NUTS 3 areas of Romania by active enterprises

Bucureşti had the highest active enterprises of 42 areas in 2022, at 159,989. Tulcea had the lowest, at 7,012. The median was 17,067 and the figure for Romania was 974,968. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest159,989Bucureşti

Lowest7,012Tulcea

Median17,06742 areas

Romania974,968History

All areas, 2022

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	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Bucureşti	159,989	+4.4%
2	Cluj	56,553	+5.3%
3	Timiş	41,422	+5.2%
4	Ilfov	40,448	+23.7%
5	Iaşi	36,764	+6.7%
6	Bihor	35,407	+4.8%
7	Braşov	34,640	+4.5%
8	Constanţa	34,054	+2.8%
9	Prahova	32,965	+3.2%
10	Mureş	27,400	+4%
11	Argeş	27,297	+2.8%
12	Dolj	24,892	+2.1%
13	Suceava	23,706	+4.5%
14	Arad	23,382	+2.5%
15	Sibiu	23,217	+5.7%
16	Maramureş	23,131	+4.7%
17	Bacău	22,508	+4%
18	Galaţi	18,773	+0.8%
19	Dâmboviţa	17,805	+3.7%
20	Alba	17,744	+2.5%
21	Neamţ	17,665	+2.9%
22	Hunedoara	16,468	+2.7%
23	Buzău	16,132	+2.5%
24	Harghita	15,664	+2.8%
25	Vâlcea	14,528	+2.4%
26	Satu Mare	13,946	+2.4%
27	Bistriţa-Năsăud	13,150	+2.5%
28	Gorj	12,127	+2.5%
29	Sălaj	11,953	+2.8%
30	Vrancea	11,843	+1.3%
31	Olt	11,671	+1.1%
32	Brăila	11,360	+0.9%
33	Botoşani	10,517	+1.2%
34	Vaslui	10,503	+1.7%
35	Teleorman	9,357	+2.2%
36	Călăraşi	8,854	+1.7%
37	Covasna	8,776	+2.4%
38	Caraş-Severin	8,398	+2.6%
39	Giurgiu	7,817	+3.5%
40	Mehedinţi	7,582	+2.9%
41	Ialomiţa	7,548	+1.8%
42	Tulcea	7,012	+0.9%

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, 2022) [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, 2022. 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=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

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, 2022. 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=2022.

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, 2022 [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=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Questions

Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Bucureşti, with 159,989 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Tulcea, with 7,012 in 2022.

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.