Romania’s gateway to Ukraine
Suceava County
Romania’s second-largest county by area and the country’s main road gateway to Ukraine. Wood processing, the food industry and Bucovina tourism are the three pillars of the local economy, while the Siret border crossing, the airport and the future A7 motorway are turning the county into a logistics node of European interest.
Territory
The county at a glance
Economy
Economic profile
Wood and wood-based panel processing is the branch that defines the county, followed by the food and beverage industry, paper and board, agriculture, textiles and construction materials. The presence of European-scale foreign investors confirms that the wood value chain works here at scale.
Regional comparison
The county within the North-East Region
Infrastructure
Connectivity and access
The case
Why invest here
Romania’s main road crossing to Ukraine, with growing capacity and confirmed European funding.
More than EUR 580 million invested by a single industrial investor shows that infrastructure and workforce work at scale.
The broad gauge at Dornești allows a direct link with the eastern railway network.
Nearly 770,000 passengers and a new terminal under tender, sized for more than two million.
An average net wage of RON 4,295 and a genuine labour reserve.
Eight churches on the UNESCO World Heritage List and third place nationally by number of hotels.
Opportunities
Where you can invest now
Bucovina Industrial Parks, Salcea
Approximately 14 hectares at the Bucovina Economic Centre, next to the airport, with the county as majority shareholder.
The new industrial park on the BioEnergy site
Announced in May 2026 as one of the largest industrial parks in Moldavia, on several dozen hectares, with European funding; the land transfer is under way. Road, rail and airport access and, in perspective, access to the A7 motorway.
Cross-border logistics
Warehousing, transshipment and customs services around the Siret crossing and the Dornești platform — a position relevant both to current flows and to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Workforce
Education and the labour market
„Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava brings together 11 faculties and more than 100 study programmes. The average net wage was RON 4,295 in May 2026, while the unemployment rate stood at 6.23% on 30 June 2026 — almost double the national average. There is therefore a genuine labour reserve, but one that needs training: in the first half of 2026 there were more than 1,300 job vacancies.
Heritage
Tourism and culture
The painted churches of Moldavia, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993 and extended in 2010 — Voroneț, Sucevița, Moldovița, Humor, Arbore, Pătrăuți — are the county’s tourism landmark. Accommodation capacity counts almost 13,000 beds and 54 hotels, third nationally, with agritourism guesthouses accounting for almost 42% of units.
Quality of life
Why live here
Bucovina is one of Romania’s most sought-after places to live for those who want clean air, mountains an hour from home and a settled community — without giving up a modernised county hospital, a university and an international airport.
The „Saint John the New” County Emergency Hospital has entered a broad equipment programme through the Health Programme 2021–2027, digitalisation through the national recovery plan, an oncology ward and energy renovation. The network is completed by municipal hospitals in Rădăuți, Fălticeni, Câmpulung and Vatra Dornei.
„Ștefan cel Mare” University brings together 11 faculties and more than 100 study programmes, from engineering and forestry to medicine and economics. The pre-university network covers the whole county, with national colleges in Suceava, Rădăuți and Câmpulung.
The painted churches on the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Suceava Fortress, the Bucovina Museum, the „Matei Vișniec” Theatre and a dense calendar of festivals of traditions and early music.
Mountains at any hour: Vatra Dornei and Câmpulung Moldovenesc for skiing and hiking, the Rarău and Giumalău massifs, mineral waters at Dorna, almost 13,000 accommodation places and the country’s densest network of agritourism guesthouses.
„Ștefan cel Mare” Airport at Salcea, with a Wizz Air base and routes to Italy, Germany, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Cyprus; a new terminal sized for more than two million passengers is under tender.
Public investment
Major County Council projects
The 2026 county budget
the largest in the county’s history: RON 1.050 billion, of which 63.5% for investment
Airport Terminal 3
RON 167.5 million excluding VAT, about 10,800 m², capacity of more than 2 million passengers a year
County roads
RON 431.13 million for three sections — DJ 177C, DJ 209A Fălticeni–Slatina, DJ 209B Mălini–Văleni; the Gura Humorului bypass, RON 800 million in total
„Saint John the New” County Emergency Hospital
medical equipment through the Health Programme 2021–2027, digitalisation through the national recovery plan, an oncology ward and energy renovation
Looking for details on investing in this county?
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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.