As a share in the gross domestic product (GDP), the value of public acquisitions grew from 8% of the GDP in 2009 and 2010 to 22% of the GDP in 2019. In 2020, public acquisitions accounted for 17% of the GDP.
Over half (53%) of overall public acquisitions (of EUR49 billion in 2019) were made by 50 private firms, most of which operate in the pharmaceuticals and medical services sectors.
In 2020, the top 50 firms that won public acquisition contracts accounted for 27% of the volume of the public acquisitions market (of EUR37 billion in 2020).
In 2020, the first spots in a ranking of contracting authorities by the value of acquisitions were OMV Petrom (EUR4.2 billion worth of acquisitions in 2020), Engie Romania (EUR3.8 billion in 2020), public roads company CNAIR – (EUR1.4 billion), the Fundeni Clinical Institute (EUR1.3 billion) and Bucharest Military Unit 0510 (EUR1.2 billion).