Società Del Giardino

What Società Del Giardino does

Società Del Giardino is a historic amateur fencing club (Sala di Scherma) founded in 1882 in Milan through the merger of Sala Galli and Sala Redaelli, operating under the legal form of SSD a.r.l. (Società Sportiva Dilettantistica a responsabilità limitata). The club is located at Via San Paolo 10, Milano and delivers in-person fencing instruction in two weapons — Sciabola (saber) and Spada (épée) — using electric scoring apparatus. It organizes its offering into three course tiers: Avviamento (beginner/youth initiation), Agonistici (competitive), and per Adulti (adult), staffed by nationally certified coaches at Tecnico Nazionale I, II, and III livello. Governance is led by President Ing. Lorenzo Fiori and CEO Avv. Massimo Cerutti.

The club serves individual members — primarily youth and adult amateur fencers in the Milan metropolitan area — and runs a competitive program whose alumni have produced a documented medal haul of 29 Olympic golds, 17 silvers, 11 bronzes, and 46 World Championship medals. In 1997 the club received the CONI Collare d'Oro al Merito Sportivo, Italy's highest sporting merit recognition.

The business model is membership- and course-fee based, with revenue generated from enrollment in the three course tiers. The club operates from a single physical venue with no disclosed enterprise or institutional customers, no public financial reporting, and no evidence of geographic expansion or external funding. Approximately six operational/administrative contacts are listed, suggesting a small operating footprint consistent with a single-site amateur sports society.

Name

Società Del Giardino

Legal name

Sala di scherma Società del Giardino SSD a.r.l.

Website

https://schermagiardino.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1882

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Società Del Giardino is a Milan-based amateur fencing club founded in 1882, offering in-person Sciabola and Spada instruction across beginner, competitive, and adult courses to individual members, with a distinguished Olympic and World Championship medal heritage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fencing Club Services

NAICS

Sports and Recreation Instruction (611620), Sports and Recreation Instruction (61162), Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers (71394)

SIC

Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Elite Performance Training Centers (High-Performance/Pro Prep) (MPAKAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Strength & Conditioning / Athletic Performance Training (HSADAEAB)

Keywords

• Fencing instruction
• Competitive fencing training
• Youth sports coaching
• Amateur sports club
• Fencing club services

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Società Del Giardino operates a historic fencing hall (Sala di Scherma) in Milan, founded in 1882, offering in-person fencing training programs across three core courses: Avviamento alla Scherma (beginner instruction for first-time practitioners using plastic and metal equipment), Corsi Agonistici (competitive training for national and international-level fencers), and Corsi per Adulti (adult group and individual lessons leading to electric equipment competition). The club also sells branded merchandise including Nike Academy team apparel.

Product overview

Società del Giardino is a historic fencing hall (Sala di Scherma) established in 1882, offering fencing training programs across three main course types: Avviamento alla Scherma for beginners, Corso Agonistici for competitive athletes, and Corso per Adulti for adult practitioners. The organization also provides merchandise including Nike Academy-branded team apparel (tracksuits, t-shirts, training sweatshirts). The club operates from Via San Paolo 10, Milano and offers training in multiple fencing weapons including sciabola (saber) and spada (épée), with affiliated coaches and instructors.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corso Avviamento alla Scherma
• Corsi Agonistici
• Corso per Adulti

Quantifiable outcome

• 29 Olympic gold medals, 17 silver medals, 11 bronze medals across the club's history
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Emerging players

• Manhattan Fencing Center: US-based elite fencing training center serving competitive youth and adult fencers across foil, épée, and saber. Comparable as a high-end private fencing academy with structured competitive pathways, though operating in a different national federation.

Direct peers

• CS Roma (Circolo Scherma Roma): Long-established Rome-based fencing club offering instruction and competitive pathways across weapons. Comparable as an Italian elite private fencing academy serving competitive athletes at the national and international level.
• Club Scherma Pro Vercelli: Historic Italian fencing club from Vercelli with a strong senior competitive tradition. A peer in operating model (private club, in-person coaching, multi-weapon programs) and in competing for the same Italian national championship titles.
• Cercle d'Escrime de Paris: Historic Parisian fencing salle with century-plus heritage and a similar competitive/elite training model. The closest international analogue in terms of brand prestige, multi-weapon instruction, and Olympic-medal alumni production.

Regional players

• Salle d'armes de Bourg-la-Reine: Historic French fencing salle located outside Paris with elite-athlete heritage and multi-generational training programs. Comparable in operating philosophy to Giardino — heritage salle, in-person instruction, competitive focus — but operating primarily in the French national ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• Centro Sportivo Esercito: Italian Army sports club operating across many Olympic disciplines including elite fencing. Directly competes for top Italian fencers and coaching talent, with materially larger institutional funding — the most consequential domestic competitor for senior podium athletes.
• Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro: Italian State Police sports group, one of the dominant Italian fencing-producing clubs of the modern era, with salaried athletes and institutional resources. Comparable as a top-tier Italian competitive fencing organization.
• New York Athletic Club (Fencing Section): Historic New York private members' club with a long-running competitive fencing section. Comparable as a heritage-branded private club offering fencing instruction alongside broader athletic programming under a membership model.

Others

• Fédération Internationale d'Escrime (FIE): International fencing federation organizing World Championships and Olympic fencing. Not a commercial peer but the umbrella institution that defines competition formats and certifies Giardino's historical World Championship medal tally.
• Federazione Italiana Scherma (FIS): Italian national fencing federation — referenced directly on Giardino's website. Functions as the governing body, ranking publisher, and competition organizer under which Giardino's athletes compete; an ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/societ%C3%A0-del-giardino

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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