The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Iaşi (CCI) has published the list of the top performing companies of the county of Iaşi in the year 2009. In the 17th edition of the chart of the chart of companies of Iaşi, "E.ON Moldova Distribuţie" SA, came first in terms of turnover, with 630,065,418 lei, followed by Build Corp SRL, the developer of the "Palas" complex, with 325,821,072 lei, and drug maker "Antibiotice" SA, with 219,754,104 lei.
"E.ON Moldova Distribuţie" SA also leads in terms of gross profit, with 72,234,574 lei, followed by "Rompak" SRL, with a profit of 20,392,000 lei, and DAS SRL, with 18,183,410 lei. "E.ON Moldova Distribuţie" SA also has the largest number of employees - 1,968, followed by "Antibiotice" SA, with 1,430 employees and the sewer and water provider "Apavital" SA, with 1,062 employees.
The ranking was built based on the financial statements of the companies registered in the county of Iaşi which filed balance sheets for the year in question. The earnings from the balance sheets for 2009, show that the turnover for the 18,483 taxpayers studied by the CCI of Iaşi amounted to 14.5 billion lei, down 13% compared to 2008, when the study covered 20,574 companies. Companies of the county of Iaşi had an aggregated profit of 780 million lei, and a combined average number of employees of 104.442, 12% lower than in 2008. The 940 companies included in the chart had an aggregated turnover of 7.85 billion lei.