Exclusive: First 100 companies in Romania by sales make EUR 51.7 bln in 2010. Full top

The 100 largest companies in Romania grew their sales last year by EUR 7.7 billion compared to 2009, reaching EUR 51.7 billion, Romania-Insider.com has learned. In an analysis of the first 100 biggest companies in Romania by their 2010 sales, 21 companies saw their sales dropping, three had flat sales, while five more than doubled their 2009 sales last year. editor@romania-insider.com Oil and gas company OMV Petrom ranks first, followed by Automobile Dacia, Rompetrol Rafinare, Nokia Romania and Rompetrol Downstream. They all grew their sales in the country. The biggest increase of all the 100 companies analyzed by Romania-Insider.com was reported by OMV Petrom Gas – a three-fold growth, from EUR 168 million last year, to almost EUR 600 million in 2010. OMV Petrom Marketing, grup Servicii Petroliere, Silcotub and Oscar Downstream all more than doubled their sales in 2010, compared to 2009. On the downside were companies like state-owned Loteria Romana, with a drop in sales of 22 percent, followed by Hidroconstructia, a drop of 12 percent, and telecom company Vodafone, down 11 percent in sales on 2009. Carrefour, Romtelecom, Metro Cash & Carry, Philip Morris, Billa, Coca-Cola HBC Romania, telecom Orange Romania, Enel, E.ON, Ursus were all on a downwards trend in their sales, compared to 2009. We've listed all 100 companies for you, with their sales in 2010 and the results in 2009, for comparison. The lowest sales figure in the top was of EUR 200 million.

Company | Sales in 2010 (EUR Mil.) | Sales in 2009 (EUR Mil.) | 2010/2009 / 1 | OMV Petrom | 3,314 | 3,029 | 9% / 2 | Automobile Dacia | 2,709 | 2,124 | 28% / 3 | Rompetrol Rafinare | 1,686 | 1,481 | 14% / 4 | Nokia Romania | 1,606 | 1,027 | 56% / 5 | Rompetrol Downstream | 1,458 | 1,238 | 18% / 6 | Metro Cash&Carry | 1,254 | 1,355 | -8% / 7 | British American Tobacco Trading | 1,147 | 1,039 | 10% / 8 | Kaufland Romania | 1,109 | 871 | 27% / 9 | OMV Petrom Marketing | 1,087 | 428 | 154% / 10 | Lukoil Romania | 1,084 | 776 | 40% / 11 | Orange Romania | 988 | 1,044 | -5% / 12 | ArceloriMittal Galati | 985 | 846 | 16% / 13 | Carrefour Romania | 931 | 1,027 | -9% / 14 | GDF Suez Energy Romania | 894 | 856 | 4% / 15 | Romgaz | 849 | 753 | 13% / 16 | Vodafone Romania | 824 | 929 | -11% / 17 | real,-Hypermarchet Romania | 779 | 760 | 2% / 18 | Hidroelectrica | 778 | 571 | 36% / 19 | Selgros Cash&Carry | 765 | 718 | 7% / 20 | Romtelecom | 719 | 787 | -9%