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Reggio Emilia regional economy and demographic trends

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Reggio Emilia regional economy and demographic trends

In 2025 2025, the province’s cultural and creative sector generated €1.26 billion in value added, accounting for 5.7 % 5.7% of total provincial wealth and marking a 4 % year‑on‑year increase. wealth. Growth was led driven by video‑games video games and software (+17 %) and architecture‑design (+6.8 %). Embedded creatives—designers working across fashion, automotive and food—contributed €557 million (44 % of the sector) and employed over 8,300 workers. Overall cultural employment rose to 16,549 (+2.4 %) (+17%) and the number of firms to 2,316 (+1.5 %). While most sub‑sectors remained stable, publishing fell 1.9 % architecture-design (+6.8%), while performing and performing/visual visual arts dropped sharply by 16.7 %. saw a sharp 16.7% decline. By the second quarter of 2026, female‑owned the economic landscape showed specific demographic shifts. Female-owned enterprises in Reggio Emilia numbered 8,971, representing 19.1 % remained relatively stable at 8,971 units (19.1% of all active firms and showing only firms), representing a modest 0.2 % decline, outperforming marginal 0.2% decline that outperformed both regional and national averages. Business services, Within this group, business services grew by 3.0%, alongside increases in personal services (2.4%) and construction saw modest growth, whereas (1.9%). Conversely, commerce, agriculture, manufacturing manufacturing, and accommodation & catering contracted. Sole proprietorships continued to dominate (65 % experienced contractions. Additionally, youth-led businesses (under 35) showed significant resilience in Reggio Emilia. As of firms). Female‑led capital companies increased 0.9 % late June 2026, these enterprises grew by 1.9% to 1,871, while women held 35,579 positions across reach 3,728 units, accounting for 7.9% of the province, with local economy. This growth rate notably outpaced the largest shares overall provincial business growth of 0.2%. The expansion in youth entrepreneurship was most pronounced in business services, commerce which rose by 10.8%, followed by accommodation and manufacturing. Female artisan firms comprised 26 % of the artisan sector. Together, the data illustrate a broadly expanding cultural economy alongside a relatively stable but slightly shifting landscape for female‑owned businesses in Reggio Emilia. catering (+4.4%) and personal services (+2.6%). In contrast, youth-led agriculture, manufacturing, and commerce sectors saw declines.

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