The number of start-ups established on foreign capital in Romania increased in the first two months of 2022 by 21.7%, y-o-y, to 977, according to data with the National Companies Registry Office (ONRC).The 977 new companies had a total subscribed share capital of 4.666 million US dollars, down 57.4% from 10.94 million US dollars in January-February 2021.In February 2022, 537 companies with foreign participation in the share capital were registered. Most registrants were dealing in professional, administrative, scientific and technical activities (26.07%), in wholesale and retail trade, motor vehicle and motorcycle repair (23.09% of the total), and transport, storage and communications (14.34%).At the end of February 2022, there were 237,824 companies running on foreign capital in Romania. The value of the subscribed capital was 66.183 billion US dollars.The largest number of companies running on foreign capital in Romania involved investors from Italy, 50,793 and a subscribed capital of 3.943 billion US dollars, but the highest value of the share capital belongs to Dutch companies, 12.376 billion US dollars in 5,711 companies.
Almost 68% of Romanians say they would like the level of foreign direct investment in Romania to increase (versus 15% who would like to see fewer foreign investors), according to a poll "on the population's attitude regarding economic patriotism and the vulnerabilities of the democratic regime," conducted by INSCOP at the behest of the Concordia […]
Belgian logistics real estate developer WDP has announced a EUR 52 million investment in expanding its logistics infrastructure in Dragomirești, on the outskirts of Bucharest, as part of a broader EUR 107 million development program also covering Ridderkerk in the Netherlands, according to
Romanian telecommunications group Digi Communications (BVB: DIGI) announced on April 10 that its subsidiary Digi Romania concluded on April 9 a notification regarding an additional credit facility of EUR 200 million to a senior facility agreement dated April 21, 2023, according to a note sent by the group to investors. The facility has a maturity […]
German discount store chain Penny plans to reach a network of 1,000 stores in Romania by 2035, from 417 currently, and earmarked a budget of EUR 3 billion for local development, according to the company's CEO Daniel Gross, quoted by Revista Progresiv. "In our first analysis...
No price hikes are expected in the short term while the prices might decrease in the long term, Romanian finance minister Tanczos Barna told news channel Digi24, commenting on the effects of the tariffs imposed by the...
Romania's rapidly rising public debt remained steady through January, ending the month at RON 964.4 billion (EUR 193.8 billion), or 46.8% of GDP, according to data published by the Finance Ministry. With no FX or Fidelis bond issue to households in the first month of the year, the public debt has remained constant. However, EUR 4 […]
