The first quarter of 2026 marks a major shift in the Romanian economy: financial distress is no longer affecting mainly small companies, but is moving rapidly towards firms with critical mass in the economy. According to an analysis by CITR, the leader of Romania’s insolvency and restructuring market, the number of large companies entering insolvency increased significantly in the first three months of the year, signalling a broader spread of economic pressure across supplier chains, creditors, and jobs.
Among the entities that entered insolvency, 19 are companies with assets of more than EUR 4 million each. By comparison, in the same period last year, only two companies of this size had…