Italy lost 111,000 retail businesses and 24,000 bars from 2019 to 2025

Italy lost 111,000 retail businesses and 24,000 bars between 2019 and 2025, according to data cited by Confesercenti.

About 72,000 of the businesses that disappeared were basic local services, such as bakeries, butchers, hairdressers and fuel stations.

In 5,103 municipalities, at least one type of basic local business that had been there was gone.

The gaps are especially clear in smaller towns: 566 municipalities have no bar, and all have fewer than 5,000 residents.

Across the country, 1,064 municipalities have no food shop and more than 2,500 have no fuel station.

The loss can make it harder for residents to reach everyday goods and services, and it also affects some larger towns.

The information provided does not say what measures may follow.