Breakdown of the audiovisual sector* by turnover classes
The breakdown by turnover classes reveals that the Italian audiovisual sector is mainly represented by very small companies. Among the over 7,000 surveyed, around two-thirds (4,718; meaning 65.1%) have a turnover of less than €100,000 a year. 21% doesn’t reach 500 thousand euros of business volume while only 2.2% (161 companies) exceeds 5 million.
Breakdown of the audiovisual sector* by turnover classes
Year 2017 (absolute values and percentage compositions)
Absolute values
| 0-100k euros | 100k-500k euros | 500k-1M euros | 1M-5M euros | +5M euros | TOTAL | |
| 5911 — Film, video & TV shows production | 3.164 | 765 | 171 | 192 | 78 | 4.370 |
| 5912 — Film, video & TV shows post-production | 793 | 161 | 47 | 59 | 7 | 1.067 |
| 5913 — Film, video & TV shows distribution | 96 | 69 | 18 | 35 | 18 | 236 |
| 5914 — Exhibition | 237 | 293 | 65 | 105 | 31 | 731 |
| 6020 — Programmazione e trasmissioni tv | 428 | 231 | 80 | 77 | 27 | 843 |
| TOTAL AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR | 4.718 | 1.519 | 381 | 468 | 161 | 7.247 |
Percentage compositions
| 0-100k euros | 100k-500k euros | 500k-1M euros | 1M-5M euros | +5M euros | TOTAL | |
| 5911 — Film, video & TV shows production | 72,4 | 17,5 | 3,9 | 4,4 | 1,8 | 100,0 |
| 5912 — Film, video & TV shows post-production | 74,3 | 15,1 | 4,4 | 5,5 | 0,7 | 100,0 |
| 5913 — Film, video & TV shows distribution | 40,7 | 29,2 | 7,6 | 14,8 | 7,6 | 100,0 |
| 5914 — Exhibition | 32,4 | 40,1 | 8,9 | 14,4 | 4,2 | 100,0 |
| 6020 — TV programming and broadcasting | 50,8 | 27,4 | 9,5 | 9,1 | 3,2 | 100,0 |
| TOTAL AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR | 65,1 | 21,0 | 5,3 | 6,5 | 2,2 | 100,0 |
Source: Symbola Foundation estimates on Istat data