Romania devtools
Romania is a low-cost, low-adoption software market: hourly labour cost in information and communication was €26.0 in 2025, while 5.2% of enterprises used AI and 24.94% paid for cloud computing (Eurostat). Venture investment totalled €28.6 million in 2025 (Invest Europe).
20 verified facts tracked for this market — each with its source, reporting period and evidence tier. Tier 1 = primary institutions (central banks, statistical offices); tier 2 = disclosed industry panels.
| Metric | Value | Geo | Period | Tier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business registration index | 101.2index | RO | 2026-Q2 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises using any business software (ERP, CRM or BI), by country, Eurostat | 31.6% of enterprises with 10+ persons employ | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Ratio of AI adoption in large enterprises, Romania relative to EU27 | 0.37706705ratio | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Share of Romanian enterprises using AI technologies, Eurostat | 5.2percent of enterprises | Romania | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Total private equity and venture capital investment in Romanian companies | 433615EUR thousand | RO | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Hourly labour cost, information and communication sector (NACE J), Romania | 26.0EUR per hour | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises using AI technologies, Romania | 5.21percent of enterprises | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Start-up-stage venture capital invested in Romanian companies | 25044EUR thousand | RO | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Seed-stage venture capital invested in Romanian companies | 2011EUR thousand | RO | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Total venture capital invested in Romanian companies | 28605EUR thousand | RO | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| Individuals who used electronic identification (eID) to access online services, Romania, Eurostat | 10percent of individuals | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Private equity divestments from Romanian companies at historical investment cost | 662EUR million | RO | 2025 | T1 | investeurope.eu |
| ICT specialists as share of total employment, Romania | 2.7percent | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises using paid cloud computing services, Romania | 24.94percent of enterprises | RO | 2025 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Share of micro-enterprises (0-1 employees) among computer programming/consultancy (NACE J62) firms, Romania | 88.34% of enterprises with 0-1 persons employ | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Enterprises (10+ employees) that had hard-to-fill vacancies for ICT specialist jobs, among those recruiting, Romania, Eu | 49.13percent of enterprises that recruited/tr | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Top cut-off point of income first decile, equivalised disposable income (PPS) | 5819PPS per year | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Net turnover growth, IT services sector (NACE J62), Romania, Eurostat STS | 5.4percent year-over-year | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Nominal labour productivity per hour worked, percent of EU27 total (PPS-based) | 72.6percent of EU27 total | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
| Labour costs as share of value added, IT services (NACE J62), Romania | 68.94percent | RO | 2024 | T1 | ec.europa.eu |
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