Why you'd want to know what a company earns
Before you sign a contract, take a job, or ship goods on credit, the question is simple: does this company actually have money, or is it living on loans? Part of the answer is public. Every SRL or SA in Moldova files annual financial statements, and some of them you can see for free.
The catch is that the official data is scattered and hard to read. Below I show you where to find it, how to read the four numbers that matter, and what they mean in practice.
Where financial statements are public
There are three places:
1. The Public Depository of Financial Statements (DPSF) -- depozitar.statistica.md. The official portal of the National Bureau of Statistics, launched in February 2024. Free, no account. It holds the full financial statements, the management report and the auditor's report. Two downsides: the interface is clunky, and you only get 20 reports per day from one IP address.
2. The old inforsf viewer -- webapp.statistica.md/inforsf. Covers 2015-2024, search by IDNO. Same 20-per-day limit and a captcha on every search.
3. Datero.md -- we pull the same reports into one place, link them to founders, CAEM code and history, and show several years at once. Search for a company by IDNO or name and open its financial data.
What a financial statement contains
A full set has two core documents:
- The balance sheet -- what the company owns and owes on 31 December: assets, equity, debts.
- The profit and loss statement -- how much it sold and how much it earned during the year.
Out of all the lines, four numbers tell you almost everything for a quick check: revenue, net profit, total assets, and debts.
Revenue: how much the company sells
In the report you find it on the line "Venituri din vanzari" (sales revenue). It is the money taken in from the core business over a year, before any expenses. Statistical forms call the same thing "cifra de afaceri neta" (net turnover).
Revenue shows size, not health. A company can sell billions and still end up in the red.
Example: Orange Moldova reported sales revenue of about 3.6 billion lei in 2024, up from ~3.4 billion in 2023. Moldretail Group, one of the country's largest retailers, passed 11.6 billion lei in 2024, with over 5,000 employees.
Net profit: what's left at the end
The last line of the profit and loss statement is "Profit net (pierdere neta) al perioadei de gestiune" (net profit or loss for the period). This is what remains after all expenses and taxes. It can be negative, and then it's a loss.
This is where the difference between size and result shows up. Premier Energy, the electricity distributor, had revenue of nearly 7.7 billion lei in 2024, but a net profit of only ~41 million. In 2023 it closed the year at a loss, over 170 million lei in the red. Huge revenue, thin margin. That tells you more about the company than revenue alone.
Debts: how the company is funded
On the balance sheet, debts split into two:
- Long-term liabilities -- loans and obligations due in more than a year.
- Current liabilities -- due within a year: suppliers, salaries, taxes, short-term loans.
If current liabilities are far larger than cash and the assets that quickly turn into cash, the company can have liquidity problems. That means it struggles to pay on time, even if it's profitable on paper. For a deeper read of these relationships, see the financial analysis guide.
Read several years, not just one
A single year can fool you. A good year can be luck, a bad year can be a big investment or a passing crisis.
Floarea Soarelui, the oil processor from Balti, is a clear example. In 2023 it had revenue over 5 billion lei but closed at a loss, around 232 million in the red. In 2024 sales dropped below 1.4 billion, yet the company returned to profit. Look at three or four years in a row and you see the trend, not a single snapshot.
Companies with no public reports
Not everyone files financial statements. Individuals doing business -- sole trader (II), peasant farm, patent holders -- usually keep simplified records and don't file full statements with the statistics office. For them you find only registry data: IDNO, status, administrator. Not revenue.
If a "company" shows no financial report anywhere, the first thing to check is its legal form. See what IDNO means and how to read the legal form.
How to do this in two minutes on Datero.md
- Search for the company by IDNO or name.
- Open its page and go to the financial data.
- See revenue, net profit, assets and debts for every available year, as a table and a chart.
- From there, jump to founders, CAEM code, public contracts and linked companies.
For more recent years, data appears as companies file their reports in the public depository. If a company is active but last year is still missing, we fetch it when someone opens its page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are Moldovan companies' financial statements free?
Yes. The public depository (depozitar.statistica.md) and the inforsf viewer are free, both with a limit of 20 reports per day. On Datero.md the core numbers are visible without payment.
What does "revenue" (cifra de afaceri) mean?
It's total sales for a year, before expenses. In the report it appears as "Venituri din vanzari". It is not profit. Profit is what's left after expenses and taxes.
Why can a company with high revenue still be at a loss?
Because revenue isn't profit. If expenses (goods, salaries, interest, energy) exceed revenue, the company ends up in the red even if it sells a lot. That's why you look at net profit, not just revenue.
By when do companies file their annual reports?
Under the Law on Accounting and Financial Reporting no. 287/2017, most entities file within 150 days of year-end, that is by the end of May. Public-interest entities have a shorter deadline, by 30 April.
Why can't I find reports for some companies?
Either the company is too new and hasn't filed yet, or it's an individual (II, peasant farm, patent) that doesn't file full statements. In the second case you'll only find registry data.
How old is the data?
It depends on the year. For 2020-2022 there is data for tens of thousands of companies. More recent years fill in gradually as reports reach the public depository.
See a company's numbers now
You don't need to get through captchas and daily limits to learn how much a company sells and earns. Search on Datero.md and see revenue, profit and debts across several years in one place.