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Italy Business Confidence

Italy's business confidence held steady at 87.3 points in September 2025, showing no change from August 2025. This stability is driven by balanced sectoral performances as gains in services offset losses in retail. Manufacturing confidence also remained constant due to counteracting sub-sector trends. Ongoing global trade uncertainties contribute to the current economic sentiment. Italy's record low business confidence was 63.9 points in May 2020 and record high was 105.3 points in October 2021.

Monthly Historical Data (2015-2025)

(in points)
Month Business Confidence (points)
Sep 2025 87.3
Aug 2025 87.3
Jul 2025 87.8
Jun 2025 87.3
May 2025 86.6
Apr 2025 85.9
Mar 2025 86.1
Feb 2025 86.9
Jan 2025 86.7
Dec 2024 85.8
Nov 2024 86.6
Oct 2024 85.9
Sep 2024 86.6
Aug 2024 86.9
Jul 2024 87.3
Jun 2024 86.7
May 2024 88.3
Apr 2024 87.8
Mar 2024 88.6
Feb 2024 87.4
Jan 2024 88.2
Dec 2023 87.4
Nov 2023 87.8
Oct 2023 87.9
Sep 2023 88.3
Aug 2023 88.9
Jul 2023 89.2
Jun 2023 90
May 2023 90.8
Apr 2023 92.7
Mar 2023 93.9
Feb 2023 93.9
Jan 2023 93.4
Dec 2022 93
Nov 2022 93
Oct 2022 92.1
Sep 2022 92.5
Aug 2022 94.4
Jul 2022 95.4
Jun 2022 98.1
May 2022 97.8
Apr 2022 98.1
Mar 2022 98.2
Feb 2022 102.2
Jan 2022 102.6
Dec 2021 104.7
Nov 2021 104.3
Oct 2021 105.3
Sep 2021 103.7
Aug 2021 103.1
Jul 2021 104.2
Jun 2021 102.5
May 2021 100.3
Apr 2021 97
Mar 2021 93.9
Feb 2021 91.7
Jan 2021 89.3
Dec 2020 88
Nov 2020 81.5
Oct 2020 87.2
Sep 2020 84
Aug 2020 78.3
Jul 2020 76
Jun 2020 70.6
May 2020 63.9
Mar 2020 77.8
Feb 2020 89.5
Jan 2020 89.5
Dec 2019 89
Nov 2019 89.1
Oct 2019 89.4
Sep 2019 89.3
Aug 2019 90.4
Jul 2019 90.1
Jun 2019 90.8
May 2019 91.6
Apr 2019 90.4
Mar 2019 90.4
Feb 2019 90.5
Jan 2019 91.2
Dec 2018 92.9
Nov 2018 93.7
Oct 2018 93.9
Sep 2018 95.2
Aug 2018 94.8
Jul 2018 95.9
Jun 2018 96
May 2018 96.5
Apr 2018 96.8
Mar 2018 97.8
Feb 2018 98.5
Jan 2018 98.4
Dec 2017 99
Nov 2017 99.4
Oct 2017 99.4
Sep 2017 99.3
Aug 2017 98.1
Jul 2017 97.1
Jun 2017 96.9
May 2017 96.2
Apr 2017 97.1
Mar 2017 96.2
Feb 2017 94.9
Jan 2017 94.2
Dec 2016 93.1
Nov 2016 91.9
Oct 2016 92.3
Sep 2016 91.7
Aug 2016 91.7
Jul 2016 92.9
Jun 2016 92.7
May 2016 91.7
Apr 2016 92.1
Mar 2016 91.5
Feb 2016 91.1
Jan 2016 92.4
Dec 2015 93.3
Nov 2015 93.8
Oct 2015 94.6
Sep 2015 93.7

Recent Events

datetime event actual previous consensus
2025-09-26 04:00 AM Business Confidence (Sep) 87.3 87.3 87.5
2025-08-28 04:00 AM Business Confidence (Aug) 87.4 87.8 87.2

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Italy Business Confidence : Definition
Italy business confidence measures the sentiment of Italian companies about current economic conditions and future prospects. The National Institute of Statistics ISTAT calculates it by surveying businesses on factors like order books, production expectations and employment trends. The resulting index indicates optimism if above 100 and pessimism if below 100.