The importer of the BMW group posted almost EUR6 million profit in 2011 and had 11 employees on the average, according to the Finance Ministry data. Taking into account the number of employees, the company posted net profit of almost EUR550,000 for every employee, leaving Porsche Romania behind.
Second in the ranking of most profitable employees is the local importer of Porsche Holding, which posted more than EUR27 million in profit last year, up 20% on 2010. Each of the 151 employees of the company generated almost EUR180,000, compared with EUR135,500 in the previous year. Porsche is the largest local importer and posted almost EUR425 million in revenue in 2011.
Third most profitable is a company that imports both premium cars and commercial utility vehicles, Mercedes-Benz Romania. The importer’s 2011 profit stood at EUR6.2 million, almost double the 2010 level. Each of its 136 employees generated more than EUR45,000 profit.
The lowest profit per employee was Automobile Dacia’s – less than EUR4,800, even though its more than 13,600 employees assembled 330,000 vehicles last year and generated more than EUR3.1 billion in revenue, up 15% on the previous year.
Judged strictly by its level, Dacia’s profit, EUR65 million, was the highest recorded on the market, even though it was 9% lower than in 2010.
Eight of the largest ten companies on the local auto market posted cumulated profit of more than EUR112 million last year, the same as in 2010, according to Finance Ministry data. The other two companies, Ford Romania and AutoItalia, posted losses in 2011. Ford continued and almost finished total investments of EUR675 million, but saw more than EUR111 million in losses last year, up from EUR65 million in 2010.
The year 2011 was a year of transition for AutoItalia, after Herbert Stein sold the company to Mediterranean Car Agency in the first quarter. Under the circumstances, its losses narrowed to EUR0.5 million, from the almost EUR14 million in 2010.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)
| No. | Company (group) | Profit per employee in 2011 (euros) | Trend of profit per employee (%) | No of employees in 2011 | Employee number trend (%) | Net profit in 2011 (millions of euros) | Net profit trend (%) | Revenue in 2011 (millions of euros) | Revenue trend (%) |
| 1 | BMW Group Romania | 543,105 | -22.4 | 11 | 10.0 | 6.0 | -14.7 | 103.7 | 35.5 |
| 2 | Porsche Romania | 179,470 | 32.4 | 151 | -0.7 | 27.1 | 31.6 | 424.5 | 12.6 |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz Romania | 45,350 | 92.4 | 136 | -2.9 | 6.2 | 86.9 | 180.4 | 42.9 |
| 4 | Renault Commercial Roumanie | 25,343 | -81.3 | 132 | 371.4 | 3.3 | -12.0 | 146.2 | 17.0 |
| 5 | Toyota Romania | 10,081 | -46.2 | 63 | -1.6 | 0.6 | -47.1 | 112.8 | 10.0 |
| 6 | EVW Holding | 7,282 | -7.3 | 436 | 18.2 | 3.2 | 9.5 | 69.2 | 17.6 |
| 7 | Tiriac Holdings* | 6,978 | -47.4 | 161 | -17.9 | 1.1 | -56.8 | 102.7 | -40.3 |
| 8 | Automobile Dacia | 4,754 | -7.7 | 13,652 | -1.2 | 64.9 | -8.8 | 3,107.60 | 14.8 |
| 9 | Ford Romania | -31,769 | 69.1 | 3,501 | 0.4 | -111.2 | 69.8 | 188.2 | 34.9 |
| 10 | AutoItalia Impex | -1,900 | – | 230** | – | -0.5 | -96.7 | 47.7 | -18.1 |