More than 496,900 women were shareholders or associates in Romanian companies at the end of August this year, which translates into 37.23% of all shareholders in Romania, according to data from the National Trade Register Office (ONRC).

Meanwhile, 837,976 of the shareholders were men, which represented 62.77% of the total, local Agerpres reported. A total of 904,337 companies were active in Romania at the end of August.

In terms of regions, the county of Tulcea had the highest share of women shareholders – 41.25% (in 6,996 companies). On the other hand, Harghita county registered the lowest share of women shareholders – 32.02% (in 10,028 companies).

A total of 92.030 registrations of companies and individuals were recorded in the first eight months of this year, the number being 10.59% lower than in the same period last year, when the number of registrations amounted to 102,936, according to ONRC.

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Irina Marica, irina.marica@romania-insider.com

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