The number of companies with foreign ownership registered in Moldova as of August 1 was more than 11,000. In the first seven months of the year, the Public Service Agency registered 3,585 new companies, according to data provided by the Agency’s Registering and Licensing Department.
Most foreign companies are Romanian, accounting for 15.4% of the total Moldova-registered foreign companies. They are followed by number by Italy, Turkey, and Ukraine. However, Dutch capital leads by volume, with the equivalent of more than 2 billion lei invested. Cypriot companies invested nearly as much as that, followed by Italian companies with over 1.5 billion lei.
30% of the companies are wholesalers, 23% retailers, 12% operate in the processing industry, 6% are agricultural businesses, and 5% are in the transport and communication category.
66% of the companies were registered in Chisinau.
