Rankings · Outside France

Top 25 publishers — Italy

Editorial ranking, updated on September 12, 2026 (source: our editors).

  1. 1. Zucchetti

    Lodi · founded in 1978 · HRTech · HR & Payroll

    Family-founded group turned Italian giant in payroll, HR and management software.

  2. 2. TeamSystem

    Pesaro · founded in 1979 · Software & SaaS

    Italy's leading management-software vendor for SMBs, accountants and professionals.

  3. 3. Dedalus

    Florence · founded in 1982 · HealthTech · e-Health

    Europe's largest healthcare-software vendor, controlled by Ardian and bulked up by acquiring Agfa HealthCare IT and DXC's healthcare business.

  4. 4. Bending Spoons

    Milan · founded in 2013 · Software & SaaS

    Milan-based tech conglomerate that now owns Evernote, Vimeo and WeTransfer.

  5. 5. Expert.ai

    Modena · founded in 1989 · AI & Data

    Formerly Expert System, a natural-language-processing and hybrid-AI specialist from Modena, listed on Euronext Growth Milan.

  6. 6. Docebo

    Turin (listed in Canada/US) · founded in 2005 · EdTech · Education

    E-learning platform born in Turin, now Nasdaq-listed.

  7. 7. Namirial

    Senigallia · founded in 2000 · LegalTech & RegTech

    E-signature, digital identity and trust services, founded in Italy's Marche region and controlled by Bain Capital since 2020.

  8. 8. InfoCert

    Rome · founded in 2007 · LegalTech & RegTech

    Digital certification authority — certified email, SPID, e-signature — within the Tinexta group, one of Europe's largest trust providers.

  9. 9. Objectway

    Milan · founded in 1990 · FinTech · Banking & Payments

    Wealth and asset-management software used by private banks and investment managers in around ten countries.

  10. 10. Dedagroup

    Trento · founded in 2000 · Software & SaaS

    Trento-based software group owned by the Podini family, specializing in solutions for banks, local government and territories.

  11. 11. Almawave

    Rome · founded in 2008 · AI & Data

    Speech technology and AI, including the Velvet language models, listed on Euronext Growth Milan and controlled by the Almaviva group.

  12. 12. Translated

    Rome · founded in 1999 · Software & SaaS

    AI-augmented translation, blending professional linguists with language models.

  13. 13. Musixmatch

    Bologna · founded in 2010 · Media, Gaming & Entertainment

    The world's largest synced-lyrics catalog, embedded in Spotify and Apple Music.

  14. 14. Piteco

    Milan · founded in 1980 · FinTech · Banking & Payments

    Corporate treasury and financial-management software for mid-sized and large companies, listed in Milan and controlled by Dedagroup.

  15. 15. Fabrick

    Biella · founded in 2018 · FinTech · Banking & Payments

    Open-finance platform spun out of the Banca Sella group, connecting banks, fintechs and corporates through APIs.

  16. 16. Growens (MailUp)

    Milan · founded in 2002 · Software & SaaS

    Formerly MailUp and Milan-listed; sold its email-marketing platform to TeamSystem in 2023 to focus on the Beefree editor.

  17. 17. Mia-Platform

    Milan · founded in 2016 · Cloud, Infra & DevTools

    Platform-engineering suite for building and governing cloud-native architectures, singled out by Gartner.

  18. 18. Cyberoo

    Reggio Emilia · founded in 2008 · Cybersecurity & Identity

    Managed detection and response (MDR) with 24/7 monitoring for mid-sized companies, listed on Euronext Growth Milan since 2019.

  19. 19. iGenius

    Milan · founded in 2016 · AI & Data

    Generative AI for business data and the Italian language model "Colosseum", now rebranded as Domyn.

  20. 20. CyberGuru

    Rome · founded in 2017 · Cybersecurity & Identity

    Security-awareness training for employees, complete with phishing simulations.

  21. 21. Doxee

    Modena · founded in 2001 · Software & SaaS

    Personalized customer communications — interactive bills, video — and document digitization, listed on Euronext Growth Milan.

  22. 22. Neosperience

    Brescia · founded in 2006 · AI & Data

    AI applied to customer experience and marketing, listed on Euronext Growth Milan.

  23. 23. Cubbit

    Bologna · founded in 2016 · Cloud, Infra & DevTools

    Geo-distributed, sovereign cloud storage pitched as a European alternative to Amazon S3, born in Bologna in 2016.

  24. 24. Sistemi

    Collegno (Turin) · Software & SaaS

    Accounting, payroll and ERP software for practices and SMBs, distributed through a partner network across Italy.

  25. 25. Nozomi Networks

    Milan / San Francisco · founded in 2013 · Cybersecurity & Identity

    Industrial (OT/IoT) network security, founded by Italian engineers, run from San Francisco and acquired by Mitsubishi Electric in 2025.