German retailer Kaufland has opened a new unit, in Chitila, Ilfov county, thus reaching a 202-hypermarket network nationwide, in line with ZF calculations.
Bursa de Valori Bucuresti (BVB), the Bucharest Stock Exchange, the operator of the local capital market reported RON7.47 million net individual profit in the first three months of 2026, from a RON2.45 million loss in the same period of last year, after stock trades soared 200% and the BET index boasted the best quarter of the past five years.
Intesa Sanpaolo Romania, the subsidiary of the Italian group of the same name, in the first quarter of 2026 generated net profit worth EUR1 million (RON5 million), as operating income totaled EUR24 million (over RON120 million).
US group Starbucks, present in Romania in a franchise system, shut down two coffee shops locally in early 2026.
The average asking price for an old 3-room apartment in Bucharest in April 2026 reached RON138,692, up RON769, and 0.5% respectively, against March. Against April 2025, prices are EUR17,538 highers, an annual 14.5% advance, the ZF Real Estate Index compiled with SVN Romania shows.
Al Dahra Agriculture Romania, owned by UAE investors, ended 205 with turnover worth almost RON927 million, down 10% from 2024, and losses widened to RON77 million, 2.5 times bigger than in 2024, in line with ZF calculations based on Finance Ministry data.
Romania’s largest state-run company Hidroelectrica (H2O.RO) ended the first quarter of 2026 with RON1.307 billion net profit, 122% higher than in the first quarter of 2025, while revenue rose 67% to RON3.129 billion, driven by a higher electricity production and the doubling in the number of consumption sites (CS).