It is a silent transition that has been changing the face of Italian craftsmanship for years. Computer scientists, taxi drivers and wellness professionals have taken the place of tailors, painters and maintenance workers of various kinds. According to an analysis by Unioncamere and Info-Camere, there has been an acceleration of this trend in the past two years. Digital workshops, which create sites and provide IT consulting, have taken the place of traditional workshops due to increasingly skilled and innovative entrepreneurs. Alongside digital, however, the demand for personal services has grown, especially from a female perspective. There were 1.24 million craft businesses registered in Italy at the end of March, or 21.2% of the total business fabric. Compared to 2023, there are more than 4,600 more businesses among beauticians and wellness centers, 1,000 more taxi drivers on the roads, and 700 new computer technicians operating on their own. In reverse, on the other hand, are some of the symbolic trades: fewer and fewer “owner-operators” among transporters, nearly 3,700, compared with a large increase in employees in logistics. The handicraft crisis affects all technicians working in construction: from carpenters to electricians, blacksmiths to masons, plumbers to painters; but also other professions from photographers to bakers to laundry owners.