The paper is the text of the presentation given in Madrid, November 8th, 2013, to the Conference dedicated to the Close corporation in Europe and organized by the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos within the framework of the Research Project El tratamiento de las sociedades de capital cerradas en la evolucion legislativa de la Union Europea y de las legislaciones nacionales de los Estados miembros (Ref.: DER2010-21436).After a brief introduction on the type of closed companies in Italy, the text discusses the principal characteristics of the Company Limited by Shares (Societa per azioni), of the Limited Partnership by Shares (Societa in accomandita per azioni) and of the Limited Liability Company (Societa a responsabilita limitata).The discourse elaborates the principal points on the amendments in the last period both to the common Limited Liability Company and to the simplified Limited Liability Company.The final section analyzes the reasons for the introduction of the European Private Company.