The most attractive investment areas on this segment are Constanta harbor, Bucharest/Ilfov and the central region.

In the next five years, Romania has the potential to attract EUR10 billion worth of investments in the development of logistic and industrial spaces, both from private funds and public investments.

In 2024 and around 2030, the focus is on finding logistic spaces as near consumers as possible, on optimizing stocks, utilities costs and on the development of investments in multifunctional locations, adaptable to the ever-faster business dynamics.

From this perspective, Romania can become a major player in the field of industrial logistics in Europe.

In the past two years, companies have completed over 500,000 square meters of industrial and logistic spaces, reaching 7 million square meters and outlooks show that around 2030 Romania can add another 3 million square meters of industrial and logistic spaces.

In Mat, 110 industrial parks were registered officially nationwide, which also benefit from tax breaks from the state. These have an area of 3,466 hectares.

The yield of Romania logistics and industrial space sector in 2023 revolved around 8.8.25%, against 5.25% in Poland, 4.75% in Czechia or 7% in Hungary.

On the other hand, Frames shows that of the 112 industrial parks in Romania, more than a third operate near the breakdown limit.

Depending on size and pledged investments, an industrial park can reach breakeven in 3-4 years.

(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)