Naplesruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Aerospace & defence
Leonardo Aerostructures at Pomigliano and Nola, Avio Aero, Magnaghi, the DAC aerospace district
Campania has one of Italy's oldest aerospace clusters, building fuselage sections and aerostructures for international programmes. It is the region's most reliable high-skill engineering employer and the one most likely to hire internationally.
Automotive & manufacturing
Stellantis Pomigliano d'Arco, Adler Group, Getrag nearby
The Pomigliano d'Arco plant east of the city has built Fiat models since 1968 and remains one of the largest single industrial employers in the south.
Port, shipping & logistics
Autorità Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale, Grimaldi Lines, Fincantieri Castellammare
Naples is one of the Mediterranean's larger passenger ports and a significant container and shipbuilding centre, with the Fincantieri yard at Castellammare di Stabia across the bay.
Higher education & research
Università Federico II, Università L'Orientale, CNR Napoli, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn
Federico II was founded in 1224 and is the oldest state-chartered university in the world. Its San Giovanni a Teduccio campus in the eastern industrial belt hosts Europe's first Apple Developer Academy alongside other corporate academies.
Tourism, film & television
Hotel groups, the Naples film commission, streaming and series production
Naples has become one of Italy's most heavily filmed cities and a major production base, alongside a tourism sector that has grown very fast and now shapes the centre's economy and its rents.
Food, tailoring & craft
Kiton, Isaia, Cesare Attolini, Kimbo, pasta producers at Gragnano
Neapolitan tailoring is a genuine export industry with a global luxury market, and Gragnano pasta and the city's coffee roasters are protected and substantial businesses rather than souvenirs.
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