Illy

Illycaffè S.p.A.
Company typeS.p.A.
IndustryCoffee
Founded1933; 91 years ago (1933)
FounderFrancesco Illy
HeadquartersTrieste, Italy
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Andrea Illy (chairman)
Massimiliano Pogliani (CEO)
ProductsCoffee, espresso machines
Revenue€567.7 million (in 2022)
€14.2 million (in 2022)
Number of employees
2700+ (in 2016)
Websitewww.illy.com

Illycaffè S.p.A. (branded and stylised as illy) is an Italian coffee company specializing in espresso, headquartered in Trieste. Illy markets its coffee globally in silver and red pressurized, oxygen-free cans; operates a network of cafes on shopping streets, in museums, and in airports; and, since 2009, has marketed a line of coffee-flavoured energy drinks as illy issimo.

Either as whole beans or ground coffee, Illy offers medium, dark, and decaffeinated roast variations, as well as single-origin arabica variations, as available, each from Brazil, Guatemala, Ethiopia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Tanzania, or India. Seasonally, the company offers Idillyum, a low-caffeine arabica grown in El Salvador. The company packages coffee as whole beans, pre-ground coffee, ESE pods, and iperEspresso capsules.

Illy was founded in 1933 by Francesco Illy, remains family-controlled and employs about 2700+ employees (2015). 2022 revenues totalled €567.7 million,[1] and in late 2019, Illycaffee sought to expand into the United States market, offering a 20% stake in the company to potential investors.[2]

  1. ^ "Illy Annual Report". Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  2. ^ Vinicy Chan, Dinesh Nair, and Daniele Lepido (December 10, 2019). "Illycaffe Kicks Off Stake Sale to Fuel U.S. Expansion". Bloomberg News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)