Romania Construction Market Size, Trends, and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis to 2029 (H2 2025)
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Romania Construction Market Size, Trends, and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis to 2029 (H2 2025)
Summary
GlobalData expects the Romanian construction industry to grow in real terms by 9.2% in 2025 and 5.5% in 2026, supported by an increase in construction activities, evidenced by the rising number of building permits issued, along with increase in investments in manufacturing and hotel construction projects. According to the National Statistics Institute (NIS), the total number of permits issued for wholesale and retail buildings grew by 21.4% year on year (YoY) in the first ten months of 2025, while the total number of residential building permits issued in the country rose by 4.1% YoY during the same period.
Over the remainder of the forecast period, the construction industry is expected to record an average annual rate of 2.6% from 2027 to 2029, supported by investments in transport infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Earlier in March 2025, the government allocated RON2.9 billion ($629.7 million) to the State Aid Scheme to support industrial development and green transition in the country. Among the recent transport infrastructure developments, in October 2025, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced its plan to invest RON2.5 billion ($544.8 million) for the development of a 122km section of Romania’s A1 motorway between Pitești and Sibiu, crossing the Carpathian Mountains. The new section, part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), aims to improve travel times, road safety, and economic connectivity, reducing congestion on the DN7 road route. The full A1 motorway is expected to cost around RON27.5 billion ($6 billion), with the EIB potentially providing up to RON5 billion ($1.1 billion) alongside European Union (EU) and Romanian funds. Also, through the Energy Strategy 2025-2035, the country aims to increase the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 61% by 2035, up from 41% in 2020, by expanding wind, solar, biomass, and nuclear energy. The plan includes phasing out coal by 2032, reducing natural gas reliance by 2027, and halting solid fossil fuel imports by 2035, with a goal to install 19.5GW of wind and solar as part of a 40GW total capacity, 80% of which will be renewable. In line with plan, in October 2025, PPC Renewables, Greece based energy company, announced its plan to expand its Deleni wind farm in Vaslui County by 85MW, bringing total capacity to over 225MW. The expansion is expected to add 14 turbines of 6.1MW each, enhancing energy supply in Romania’s north. The construction works are expected to be completed before 2027.
GlobalData’s Construction in Romania - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2029 (H2 2025) report provides detailed market analysis, information, and insights into the Romanian construction industry, including:
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the construction industry in Romania It provides -
Summary
GlobalData expects the Romanian construction industry to grow in real terms by 9.2% in 2025 and 5.5% in 2026, supported by an increase in construction activities, evidenced by the rising number of building permits issued, along with increase in investments in manufacturing and hotel construction projects. According to the National Statistics Institute (NIS), the total number of permits issued for wholesale and retail buildings grew by 21.4% year on year (YoY) in the first ten months of 2025, while the total number of residential building permits issued in the country rose by 4.1% YoY during the same period.
Over the remainder of the forecast period, the construction industry is expected to record an average annual rate of 2.6% from 2027 to 2029, supported by investments in transport infrastructure and renewable energy projects. Earlier in March 2025, the government allocated RON2.9 billion ($629.7 million) to the State Aid Scheme to support industrial development and green transition in the country. Among the recent transport infrastructure developments, in October 2025, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced its plan to invest RON2.5 billion ($544.8 million) for the development of a 122km section of Romania’s A1 motorway between Pitești and Sibiu, crossing the Carpathian Mountains. The new section, part of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), aims to improve travel times, road safety, and economic connectivity, reducing congestion on the DN7 road route. The full A1 motorway is expected to cost around RON27.5 billion ($6 billion), with the EIB potentially providing up to RON5 billion ($1.1 billion) alongside European Union (EU) and Romanian funds. Also, through the Energy Strategy 2025-2035, the country aims to increase the share of renewables in gross final energy consumption to 61% by 2035, up from 41% in 2020, by expanding wind, solar, biomass, and nuclear energy. The plan includes phasing out coal by 2032, reducing natural gas reliance by 2027, and halting solid fossil fuel imports by 2035, with a goal to install 19.5GW of wind and solar as part of a 40GW total capacity, 80% of which will be renewable. In line with plan, in October 2025, PPC Renewables, Greece based energy company, announced its plan to expand its Deleni wind farm in Vaslui County by 85MW, bringing total capacity to over 225MW. The expansion is expected to add 14 turbines of 6.1MW each, enhancing energy supply in Romania’s north. The construction works are expected to be completed before 2027.
GlobalData’s Construction in Romania - Key Trends and Opportunities to 2029 (H2 2025) report provides detailed market analysis, information, and insights into the Romanian construction industry, including:
- The Romanian construction industry's growth prospects by market, project type and construction activity
- Critical insight into the impact of industry trends and issues, as well as an analysis of key risks and opportunities in the Romanian construction industry
- Analysis of the mega-project pipeline, focusing on development stages and participants, in addition to listings of major projects in the pipeline.
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the construction industry in Romania It provides -
- Historical (2020-2024) and forecast (2025-2029) valuations of the construction industry in Romania, featuring details of key growth drivers.
- Segmentation by sector (commercial, industrial, infrastructure, energy and utilities, institutional and residential) and by sub-sector
- Analysis of the mega-project pipeline, including breakdowns by development stage across all sectors, and projected spending on projects in the existing pipeline.
- Listings of major projects, in addition to details of leading contractors and consultants
- Identify and evaluate market opportunities using our standardized valuation and forecasting methodologies
- Assess market growth potential at a micro-level with over 600 time-series data forecasts
- Understand the latest industry and market trends
- Formulate and validate business strategies using GlobalData's critical and actionable insight
- Assess business risks, including cost, regulatory and competitive pressures
- Evaluate competitive risk and success factors
Table of Contents
52 Pages
- 1 Executive Summary
- 2 Construction Industry: At-a-Glance
- 3 Context
- 3.1 Economic Performance
- 3.2 Political Environment and Policy
- 3.3 Demographics
- 3.4 Risk Profile
- 4 Construction Outlook
- 4.1 All Construction
- Outlook
- Latest news and developments
- Construction Projects Momentum Index
- 4.2 Commercial Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- 4.3 Industrial Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- 4.4 Infrastructure Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- 4.5 Energy and Utilities Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- 4.6 Institutional Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- 4.7 Residential Construction
- Outlook
- Project analytics
- Latest news and developments
- Key Industry Participants
- 4.8 Contractors
- 4.9 Consultants
- 5 Construction Market Data
- 6 Appendix
- 6.1 What is this Report About?
- 6.2 Definitions
- 6.3 CRI Methodology
- 7 About GlobalData
- 8 Contact Us
- List of Figures
- Figure 1: Eastern Europe, Construction Output (Real % Change), 2023–29
- Figure 2: Romania, Construction Output by Sector (Real % Change), 2023–25 and 2026–29
- Figure 3: Romania, Risk Summary
- Figure 4: Romania, Risk Regional Comparison
- Figure 5: Romania, Construction Output Value (Real, $ Million, 2022 Prices and Exchange Rate), 2020–29
- Figure 6: Romania, Construction Output Value, by Sector (Real, $ Million), 2020–29
- Figure 7: Romania, Construction Value-Add (2020 Chain Linked Volumes, RON Million, Seasonally and Calendar Adjusted Data)
- Figure 8: Romania, Gross Fixed Capital Formation (2020 Chain Linked Volumes, RON Million, Seasonally and Calendar Adjusted)
- Figure 9: Romania, Construction Production Index (2021=100)
- Figure 10: Romania, Construction Cost Index (2021=100)
- Figure 11: Romania, Employment in the Construction Industry, In Thousands
- Figure 12: Romania, Labor Cost index for Construction Industry (2021=100)
- Figure 13: Romania, Construction Projects Momentum Index
- Figure 14: Eastern Europe, Construction Projects Momentum Index
- Figure 15: Romania, Commercial Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020–29
- Figure 16: Romania, Commercial Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 17: Romania, Wholesale and retail Value-add (Chain linked volumes (2015), (RON million) Seasonally and calendar adjusted data)
- Figure 18: Romania, Total Tourist Arrivals (In Thousands)
- Figure 19: Romania, Wholesale and Retail Building Permits (Number)
- Figure 20: Romania, Wholesales Turnover Index (2021=100)
- Figure 21: Romania, Hotel and Similar Type Building Permits (Number)
- Figure 22: Romania, Industrial Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020–29
- Figure 23: Romania, Industrial Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 24: Romania, Manufacturing Value-add (Chain linked volumes (2015), (RON million) Seasonally and calendar adjusted data)
- Figure 25: Romania, Manufacturing Production Index (2021=100)
- Figure 26: Romania, Manufacturing Turnover Index (2021=100)
- Figure 27: Romania, New Manufacturing Order Value Index (2021=100)
- Figure 28: Romania, Total Merchandise Export (USD Million)
- Figure 29: Romania, Infrastructure Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020-29
- Figure 30: Romania, Infrastructure Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 31: Romania, Energy and Utilities Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020-29
- Figure 32: Romania, Energy and Utilities Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 33: Romania, Institutional Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020-29
- Figure 34: Romania, Institutional Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 35: Romania, Permits Issued for Administrative Buildings (Number)
- Figure 36: Romania, Residential Construction Output by Project Type (Real, $ Million), 2020-29
- Figure 37: Romania, Residential Construction Projects Pipeline, Value by Stage ($ Million)
- Figure 38: Romania, Real-estate Value-add (2020 Chain Linked Volumes, RON Million, Seasonally and Calendar Adjusted)
- Figure 39: Romania, Residential Building Permits Issued (Total, Number)
- Figure 40: Romania, Headquarters of Key Contractors (% of Total Project Pipeline)
- Figure 41: Romania, Headquarters of Key Consultants (% of Total Project Pipeline)
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