Market Reports

MILAN, Italy - After two years of double-digit declines, the Italian bicycle market seems to have stabilised. In 2024, over 1.3 million units were sold, marking a modest -0.7% decrease compared to the previous years. This positive signal comes from Italy's trade association, Confindustria ANCMA, which recently unveiled its market figures.

MILAN, Italy - The 2023 bicycle market in Italy closed with a 23% year-on-year decline in sales volume. Italy's bicycle industry association ANCMA reported a distribution of just over 1.3 million bicycles and e-bikes combined, generating a turnover of € 2.6 billion, a decrease of 18% compared to 2022.

MILAN, Italy - The Italian bicycle market closed 2022 with a 10% drop in total sales compared to 2021, but on a positive note the sector's turnover has risen 52% since 2019. The growth of e-bike sales on the Italian market is showing no signs of stopping as the 4% rise in market share shows.

MILANO, Italy - Following record bicycle and e-bike sales in 2020 where over 2 million units were sold, the market in Italy has stabilised in 2021. A total of 1,975,000 bicycles and e-bikes were sold in Italy last year, representing a 2% decline compared to the previous year. According to the latest data released by industry association, ANCMA, e-bikes continues to grow in both volume and market share.

MILAN, Italy - The market for e-bikes in Europe continues strong growth after the boom in 2020. Triggered by the pandemic many people decided last year to buy an e-bike. Whether this trend would continue remained a big question mark.

MILAN, Italy - E-bike and bicycle sales in Italy were unparalleled last year. That was already reported earlier by the country's industry association Confindustria ANCMA. The official sales statistic published recently confirms these reports.

MILAN, Italy - Despite the health emergency and economic difficulties, the 2020 Italian e-bike market enjoyed a major increase in sales. All two-wheel categories, including motorbikes and scooters, saw double digit sales growth figures and the e-bike in particular.

MILAN, Italy - Both assembly and sales of e-bikes are on the rise in Italy. The production of e-bikes last year strongly expanded by 209% to 213,000 units. Domestic production of regular bicycles also increased by 7% to 2,625,000 units. The Italians have really embraced the advantages of the e-bike as nationwide sales went up from 173,000 units in 2018 to 195,000 last year.

MILAN, Italy - According to the recently published ANCMA statistics, the Italian market is in line with the European trend - a decline in traditional

MILAN, Italy - After a difficult 2013, the downturn of the Italian market stopped in 2014. An improving Italian economy as well as a nice spring proved to be the right mix to rekindle the interest of consumers for bicycles and bike products. Bike deliveries to distribution channels increased by 6.4%. E-bike sales were stagnant due to a rapidly changing demand.

MILANO, Italy - Like other major markets in Europe, also the Italian one saw a drop in bicycle sales last year due to the economic crisis and bad ...

MILANO, Italy - Any conversation in Italy these days contains the word 'crisis'. 2011 was indeed critical for most industries, with some big drops. The ...

ROMA, Italy - For the first time in more than 65 years the number of bicycles sold in Italy surpassed the number of cars put on the market in 2011. Last ...

MILAN, Italy - 2009 was a fantastic year for the Italian bicycle industry, because the government gave a big helping hand in the form of incentives. ...

2009 was a fantastic year for the Italian bicycle industry despite, or even because of the economic crisis. The economy was in depression but ...

Last year was not an easy one for the Italian bicycle industry. The economy was in deep recession by the last quarter of 2008 and it eroded domestic ...

MILAN, Italy The Italian bike market grew again in 2007. Domestic consumption rose by 2.4% and this stimulated bike production as well as bicycle ...

In 2006 the Italian domestic consumption rose by 3.5% and this stimulated bike production. At the same time, the import of complete bicycles dropped ...