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between the end of 19th century and the Second World War.
Turin has always been the Industrial capital of Italy.
In the span
of time going from the Italian Unification (1861) up to the end of the Second
World War, the industrial lansdscape of the town was rich in a number of
industries that would later disappear due to economical chrisis or
redesign.
The following list is not complete, but simply shows a picture
of the vitality of the city thorough the years.
| name | field | notes |
| FIAT | Automobiles, later also heavy machinery, airplanes. |  Founded 1899 , the main source of employment in the Turin area
and a
force to be reckoned with.1913 - "Ford stye" serial production introduced in the Corso Dante factory 1923 - building starts of the Lingotto complex, south-west of town, completed in 1926 |
| Reale Mutua Assicurazioni | insurance company and FIAT financial partner. | Founded 1850s. |
| Olivetti | business machines. | Founded in Ivrea, 1908 |
| Tedeschi | electric cables and components | Founded 1908 |
| Luigi Lavazza | coffee importer and roaster | Founded 1885, turned into Lavazza SpA (Incorporated Society) in 1926 |
| Marveilleuse | off-the-rack clothes | Founded 1929, renamed "Tortonese" in 1934 because the French original was against MINCULPOP regulations |
| SIP | production and distribution of electric energy | Società Idroelettrica Piemontese, founded 1919 |
| EIAR | national radio broadcast company | Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche, founded 1929 after a few years as Test Lab |
| Ambrosio Film | film production and distribution |  Founded 1908.Producer of silent colossals "Cabiria", "Maciste" and "Quo Vadis". Poet Gabriele D'Annunzio gave Ambrosio full rights on the filming of his works. |
| Fratelli Branca | distillery | producers of the digestive liquour "Fernet Branca" |
| Bisleri | distillery | producers of the digestive liquour "Ferrochina Bisleri" |
| Talmone | confectionery, specializing in chocolate | Founded
1892. The "Old Couple" of the Talmone advertising were one of the first immediately recognizable features of Italian advertising. |
| Martini | distillery | producers of the eponimous vermout essential for the cocktail of the same name |
| SNIA | textiles | Fonded by industrial maverik Riccardo Gualino in 1917 |
| L.E.N.C.I. | porcelain dolls | Fonded 1919. |
| Aurora | fountain pens and accessories | Founded 1919 |
| Einaudi | publisher | |
| Bocca | publisher | founded 1775 (closed for bancrupcy in 1933) |
| INCET | cables | |
| CEAT | cables and car components | |
| Carpano | distillery | producers of renowned "Punt e Mes" |
| Caffarel | confectionery | chocolate and candies a specialty |
Turin was one of the Italian cities less affected by the shock for the international chrisis after the Stock Market Crash of '29, but unenployment reached however a staggering 25% in that year. This, coupled with the tense political situation, led to riots and strikes in the urban area, to which the government responded with as hard a line as possible.
As a softer counter-measure, wages were reduced of an 8% in 1930 and of a further 7% in 1934.
As industrial center of the nation, Turin was always a final destination of immigration, from nearby rural areas before World War I, from the eastern and southern regions of Italy in two waves (1920s and 1960s) and currently (1990s) from overseas (Eastern Europe, China, Northern Africa).
In all this instances, the population grew accordingly.
In the 1920s, the Fascist Regime did all that was in its power to somehow control the escape of people from the countryside, discouraging immigration and increasing agricultural plans.
This practice was only partially successfull.
The following figures can give a general idea of the import of internal immigration during the Regime.
| Population of Italy | |
| 1921 | 38.449.000 |
| 1931 | 41.651.617 |
| Turin Population | |
| 1911 | +/- 400.000 |
| 1919 | 189.753 |
| 1921 | 499.823 |
| 1931 | 590.753 |
