National Institute for Social Security (Italy)

Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale

Headquarters in Rome
Public entity overview
Formed1898
JurisdictionGovernment of Italy
HeadquartersVia Ciro il Grande, 21, Rome, Italy
Employees25,821 (2023)
Annual budget€824.49 billion (2023) Renenues: €410.81 billion Expenses: €413.68 billion (Income Statement 2023)
Public entity executives
  • Gabriele Fava, President
  • Valeria Vittimberga, General Manager
Websitewww.inps.it

The National Institute for Social Security (Italian: Istituto nazionale della previdenza sociale, INPS) is the main public entity and authority of the Italian public retirement system. All waged labourers and most of self-employed, without a proper autonomous social security fund, must be subscribed to INPS. The entity is under the supervision of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies.

Its main activity is to guarantee public services related to social security benefits according to the art. 38 of the Italian Constitution and the special laws about the mandatory social insurances.