In all, the top 20 companies by headcount in 2018 employed almost 14,700 people, more than 600 fewer than in the previous year, ZF has found from Finance Ministry data.
The 2018 data show only three companies – all of which in Bucharest, employed more than 1,000 people each. A year before, there were four such companies.
What stands out in the construction industry is that even though the sector is among the biggest employers in the economy after industry and trade, employee distribution is fragmented. Whereas the sector only has three companies with more than 1,000 employees, at least five retailers have more than 10,000 employees each.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)