The useful floor area of commercial buildings whose construction was authorized in Italy amounted to over 10.25 million square meters in 2023. In the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2008, there was a strong decline in the surface area that permits authorized for construction, decreasing from over 25 million square meters in 2005 to 7 million square meters in 2014.
Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023
(in million square meters)
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Survey on building permits is a quarterly and sample survey; it collects information on new building projects (residential or non-residential) or enlargement of pre-existing buildings, with the exception of transformations and renovations.
Figures for 2021 to 2023 were calculated by Statista using quarterly data from the source.
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Istat. (September 17, 2024). Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in million square meters) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/
Istat. "Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in million square meters)." Chart. September 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/
Istat. (2024). Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in million square meters). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/
Istat. "Useful Floor Area of New Non-residential Buildings Authorized by Construction Permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in Million Square Meters)." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Sep 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/
Istat, Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in million square meters) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/ (last visited June 06, 2025)
Useful floor area of new non-residential buildings authorized by construction permits in Italy from 2000 to 2023 (in million square meters) [Graph], Istat, September 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/692174/useful-floor-area-of-dwellings-in-new-non-residential-buildings-in-italy/
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