The company was founded on 8 May 1938 as Creazioni Walt Disney S.A.I.

[1] The television division of the company has produced TV series for Disney Channel Italy.

From 1988 to 2013, Disney Italia published digest size comics magazines featuring Disney characters which until then were licensed to Mondadori.

[a][2] The television division of the company has produced series for Disney Channel Italy such as: Quelli dell'intervallo (As the Bell Rings) and Life Bites have been subsequently adapted in several other countries, while In tour is an adaptation from Disney Spain's La Gira.

They designed the mascot (Foody) for the Expo 2015 in Milan.