ASSILEA

What ASSILEA does

ASSILEA - Associazione Italiana Leasing is the Italian trade association for the leasing industry, founded in 1981 and headquartered in Rome. It represents Italian banks, financial intermediaries, operating lease and NLT (long-term rental) companies, and affiliated service providers through three membership tiers (Soci, Corrispondenti, Aggregati). Its core offering is the Banca Dati Centrale Rischi (BDCR), a centralized credit risk database operated since 1989 through wholly-owned subsidiary Assilea Servizi S.u.r.l. (established 2002), covering approximately 76.4% of the Italian leasing market. Revenue is generated through annual membership contributions calculated by criteria set by the Council, with first-year fees prorated and group companies counted as a single member; exact fee amounts are not publicly disclosed.

Beyond BDCR, ASSILEA provides regulatory advocacy at national and EU levels, the annual Leasing Report (since 1995), the Lease News magazine, the LeaseNews.it digital news agency, the biennial Lease Salone del Leasing trade show, specialized databases (GEPI for property valuations, VES for vehicle valuations, BAT for chassis, OMI for real estate observatories, Shylock for NPL management), the Leasing Score Prediction scoring service, and IVASS/OAM professional training. The association holds privileged institutional positions as a member by right of ABI (Italian Banking Association), founding member of OIC (Italian Accounting Standards Board) and OAM (Body for Financial Agents and Brokers), member of Leaseurope, and institutional collaborator with Confindustria, the Forum per la Finanza Sostenibile, and the Agenzia delle Entrate. It also partners with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP) on the Plafond Leasing program and with SIMEST on export-oriented leasing instruments.

The organization is governed by President Paolo Guzzetti and Director General Giuseppe Schlitzer (appointed November 2025), with a multi-tier board structure including Vice Presidents, the Executive Committee, a Board of Auditors, a Board of Arbitrators, and a Supervisory Body (Organismo di Vigilanza) established under D.Lgs 231/2001. The technology stack centers on BDCR and its sub-products delivered through member-only portals requiring login; no public APIs, SDKs, or AI/ML capabilities beyond the predictive scoring sub-product are disclosed. Services are distributed via direct membership enrollment and the Assilea Servizi subsidiary.

Name

ASSILEA

Legal name

Assilea - Associazione Italiana Leasing

Website

https://assilea.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1981

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ASSILEA is the Italian Leasing Association, a non-profit trade body founded in 1981 that represents Italian banks, financial intermediaries, operating lease firms, and service providers through tiered membership and the BDCR credit database covering 76.4% of the Italian leasing market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industry Trade Association Services

NAICS

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (53), Lessors of Real Estate (5311), Rental and Leasing Services (532)

SIC

Finance Lessors (6172), Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, Nec (7359)

akta.pro primary industry

Property Management Advisory & Leasing Administration (FSAEAJAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Asset-Based Lending (ABL) (FSANADAD), Leasing & Lease Buyout Financing (FSAKADAC)

Keywords

• Leasing industry association
• Credit risk database
• Membership trade association
• Regulatory advocacy services
• Leasing market research

Headquarters

HQ city

Roma

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Membership contributions and fees: ASSILEA generates revenue through annual membership contributions paid by Soci (full members), Corrispondenti (corresponding members), and Aggregati (affiliated members). The contribution is calculated based on criteria and methods established by the Council, with first-year fees prorated to remaining months. Group companies are treated as a single member for fee calculation purposes.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

ASSILEA is the Italian Leasing Association, a non-profit trade body representing banks, financial intermediaries, operating lease companies, and affiliated service providers engaged in leasing in Italy. It delivers industry representation and regulatory advocacy, manages the BDCR (Banca Dati Centrale Rischi) central credit database covering approximately 76.4% of the Italian leasing market, and provides members with publications, training, consulting, and market intelligence services through its wholly-owned subsidiary Assilea Servizi S.u.r.l.

Product overview

ASSILEA is the Italian Leasing Association, not a technology product company. Its services consist of industry association offerings including the BDCR (Banca Dati Centrale Rischi) credit information system as the core product, supplemented by specialized databases (BAT, GEPI, VES, OMI, Shylock), the LeaseNews.it digital news platform, and consortium initiatives like the CDP Plafond Leasing program. Services are primarily provided to member leasing companies through the Assilea Servizi subsidiary, requiring login credentials for access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LeaseNews.it: First Digital News Agency dedicated to the Lease sector, powered by Assilea, providing digital news and multimedia content about leasing, operational leasing, long-term rental, and related topics.
• BDCR - Banca Dati Centrale Rischi

Quantifiable outcome

• BDCR covers 76.4% of Italian leasing market

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered significant, minor and core.

• Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP)significantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2021ASSILEA has a partnership with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti for the 'Plafond Leasing' initiative, which provides preferential financing conditions for leasing transactions supporting Italian enterprises, particularly for investments in strategic sectors.
• SIMESTminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 5 May 2021ASSILEA collaborates with SIMEST on export-oriented leasing instruments, supporting Italian companies in internationalization through specialized leasing products with export-related financial incentives.
• ABI - Associazione Bancaria ItalianacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA is a member by right (membro di diritto) of ABI, the Italian Banking Association. This provides ASSILEA with institutional representation within the primary body coordinating Italian banking and financial institutions, enabling advocacy on leasing-related regulatory matters at the national level.
• LeaseuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA is a member of Leaseurope, the European Federation of Leasing and Long-Term Auto Rental Associations. This provides representation at the European level, enabling participation in EU-level regulatory discussions affecting the leasing industry across Europe.
• Organismo Italiano di Contabilità (OIC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA is a Founding Partner (Socio Fondatore) of OIC, the Italian Accounting Standards Board. This supports ASSILEA's role in influencing accounting standards applicable to leasing transactions in Italy.
• Organismo Agenti e Mediatori (OAM)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA is a Founding Partner (Socio Fondatore) of OAM, the Italian Body for Financial Agents and Brokers. This supports ASSILEA's engagement with the regulatory framework for distribution networks in the leasing sector.
• ConfindustriasignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA collaborates institutionally with Confindustria (the Italian General Confederation of Industry), working on joint initiatives related to industrial policy, incentives, and regulations affecting the leasing and investment sectors.
• Forum per la Finanza SostenibilesignificantStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA is a member of the Italian Forum for Sustainable Finance, participating in discussions and initiatives related to ESG criteria, green leasing, and sustainable finance regulations at the European level.
• Agenzia delle Entrate (Revenue Agency)significantStrategic or Co-development PartnerASSILEA collaborates with the Agenzia delle Entrate on the OMI (Osservatorio Mercato Immobiliare) real estate observatory, producing the annual Rapporto Immobiliare on non-residential properties, and on the GEPI platform for electronic real estate appraisals.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Bundesverband Deutscher Leasing-Unternehmen (BDL): German Leasing Association representing the German leasing industry. As a national leasing trade body for Europe's largest leasing market, BDL is the most direct functional peer to ASSILEA at country level in terms of advocacy, member services, and data infrastructure.
• Leaseurope: European Federation of Leasing and Long-Term Auto Rental Associations, of which ASSILEA is a member. Leaseurope is the direct European umbrella body for national leasing associations, making it the closest institutional peer to ASSILEA in scope, function, and member composition.
• Finance & Leasing Association (FLA): UK trade association for the consumer credit, asset finance, and motor finance industries. FLA is the United Kingdom's functional equivalent to ASSILEA in representing leasing and asset finance providers with advocacy, data, and training services.
• Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA): US trade association for the equipment finance industry. ELFA serves as the American institutional peer to ASSILEA in promoting the equipment leasing sector with comparable advocacy, education, data services, and member-driven governance.
• Association Française des Sociétés Financières (ASF): French Association of Financial Companies covering leasing, consumer credit, factoring, and similar services. ASF is the French national peer to ASSILEA in scope, function, and member composition (banks and financial intermediaries).

Others

• National Association of Credit Management (NACM): US trade association for commercial credit management. NACM shares ASSILEA's chamber-of-commerce membership model and credit-data aggregation focus, making it a thematically adjacent peer rather than a direct competitor in the leasing association space.

Broad incumbents

• Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI): Italian Banking Association, of which ASSILEA is a member by right. ABI is the dominant Italian financial industry trade body covering all banking segments; ASSILEA operates within its orbit as the specialized leasing counterpart with focused mandate.
• Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME): Pan-European trade association for wholesale financial markets covering banking, capital markets, and asset management. AFME overlaps with ASSILEA's EU regulatory advocacy scope but operates at a broader European level with a wider membership across financial services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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