BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM

Here you find a snapshot of Milan’s innovation ecosystem.

Be our guest, scroll the page and find a list with a brief description and link to the website of Milan’s incubators, accelerators, innovation hubs, makerspaces, fablabs and coworking spaces. Pick the ones that will help you to position at best in your Milanese business life.

INCUBATORS, ACCELERATORS AND INNOVATION HUBS

Milano has a great variety of incubators, accelerators and innovation hubs, many of which recognized internationally.

Download the PDF to get more info and browse the map to find the structure that best suits your needs!

COWORKING SPACES

In the Milano startup ecosystem there are more than 90 coworking spaces, spread through all the neighborhoods. Copernico, Talent Garden and Impact Hub Milano are among the most relevant ones - in terms of size and international presence.

Check our guide to the Coworking spaces in the city and find the perfect location!

MAKERSPACES AND FABLABS

Makerspaces and Fablabs are common spaces where you can work together with other people to build objects of various types or carry out your new experimental project. In a Fablab you build what you want in a large shared space, using CNC milling machines, 3D printers, 3D modeling software, etc. Similarly, a Makerspace allows innovators to explore, create new things, or improve already existing projects.

With 12 Makerspaces and Fablabs, Milano ranks first in Italy and among the top ones in Europe for number of laboratories of digital fabrication

Download the list of all Makerspaces and Fablabs in the City and see which one is the closest to you!

INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES IN MILANO

The 4,700 foreign-owned businesses operating in Milan generate a turnover of about € 167.6 billion - 30% of the total generated by foreign companies in Italy - and employ around 280,000 people.

Many of these multinational companies have decided to open their country or regional headquarters in Milan and their presence is growing rapidly year over year. Life Sciences, Finance, IT, Manufacturing, Food, Design, Logistics are only some of the clusters in which multinationals are betting on the City of Milan. 

Discover the main foreign corporations that decided to set their offices in Milan.