Romania modern retail stock reached 4.73 million square meters in mid-2025, according to Bucharest Retail Market and Romania Retail Regional Cities reports published by real estate consultancy Cushman & Wakefield Echinox.
Affinity Life Care network, which operates three elderly care homes in Bucharest, has attracted investment fund BlackPeak Capital in its shareholding structure.
Global Vision has taken its first step on the retail market by developing Oradea Retail Plaza, a commercial project of over EUR10 million, located in the southern area of the city, with direct access to Oradea ring road.
Romania budgetary gap is expected to be above 8% of GDP in 2025, higher than the official 7% target, although the government is preparing two additional extensive reform packages, targeting mainly the spending cuts and a higher efficiency in the public administration, notes the latest CEE Macroeconomic Analysis & Strategy report drawn up by UniCredit.
Sofa and upholstered furniture manufacturer PGS Sofa & Co, held by the French Parisot family, in 2024 registered turnover worth RON215.1 million (EUR43.2 million), down 1.4% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Retailer dm drogerie markt ended 2024 with turnover worth RON1.642 billion (EUR330.1 million), up 31.9% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
ADA Fabrica de Mobila, a major furniture manufacturer locally, for 2024 reported turnover worth RON178.6 million (EUR35.9 million), down 12.2% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Polystyrene producer Austrotherm Romania, the local subsidiary of the Austrian group of the same name, in 2024 recorded turnover of RON174 million (around EUR35 million), slightly down, by 1.9%, from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Armchair and sofa manufacturer Italsofa Romania, the local subsidiary of Italian group Natuzzi, in 2024 posted turnover worth RON225.3 million (EUR45.3 million), down 5.6% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Solina Romania, the largest producer of ingredients for the food industry in Romania, for 2024 reported turnover of around RON236.8 million (EUR47.6 million), down 15.4% from 2023, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Hearing aid retailer Clarfon has bought one of its rivals, Audiolux, and thus added 13 units to its network, to 117 locally.
Entrepreneurial company DN Agrar, a leading milk producer in Romania, mulls a possible upward revision of its 2025 budget amid a better-than-expected evolution of its main activity segment, milk production, and rising prices, as well as progress in the group’s strategic projects.
Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the subsidiary of the Italian group of the same name, which took over First Bank locally, in the first half of 2025 generated EUR13 million net profit, 18% above the year-earlier level.