A small growth, just 0.7%, but still above the national average (+0.5%) and, above all, growth. Far from obvious in the context in which the companies of the metropolitan city of Milan and the provinces of Monza, Brianza and Lodi operate: not only the current geopolitical and economic context but, more generally, the structural context of a productive fabric based on micro and small enterprises (about 90% of the more than 400,000 active entities in the territory), for which it is not easy to keep up with the profound technological and organizational transformations underway.
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The Milano Produttiva report annually captures the state of the art and challenges of the manufacturing system in this territory: in 2025 the economic trend of the provinces of Milan, Monza Brianza and Lodi recorded a growth of 0.7%, contained despite a climate of strong uncertainty linked to global energy and geopolitical crises that companies had to face throughout the year.
An increase driven mainly by the services sector (+0.7%) and, to a lesser extent, by industry (+0.4%). The analyses of the Study, Statistics and Planning Service on Prometeia data updated to the first quarter indicate that GDP growth in the Milan-Lodi-Monza and Brianza area remains stable (at +0.7%) also for the current year.
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The territory confirms itself as fertile ground for the birth of new companies, the Report reads: the balance between new registrations and cancellations last year recorded an increase of 10,007 units (while in 2024 the growth was 8,428 units), with a growth rate of 2.1%, higher than the national figure (+0.96%) and the Lombardy figure (+1.41%).
Leading the balance is Milan, with a positive balance of 9,179 companies. Considering the Metropolitan City territory, there were 26,262 new companies registered in 2025 (compared to 25,099 in 2024), with a smaller but significant contribution also from the provinces of Monza and Brianza (4,514 companies) and Lodi (922 companies).
