A covering element (1) for pits of automotive workshops or the like, which comprises a shutter covering (2) that can be arranged in a gathering region (10) and which has a plurality of bars (3) that can slide along a pair of lateral sliding guides (4) that are arranged at the longitudinal edges of a pit (5); at the gathering region (10) and proximate to the ends (4a) of the lateral sliding guides (4) respective guide portions (6) are provided that are substantially vertical and open downwardly; the covering element (1) comprises, further, a pair of gathering guides (7) that are arranged at the lateral sides of the gathering region (10) below the open ends (6a) of the substantially vertical guides (6) and which extend substantially parallel to the longitudinal ends of the lateral sliding guides (4), a plurality of gathering bodies (8) being provided that are associated with some of the sliding bars (3) which are mutually spaced apart along the longitudinal extension of the shutter covering (2), the gathering g
