Carrefour, Garanti selling local subsidiaries push Romania’s M&A market to record high in Q1
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market reached a record high in the first quarter of 2026, with the total estimated value of transactions reaching USD 2.9 billion, compared to USD 765 million in the same period last year,…
iulian ernst · Journalist
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The Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market reached a record high in the first quarter of 2026, with the total estimated value of transactions reaching USD 2.9 billion, compared to USD 765 million in the same period last year, according to an EY analysis.
The value of the announced transactions amounted to USD 2.2 billion, mainly supported by two large transactions that totaled approximately USD 1.7 billion.


