medium enterprises and artisans — the most direct overlap with CONFIMPRESA's mission of representing and protecting Italian PMI and artisan interests.
• CIA - Confederazione Italiana Artigiani: Italian artisan confederation directly comparable to CONFIMPRESA in its exclusive focus on artisan representation, training, and political-union protection at the national level.

Others

• SMEunited (formerly UEAPME): EU-level federation of national SME and craft associations that Italian CONFIMPRESA engages with through European institutional work — relevant as an umbrella counterpart rather than a domestic competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Confimpresa_it
• Facebookfacebook.com/Confimpresa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/confimpresaitalia-lombarda

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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