This is the first time an alternative transport service offers such data.
“We have over 5,000 active drivers on our platform. This number is increasing constantly in all the cities we cover as well as in cities where we have announced expansion plans,” said Cristian Salceanu, Bolt country manager for Romania.
Bolt is currently present in Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Brasov and Constanta. In 2020, the service expanded to 200 cities in 40 countries, reaching 50 million users.
In turn, Uber said its driver numbers were difficult to estimate. Back in 2019, the company said it had approximately 10,000 drivers.
Ride-hailing service Free Now has not yet responded.
In February 2020, around 20,000 drivers in Romania had permits for passenger transport and a few thousand others were applying for such permits.