Entrepreneurs in Romania have more than EUR1.5 billion in grants at disposal in summer 2025 for investments in several key sectors of the economy – with start-ups, micro-enterprises, SMEs and large enterprises all targeted for new investment opportunities, as per an analysis by REI, a group of companies specialized in attracting European funds and state aid.
Economic confidence nosedived in April among managers, by 10.6 percentage points, to 33.3 points, the lowest level since the pandemic onset, in line with CFA Romania Association’s Macroeconomic Confidence Index.
AAylex ONE of Buzau, the company behind poultry brand Cocorico, has signed with CEC Bank and Exim Banca Romaneasca for a syndicated loan facility of EUR14.1 million, to support its business expansion.
Banca Transilvania has lent EUR20 million to real estate developer STC Partners for the development of Bucharest’s housing compound Quartier Ferdinand, a total investment of above EUR35 million, due to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2026.
Romanian retailer Contakt, specialized in the distribution of accessories and technologies for mobile devices, plans to expand on new regional markets such as Poland, Czechia, Serbia and Hungary this year, as on foreign markets demand is increasingly shifting to niche products and quality post-sales services, which Romanian consumers are still quality/price sensitive.
Aluminum aircraft parts maker Universal Alloy Corp, part of Montana group controlled by Austrian entrepreneur Michael Tojner, in 2024 for the first time went beyond the RON1.5 billion turnover threshold, a 25% increase from 2023, in line with ZF calculations.
Romania is in a very good position on the European poultry market, ranking sixth in the EU. Now, it is covering 98% of its own consumption, with a production that steadily increased in the past ten years, to 550,000 tons in 2024, up 35%.
EM group, which includes companies Electromontaj SA, the largest one, Iproeb, Emfor and others, ended last year with consolidated turnover worth EUR200 million, a record high, with the company’s shareholders eyeing listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.