The 13,078 companies ranked in the top 10 positions of the 2025 National Top of Companies (NTC), across seven areas of activity, recorded a combined operating profit of EUR 25.9 billion, according to a Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CCIR) release.The CCIR has published the results of the 2025 National Top of Companies, the most important ranking of Romania's top-performing businesses, based on the analysis of 917,881 financial statements."The 13,078 companies ranked in the top 10 positions across the seven analysed sectors (industry, services, trade, tourism, research-development and high-tech, agriculture-forestry-fishing and construction) recorded an operating profit of EUR 25.9 billion, increasing by 1.37 percent compared to the previous year. This profit accounts for 9 percent of the total turnover, which exceeded EUR 287 billion (+6.07 percent)," the release said.Industry stands out as the most profitable sector, accounting for 38.68 percent of the total profit generated by the ranked companies, with a profit margin of 10.63 percent. In terms of turnover, trade holds the largest share (43.98 percent), followed by industry (32.83 percent) and services (13.14 percent).Since 1994, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania has compiled the National Top of Companies, being the only institution authorized by an organic law to establish such a ranking at national level. For the 2025 edition, a number of 917,881 financial and accounting reports were analyzed, out of which 356,105 qualified for the competition for the top 10 positions, according to the methodology implemented by Chambers of Commerce across all counties. The ranking is based on five key economic indicators: net turnover, operating profit, operating profit rate, efficiency of human resource use and efficiency of employed capital use.
A report published on Wednesday, October 15, by the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture (or CPT) urges Romanian authorities to address serious shortcomings in the treatment and conditions of detention of patients in forensic psychiatric hospitals. The deficiencies in the Romanian system were identified by the Committee representatives during a visit […]
The state-owned Electrica (BVB: EL), one of the main players in Romania’s energy sector, completed the Satu Mare 2 photovoltaic park, a strategic project that marks an important step in diversifying the production portfolio. Located near the commune of Botiz, Satu Mare County, the park has an installed capacity of 27.056 MW and represents an […]
More than 100 items, ranging from frescoes and paintings to sculptures, photographs, and other rare artifacts from Italian museums, will go on display in Timișoara for an exhibition looking at the city of Pompeii. Titled The Fragility of the Eternal. From Pompeii to the Grand Tour to Today, the exhibition will be open from November […]
Robotics startup Dexory, founded in London by Romanians Andrei Dănescu, Adrian Negoiţă, and Oana Jinga, has secured new Series C funding of USD 165 million, according to an announcement made on LinkedIn and quoted by Ziarul Financiar. The company has developed an autonomous robot, the tallest in the world, reaching 16 meters, and a platform designed […]
NEPI Rockcastle, Central and Eastern Europe’s largest owner and operator of shopping centers, has inaugurated its first photovoltaic park in Chișineu-Criș, Arad county, in western Romania. The investment is part of its green energy programme, which includes a EUR 110 million plan for photovoltaic projects across Central and Eastern Europe. According to the company, these […]
A Romanian man sneaked into the museum five days before the theft of the Cotofenești Helmet and the Dacian gold bracelets from the Drents Museum in the Netherlands. The new information, revealed from the criminal case by Dutch RTL Nieuws, shows that Andrei B. is believed to have...
