Info: Ateco code list - User Manual

Is it possible to view the sector codes relating to a company or to search through filters?

Leanus allows you to perform sophisticated searches on the Italian companies DB by searching not only by Ateco code, parts of it or words contained therein, but also by other national and international sector codes (SIC, SAE, RAE, MCC Code, etc.). Leanus also allows you to select one or more sector codes simultaneously.

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In which Leanus menu can you find the information relating to the Ateco codes?

Information on sectoral coding can be found:
In the registry of the single company. After identifying the company, click on View Master Data in the Master Data Box on the Home Page or click on Company Data / Master Data
In the Analysis Menu Groups / Statistics by / Sector available for Groups. Within the Menu, the distribution of the companies belonging to the Group is available for each of the sector codes. Using the "Edit Group" function it is possible to select a subset of the main group.

What is the Ateco Code?

The Ateco code is an alphanumeric combination that identifies a Economic activity. It is attributed at the time of incorporation of the company; it is very rare that it is aligned with the actual business activity should this change over the years. Although it represents extremely useful information, the Ateco code it allows to identify only marginally the actual company activity. The use of Ateco codes it can therefore deceive the analyst who has no experience relating to the specific sector under analysis.

The coding of the Ateco code is as follows:
• The letters identify the economic macro-sector
• I USEFULL (from two to six digits) represent, with varying degrees of detail, the specific articulations and sub-categories of the sectors themselves.

The new classification has been in force since 1 January 2008 Nace 2007, approved by ISTAT (National Institute of Statistics) in close collaboration with the Revenue Agency, the Chambers of Commerce and other interested Bodies, Ministries and business associations. With the Ateco 2007 codes, the same classification of economic activities is therefore adopted for statistical, fiscal and contributory purposes, in a process of simplifying the information managed by public administrations and institutions.

How is an Ateco code made?

Economic activities are grouped with increasing detail according to:

The classification of economic activities ATECO (ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES) is a type of classification adopted by the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) for national economic statistical surveys.

It is the Italian translation of the Nomenclature of Economic Activities (NACE) created by Eurostat, adapted by ISTAT to the specific characteristics of the Italian economic system. The ATECO 2007 version is currently in use, which came into force on 1 January 2008, and which replaces the previous ATECO 2002, adopted in 2002 as an update of ATECO 1991.

It is an alpha-numeric classification with different degrees of detail: the letters indicate the macro-sector of economic activity, while the numbers (ranging from two to six digits) represent, with varying degrees of detail, the breakdowns and breakdowns of the sectors themselves. The various economic activities are grouped, from general to particular, into sections (coding: 1 letter), divisions (2 digits), groups (3 digits), classes (4 digits), categories (5 digits) and sub-categories (6 digits) .

Each numerical code incorporates the previous ones. For example:

section C: manufacturing activities;
division 14: packaging of articles of clothing;
group 14.1: packaging of articles of clothing except articles of fur;
class 14.19: packages of articles and accessories other than clothing in leather, work clothes, other external clothing and underwear;
category 14.19.2: sportswear and special clothing;
subcategory 14.19.29: production of baby clothes, sports suits, ski suits, swimwear and the like.

This classification is valid from 2008 also for communications and declarations to the Revenue Agency replacing the previous ATECOFIN 2004. The previous ATECO 2002 classification was developed in five levels of detail: sections (coding: 1 letter), subsections (two letters), divisions (2 digits), groups (3 digits), classes (4 digits) and categories (5 digits).

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