In the Lecco Chamber of Commerce's Business Register, at 30 June 2016, area registered 26,334 positions (23,567 active companies).
– "Manufacture of metal products (excluding machinery and equipment)" (code Ateco 2007: 25).
At the end of march 2017, the firms  that operate in the Lecco mechanical district are 1.488, equal to the 6,3% of the total value of the manufacturing industry as a whole ( an higher percentage than the lombarda and national one – respectively attested to 3,1% and the 1,9%). At the end of March 2017, they occupy over 17.000 employees (16,9% of the total one).
In particular, the companies that operate in the "metallurgy" sector are 104 and, to the end of March 2017 they occupy more than 2.700 employees, while those of the compartment "manufacture of products in metal" amount to 1.384 (14.200 workers).
The mechanical industry includes the production of a broad range of machining, treatment and coating services of metals (sharpening; boring; broaching; threading; drilling; mlling;filing; grinding; peeling; planing etc..); as the production of machinery for different industrial sectors (milling cutter; lathe; sandblasting machine; grinding machine, etc..).
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