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Almost 86,000 individuals, legal entities doing business in Romania registered in H1 2026
Registrations of individuals and legal entities doing business in Romania increased in the first seven months of 2026 by 1.58% year-over-year, totalling 85,988 of which 47,454 LLCs and 34,699 PFAs, according to data published on the website of the National Companies Registry Office (ONRC).
Most registrations were in Bucharest, 20,276 (+6.4% from the first seven months of 2025), and in the counties of Ilfov (5,561, +7.38%), Cluj (4,266, +5.91%), Timis (4,256, +7.39%), Iasi (3,435, -3.89%) and Constanta (4,266, +5.91%).
On the other hand, the lowest number of registrations was recorded in the following counties: Covasna (459, -4.18% from January-July 2025), Mehedinti (527, -7.71%), Tulcea (530, -14.52%), Teleorman (544, -10.67%), Ialomita (606, +9.19%) and Caras-Severin (605, -7.21%).
The largest increases in the number of registrations were recorded in the counties of Calarasi (+28.29%), Constanta (+18.63) and Giurgiu (+16.71%), and the most significant decreases in the counties of Alba (-25.04%), Tulcea (-14.52%) and Dolj (-14.35%).
According to ONRC, the areas in which the most registrations were made are: transport and storage (14,916, +6.05% from the first seven months of 2025), wholesale and retail trade (12,238, -13.9%) and professional, scientific and technical activities (9,098, +9.46%).
In July 2026, 11,035 individuals and legal entities doing business in Romania were registered, most of them in Bucharest (2,784), and the counties of Ilfov (752), Timis (599) and Cluj (577).