NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises

Bucureşti had the highest active enterprises of 42 areas in 2021, at 153,256. Tulcea had the lowest, at 6,951. The median was 16,597 and the figure for Romania was 934,417. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest153,256Bucureşti

Lowest6,951Tulcea

Median16,59742 areas

Romania934,417History

All areas, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 count
1	Bucureşti	153,256
2	Cluj	53,716
3	Timiş	39,370
4	Iaşi	34,467
5	Bihor	33,770
6	Braşov	33,152
7	Constanţa	33,116
8	Ilfov	32,691
9	Prahova	31,928
10	Argeş	26,549
11	Mureş	26,353
12	Dolj	24,374
13	Arad	22,810
14	Suceava	22,676
15	Maramureş	22,099
16	Sibiu	21,966
17	Bacău	21,647
18	Galaţi	18,615
19	Alba	17,317
20	Dâmboviţa	17,167
21	Neamţ	17,160
22	Hunedoara	16,033
23	Buzău	15,740
24	Harghita	15,243
25	Vâlcea	14,184
26	Satu Mare	13,617
27	Bistriţa-Năsăud	12,827
28	Gorj	11,833
29	Vrancea	11,692
30	Sălaj	11,628
31	Olt	11,545
32	Brăila	11,254
33	Botoşani	10,395
34	Vaslui	10,324
35	Teleorman	9,152
36	Călăraşi	8,706
37	Covasna	8,568
38	Caraş-Severin	8,184
39	Giurgiu	7,556
40	Ialomiţa	7,416
41	Mehedinţi	7,370
42	Tulcea	6,951

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/romania-provinces?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/romania-provinces?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/romania-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Bucureşti, with 153,256 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Tulcea, with 6,951 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.