A growing destination

More than 40 million passengers use the airports in Lombardy every year, and the region offers more than 4,000 accommodation facilities. Milan is one of the capitals of fashion and shopping.

Milan hosts more than 10,000 financial services companies and is the home of the Borsa Italiana (part of the London Stock Exchange Group) that lists the best Italian companies.

With more than 18,000 businesses, Lombardy is the leader in design. The region is home to more than 34,000 companies in the fashion industry, and Milan is one of the international fashion capitals.

Lombardy is the vital center of Italy’s ICT industry: the region is in the European top 10 in public investments in the field. The technology infrastructure and specialized human capital available make it the best hub in Italy for ICT clusters.

Lombardy is the first region in Italy in terms of sales and the third region in Europe in number of employees in manufacturing.

Lombardy is the first region in Italy and in Europe in the number of employees in the pharmaceutical field. It is home to one third of the Italian businesses in chemistry.

Lombardy is the number one region in Italy in the biotechnology field: it hosts almost 30% of the businesses in the sector, which generate more than half of the sales and R&D; investments in the biotech supply chain.