The sector that absorbs the largest number of workers is the manufacturing industry [12] (which, in 2001, employed 48% of the employed) followed by construction (23%) and commerce (9%); agriculture (which accounted for 4% of employees in 2001) has grown in recent years due to the wine-growing vocation of the area and occupies a prestigious position in the panorama of the production of Franciacorta. Construction covers 46% of artisan businesses[13] as the location of the municipality is in the urbanized area of Lombardy.[14]