? 49.1% of the total active enterprises had as main activity market services ? The highest average number of employees was registered in the market services sector, representing 36.5% of total Compared to 2019, the total number of enterprises increased by 2.9%, according to data released on Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). At the end of 2020, there were 61793 enterprises active in the industry sector, respectively 10.4% of total active enterprises of economic sectors (industry, construction, trade and market services). The highest share was held by active enterprises within the market services sector, respectively 49.1%. In 2020, the average number of employees decreased by 2.7% compared to 2019. The highest share of the average number of employees (36.5%) is registred in enterprises from market services sector, followed by those from industry (31.6%). The average size of an industrial enterprise was around 21 employees, while in trade the average size was about 5 employees. Regarding the turnover, the highest value was registered by enterprises having trade as main activity (41.1%), while construction enterprises recorded only 7.9% of the total turnover. The structure of gross value added at factor cost by sectors in 2020, was as follows: 35.5% in market services, 31.4% in industry, 23.7% in trade and 9.4% in construction. The structure of gross investments by economic activity sectorsisthe following: market services 37.3%, industry 32.5%, construction 16.4% and trade 13.8%. The gross result registered positive values (profit) for all those four economic activity sectors, market services and trade accounting over 60% of gross result.
Participation in cultural education activities continues to be limited, with the main barriers being difficult access, insufficient knowledge, and cost, the recently released Cultural Consumption Barometer 2024 shows. The report showed that many Romanians still associate culture with entertainment rather than with personal development or furthering their knowledge. The need for relaxation dominates in cultural […]
Roughly 84% of Romanians say that the pace of the state’s digitalization is slow or very slow, according to an Edge Institute & AtlasIntel study presented at the Digital Governance Summit 2025, which took place on Tuesday, November 25, at the presidential palace in Bucharest. The survey aims to capture the way citizens relate to […]
Romania’s Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) issued a negative opinion on the new bill regarding magistrates’ pensions. The move is only the latest development concerning a heated issue that led to tensions between the executive and the judiciary branch. CSM’s opinion is consultative, and the government led by Ilie Bolojan can still take responsibility for […]
Romania took the presidency of the Central European Initiative (or CEI) on Wednesday, November 26, according to a press release from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE). The organization is a regional intergovernmental forum established in 1989, following the fall of the Berlin Wall. It gathers 17 Member States in Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe […]
Trade between Romania and Poland continues to grow, with annual bilateral exchanges in goods now valued at more than EUR 12 billion, according to figures presented by the Polish-Romanian Bilateral Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PRBCC). The data was released during a reception in Bucharest marking Poland’s Independence Day and Romania’s National Day. Polish investments […]
As Romania moves closer to implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, local employers are preparing for one of the most consequential shifts in workplace regulation in over a decade. The directive, set for transposition by June 2026, introduces strict new rules on salary disclosure, pay reporting, and equal-pay verification, aiming to close persistent gender gaps […]
