Anicescu also said that, although Romania is a champion regarding the evolution of turnover of the firms included in Coface’s ranking of 500 largest companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with an increase of 6.5% versus 2015, it remains below most countries in the region. Anicescu voiced out his concern regarding the Romanian state’s investments which stagnated in 2016 and are declining in 2017.
Romania places fourth, with 65 firms listed in the CEE Top 500 companies, two more than in the previous year, but still has no firm in the top ten, according to Coface study, which analyses the evolution of businesses in 12 countries in the region, such as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Lithuania and Croatia. The countries boasting the biggest number of companies listed in the ranking are Poland (168 firms), Hungary (75 firms) and the Czech Republic (71 firms).
Carmaker Automobile Dacia has kept its spot among Romanian firms listed in CEE Top 500 companies by turnover, placing 13th, and is followed by OMV Petrom Marketing (22nd), and OMV Petrom (31st).