Production Industry
This page is an overview of the Venetian production industry from 1997-2016
As of today, 2016, Venice is home to 2191 production companies
Overview
When looking at the production data, we realized that the number of open companies had not changed much. However, by looking at specific sectors within the production industry, some trends became apparent. There are eleven production sectors in Venice as shown below in the figure.
Within the production industry, we further broke down our analysis to focus on the changes in each individual sector.
Construction
Since 1997, construction companies have increased by nine percent, starting at 509 companies and ending at 553 in 2016. It peaked at 574 companies in 2007. The current 553 companies employ 2414 Venetians. The figure below depicts the change in the number of companies since 1997. Construction is the highest-employing production industry in Venice, contributing the most companies to the city’s production sector.
Glass Work
There are currently 312 glasswork companies in Venice, employing 1495 people. This is a twelve percent decrease since 1997, when there were 362 companies. The industry peaked a year later in 1998, with 370 companies producing glass. The figure below shows the trend in this industry since 1997. Despite this decline, the glasswork industry is the second-largest production sector in Venice.
Maufacturing
Venice is home to 512 manufacturing companies that employ a total of 1413 people. The industry has decreased twenty percent since 1997, from 599 to 482 companies in 2016, with its peak at 607 companies in 2000. Manufacturing is the third largest production sector in Venice, despite the increase in the number of companies. The figure below graphically depicts the trend of the number of companies since 1997.
Wholesale Trade
Wholesale trade, as the fourth largest production industry, is important to Venice’s economy. It provides the resources that production sectors need to make their goods. There are 280 companies in this sector, employing 1017 Venetians. It has decreased twenty-eight percent since 1997, going from 413 companies to 297, with a peak at 384 in 1998. The figure below depicts the aforementioned downward trend.
Food
There are fifty-seven companies in food production that employ 568 Venetians. There has been a twenty-seven percent increase in the number of these companies since 1997, beginning at forty-five and ending at a high of fifty-seven in 2016. The trend in the sector since 1997 can be seen in the figure below.
Film and Sound
Film and sound is the first immaterial sector we discuss. It is home to 17 companies in Venice that employs 286 Venetians. This industry had 11 companies in 1997 and did not see much growth until 2010 when it hit a total of 21 companies. From that point, the industry was up and down and currently stands at 17 companies. The complete trend line for the film and sound industry can be seen in the figure below.
Creative Arts
The second immaterial sector we will talk about is creative arts production This incorporates exhibits of art, art museums and plaster artists. There are currently 89 companies in the creative arts sector and this is responsible for employing 269 venetians. From 1997 to 2001, the arts were on the rise. It hit its peak in 2001 at 93 companies but since then has not made much process and currently remains at 89 companies. The overall trend for creative arts can be seen in the figure below.
Textiles
There are twenty-three textile companies in Venice in 2016, and this number has stayed fairly consistent since 1997. This sector employs 246 Venetians and has saw a high of twenty-five companies in 2012; six more companies than it had in 1997, which was nineteen as seen in the figure below. Although this industry makes up a small portion of Venice’s production sector, its numbers have stayed constant, indicating that it is relatively stable.
Fish
The fishing industry has seen the most dramatic change over the past 20 years. It currently has 178 companies in Venice that employs 239 venetians. Since most of these fishing industries do not have headquarter, they do not have addresses and as a result can not be shown on the map below. Starting in 1997, the fishing industry only had 52 companies, and since then has increased by 240%. It has peaked this year, in 2016 to a total of 178 companies which can be seen in the figure below.
Software
There are forty-nine software companies in Venice, that employ 155 people. This is the most companies in this sector since 1997, when there were twenty-eight. Looking in the figure below, there has been an eighty-four percent increase in the number of software companies since 1997.
Agriculture
Agriculture is the last sector in the production industry. This sector currently employs 113 and has a total of 85 companies. Although agriculture peaked in 2001 at 136 total companies, it has decreased 21% since 1997. It currently has 85 companies. This can be seen in the figure below.
