Demand for industrial and logistics space increased by 51 percent in 2025, reaching 1.275 million square meters, the second-highest level in the modern history of the local market, as per data from real estate consultancy company Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Mass Global Energy Rom, part of Iraq's Mass Group Holding, the owner of the Mintia gas-fired power plant in Hunedoara, plans to develop in Romania a new investment in BESS (Battery Energy Storage System)-type electricity storage capacities in Romania, worth approximately 1 billion euros.
Retail sales volume in Romania (excluding the trade with motor vehicles and motorcycles) fell by 1.6% in unadjusted data and by 2% when adjusted for seasonality and number of working days, in December 2025 compared to December 2024, the country’s statistical office INS said on Thursday (Feb. 5).
Romania’s modern retail market exceeded the 5 million square meters milestone in 2025, following the delivery of approximately 190,000 square meters of new retail space, around 20% above the average of the past five years, according to Colliers’ annual report.
Law firm Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) legally assisted Holcim Romania in its acquisition of Uranus Pluton SRL, a granite quarry operator active since 2004 in Cerna, Tulcea County.
Neakaisa.ro, an online store specializing in sales of bathroom sanitaryware, in 2025 posted EUR7.75 million turnover, up 7% from 2024, and for 2026 expects an advance of around 20%, supported by international expansion and the listing of Rune own label products in national wholesale networks.
The local labor market has started the year with a high appetite from the part of candidates for changing jobs, particularly on the blue-collar segment, which has generated the biggest application volumes, in line with eJobs Romania data.
Star Residence Invest, a company listed on the AeRO market of the Bucharest Stock Exchange (BVB), with a capitalization of around RON16 million, has recruited Adrian Tanase, former general manager of BVB for the position of chief financial officer (CFO).
Kinderpedia, the Romanian communication and management platform for schools and kindergartens, has raised EUR2.2 million in a new funding round.
French-held retailer Auchan, which has been operating in Romania for two decades, overshot the 500-store mark in Romania in 2025 after having opened two ATAC Hiper Discount stores in Chitila and Oradea, a large Auchan hypermarket in Popesti-Leordeni, Ilfov and 60 Simply by Auchan franchised convenience stores.