Romania ranks third among the New European member countries in terms of home furniture consumption after Poland and the Czech Republic. Apparent domestic consumption of home furniture amount to about Euro 1 billion.
The distribution structure in the home furniture sector in Romania is in continuous evolution. From the point of view of the supply process the main peculiarity is the significant presence of local furniture producers with their own retail networks in the form of chains. The majority of these are medium-sized stores.

This Report, produced by CSIL, Centre for Industrial Studies, offers an analysis of home furniture distribution industry in Romania and provides an economic overview of the country; trend for home furniture consumption; breakdown of home furniture sales by distribution channel (specialized furniture distributors (furniture chains, franchising, buying groups, independent furniture retailers), non-specialist distributors (department stores, multistores, hypermarkets, DIY) and others.

The analysis of furniture distribution by product/segment covers: upholstered furniture and kitchen furniture.

Home furniture imports are broken down by country, geographical area and product (upholstered furniture, kitchen furniture, dining and living room furniture, bedroom furniture, non-upholstered seats and other furniture).

Short profiles of major home furniture distributors with analysis of sales performance are also available.

Major furniture trade fairs are also analyzed.

Addresses of about 30 furniture distributors mentioned in the report are also included.

Also available on the new EU Member States as a whole Furniture distribution in Europe, part II which offers a comparative analysis of home furniture distribution in 4 European countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Romania), providing trends in home furniture consumption, distribution channels’ market shares, retail formats, home furniture imports and short company profiles.