Large investors leave Albania, 44 companies with more than 50 employees close

2022-06-02 09:11:50Biznes SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

The number of foreign and joint ventures grew rapidly in 2021, reaching the highest level ever recorded.

According to INSTAT data, at the end of 2021, there were 6,635 enterprises with foreign and joint capital in the country, with an increase of 10% compared to last year. 600 new enterprises with foreign or joint capital were opened in 2021, from about 15 thousand that were a total of entities added in the same period.

In 2020, the number of foreign enterprises had decreased by 6.3% compared to 2019, as a result of the consequences created in the economy of the pandemic and the restrictions that were taken to curb it.


However, even in relation to 2019, the number of foreign and joint ventures increased by 3.2%.

Although the total number of foreign and joint ventures in the country has increased significantly, it is the small ones that have made the difference, while large companies, which employ more than 50 employees have marked a significant decline.

Large investors leave Albania, 44 companies with more than 50 employees close
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According to INSTAT data, in 2021 44 companies left (net), which had more than 50 employees and another 97 that had from 10 to 49 employees. The departures are mainly in the field of industry, it was the only activity with decreasing number of foreign businesses in 2021.

In contrast, 648 small entities have been added, with 1-4 employees and 93 businesses with 5 to 9 employees.

EU countries dominate

According to INSTAT, Enterprises with foreign owners or co-owners occupy 5.6% of total enterprises, compared to 5.1% of active enterprises in 2020, and employ 12.7% of total employees.

Enterprises from European Union countries represent 57.6% of foreign and joint ventures. Owners or co-owners of Italian and Greek origin represent 45.5% of the total foreign and joint ventures. Foreign and joint ventures are mainly concentrated in the regions of Tirana and Durrës, respectively 68.9% and 12.7%.

Services dominate, information technology grows

Shërbimet dominojnë në bizneset e huaja që hapen në Shqipëri, me 38% të totalit, të ndjekura nga tregtia me 24%. Shërbimet shënuan dhe rritjen më të lartë të bizneseve të huaja, duke përbërë më shumë se gjysmën e subjekteve nga kjo kategori, të regjistruara në vtin 2021.

Një dukuri pozitive është shtimi i bizneseve të huaja në aktivitetin e “Informacioni dhe komunikacioni”, që u rrit me 22%, ose 97 ndërmarrje të reja. Kjo është rritja më e lartë në përqindje nga të gjitha aktivitetet ekonomike, e ndjekur nga shërbimet, me 16%.

Teknologjia dhe Informacioni po tërheq vitet e fundit investitorë të huaj, që ofrojnë shërbime për të tretët, duke shfrytëzuar koston e lirë të fuqisë punëtore. Operatorët e tregut kanë pohuar se pavarësisht interesit të lartë, problem mbetet gjetja e fuqisë punëtore të specializuar për shkak të emigrimit të profesionistëve.

Despite the growth, the share of IT businesses in total foreign entities remains low, at only 8% of the total.

Even businesses with foreign capital are generally small. Only 4.4% of foreign companies in the country had more than 50 employees./Monitor


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