CFR is Romania's largest employer with 24,493 employees at the latest reporting. The company recorded a turnover of €240 million but reported a net loss of €86 million. Sales per employee stood at €9,800, while the loss per employee reached €3,600. The company is entirely owned by the Romanian state through the Ministry of Transport.

Poșta Română  ranks second with 20,154 employees. Poșta Română reported a turnover of €340 million, up 9.6% from the previous reporting, and a net profit of €14 million. Sales per employee reached €17,000, while profit per employee was €700. 

Kaufland Romania is the largest private employer in the top five with 14,592 employees and one of the biggest contributors to the economy's turnover. The company had a turnover of €4 billion and a net profit of €240 million at the last report. Sales per employee reached €260,000, while profit per employee was €15,800. 

Romsilva reported 13,625 employees and a turnover of €600 million, but net profit collapsed to €2 million, down over 95% from the previous year. Sales per employee stood at €44,000, while profit per employee was just €140.

Lidl completes the top five with 12,735 employees. The company recorded a turnover of €4.8 billion, the highest in this ranking, and a net profit of €240 million. Sales per employee reached €380,000, while profit per employee was €19,200, the highest values in the top five.

In total, state companies in the top five employ 58,272 people but generate approximately €1.2 billion in turnover with reduced profits or losses. Private companies in the top five have 27,327 employees but achieve €8.8 billion in turnover and a cumulative net profit of €480 million.