? 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.
Premier Energy, one of the leading providers and distributors of natural gas in Romania, announces the completion of the acquisition of CEZ Vânzare, resulting in the regional customer portfolio of the entire Premier Energy group rising to 2.4 million residential and non-residential customers. With one of the fastest growth rates in the Central and South-Eastern […]
Vladimir Lipaev, former diplomatic envoy of Russia to Tallinn, was recently appointed as the new Russian ambassador to Romania. Lipaev, who is replacing former ambassador Valeri Kuzmin, was expelled by the Estonian authorities in 2023 amidst a diplomatic conflict with Moscow, according to HotNews. Born...
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Engineer Cristina Balan, who worked at Tesla in the US and has battled Elon Musk and his company through the courts, is still seeking an apology a decade after she was fired. Balan was once such a rising star at Tesla in the US that her initials were engraved on the batteries inside every Model […]
Local real estate developer River Development announced the appointment of Oana Rădulea as a new managing partner. She assumed the new position in January 2024, taking over the company's executive management from the former executive director, Liviu Birău. Oana Rădulea has over 21 years of experience in the local and international real estate development industry. […]
Roughly 60% of Europeans are interested in the European elections, with the same percentage in Romania declaring their interest as well, according to a new Eurobarometer survey conducted at the request of the European Parliament. A total of 74% of Romanian citizens say it is likely they will vote in the next European elections (55% […]
