Romanian statistics

January 2010: 64 bankrupt companies recorded daily

The list of the bankrupt companies grows every day. Only in January 2010, there were 2 000 insolvent companies. A simple calculation shows that every day, 64 companies in Romania were unable to pay their debts.

In terms of economic sectors, 40% of the insolvent companies were from retail sector, followed by construction sector, with 15%:

 

Half of the companies activating in the construction sector could be closed in 2010

The number of the companies in the construction market could halve this year if the Romanian Government doesn’t react. Last year, one third, meaning 20 000 companies were insolvent or even bankrupt.

More details in: Construct Intelligence

Industrial investments move to Transylvania

During January 1-December 15 2009, IBC Focus verified over 1 200 industrial projects, out of which 55% were future projects. This clearly indicates the potential this segment has on the short and medium term.

Moreover, according to IBC Focus monitoring the industrial segment in the last month of the previous year, 70% of the industrial projects remained unaffected by the economic recession.

Between 2006 and 2008 approximately 40% of all industrial investments were concentrated in the Bucuresti-Ilfov area. Beginning with 2009, investors have preferred Transylvania region (North West and Center), which at present stands for the region with the highest potential in the country.

Source: Construct Intelligence

What weighs more in the Romanian consumer basket?

Source: Gandul

Financial crisis blasts the number of bankrupt companies

In the first 9 months of 2008 the total number of companies declared insolvent was 26.649, 50% more than the similar period of the previous year. See below the most “bankrupt” sectors in Romania:

 

Source: Capital

Top 10 foreign investors in S1 2008

Holland has 3 prime investors in Romania, Germany has 2, and Greece,  Spain, Italy, France and Austria complete the top with 1 investor each.

Ziarul Financiar

Announced investments in the wind energy sector

Major European energy companies are willing to pay €3 billion to enter the Romanian electricity production market, in order to break up the state monopoly in this sector.

Business Standard

Romanian Oil Products Market

The oil products market amounted to 6.3 billion Euros last year, and this year it is estimated to reach a value of approximately 6.8 billion Euros.

The graph represents the growth oil companies recorded in 2007 compared to the previous year.

Source: Business Magazin no. 188

Top 10 Companies in the Energy Market

The top companies in the energy market according to their turnover are the same as 10 or even 18 years ago. New entries are recorded by energy suppliers with businesses developed in the last 6-7 years. But this ranking has great chances to change in the future, due to projects in the production market belonging to companies like Petrom, Alro or any other company that intends to attack the production market.

Source: Business Magazin no. 197