Aerospace industry and the new A7 motorway node
Bacău County
The only county in the region hosting the headquarters of two nationally significant Romanian companies and, at the same time, an aeronautical industry with a long tradition. With the opening of the southern sections of the A7 motorway, Bacău becomes Moldavia’s first major road node.
Territory
The county at a glance
Economy
Economic profile
Trade accounts for almost half of the county’s turnover, followed by industry and construction. Beneath this structure, however, lie two rare features: the headquarters of Romania’s largest DIY retailer and an integrated aeronautical industry, from aerostructures to civil maintenance and defence systems.
Regional comparison
The county within the North-East Region
Infrastructure
Connectivity and access
The case
Why invest here
The fast road link towards Ploiești and Bucharest completely changes the transport cost of goods produced here.
Aerostructures, civil maintenance and defence systems, on a runway shared with an active air base.
More than 450,000 passengers and ten new destinations added in 2026 alone.
Gross wages at 87.3% of the national average, with an unemployment rate of only 2.6%.
Two companies headquartered in the county lead national rankings in retail and infrastructure construction.
„Vasile Alecsandri” University provides a steady flow of engineering and economics graduates.
Opportunities
Where you can invest now
HIT Park, Hemeiuș
The county’s flagship industrial park, with halls fully occupied and an expansion of about 30,000 m² in preparation.
ELI Parks, Nicolae Bălcescu
Hosts the RetuRO counting and sorting plant for the deposit-return system: 7,800 m², about 70 jobs and a capacity of millions of containers per day.
The A7 position
Land near the motorway junctions becomes, from 2026, the most attractive logistics offer in central Moldavia.
Workforce
Education and the labour market
„Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău brings together five faculties — Engineering, Letters, Sciences, Economic Sciences and Movement, Sport and Health Sciences — with 6,260 students in the 2025–2026 academic year, of whom 3,330 in the first year. The county has 119,083 employees, an average gross wage of RON 6,146 (87.3% of the national average) and an unemployment rate of 2.6%.
Heritage
Tourism and culture
Slănic-Moldova, a spa resort with mineral springs whose first bathing establishment dates from 1827, and Târgu Ocna, where the salt mine hosts Europe’s largest underground sanatorium at a depth of 130 metres, are the main landmarks. Bogdana Monastery, founded in 1660, is the county’s largest, while the manor at Tescani preserves the memory of George Enescu, whose name the airport also bears.
Quality of life
Why live here
Bacău combines a comfortably sized city with full services and quick access to the mountains, the salt mine and spa resorts. From 2026, the motorway brings it to about three hours from Bucharest.
The County Emergency Hospital serves more than 600,000 inhabitants and is modernising its operating block, with new orthopaedics and neurosurgery wards, and its emergency department. Târgu Ocna hosts Europe’s largest underground sanatorium, 130 metres deep, for respiratory conditions.
„Vasile Alecsandri” University with five faculties and more than 6,200 students, national colleges with consistent olympiad results and a solid network of technical high schools linked to local industry.
The „Bacovia” Municipal Theatre, the „Mihail Jora” Philharmonic, the „Iulian Antonescu” Museum Complex, the „Victor Anestin” Astronomical Observatory and the manor at Tescani, which preserves the memory of George Enescu.
Slănic-Moldova, a spa resort with mineral springs since 1827, the Târgu Ocna salt mine, the Valea Muntelui area for hiking and agritourism, and the island and reservoir within the city.
„George Enescu” International Airport, with ten new destinations added in 2026 alone, and the A7 motorway, which completely changes travel times towards the south of the country.
Public investment
Major County Council projects
The County Emergency Hospital operating block
more than RON 57 million, of which about RON 26 million from European funds; the orthopaedics and neurosurgery wards. The hospital serves more than 600,000 inhabitants.
The emergency department
modernisation and rehabilitation with European funds
Investments approved in 2026
county road modernisation, utility networks, a neuromotor recovery centre, the extension of a school and public transport in Onești
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OPEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL WEBSITE →Profile prepared by the EURONEST Intercommunity Development Association. Figures state the year and the source wherever these are published. Economic data come mainly from the county profiles of the National Commission for Strategy and Prognosis, and demographic data from the 2021 population and housing census.