Adnkronos (Adnkronos) – "The data is positive; 2026 is expected to close with a growth rate of new contracts approaching 4%, while next year's growth rate is even forecast to approach 5%, demonstrating that leasing is a very important financing channel for small and medium-sized Italian businesses," said Giuseppe Schlitzer, general manager of Assilea, on the sidelines of the Leasing Show today in Milan.
Lease 2026, now in its ninth year, represents the main public opportunity for institutions, businesses, and market operators to engage in strategic dialogue, facilitating the sector's operations.
However, Schlitzer emphasized, "there's still a gap with the rest of Europe, where leasing is much more widely used. While the European average investment intensity of small and medium-sized enterprises is 22%, we're at half that, at 11%. So we need to close the gap with the rest of Europe."
To bridge this gap with other European countries, Schlitzer concluded, “It is absolutely important that leasing be recognized on a par with other forms of financing when incentives are available.
Excluding leasing from tenders is wrong."
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