Top 5 most profitable businesses in Bucharest are those engaged in consultancy and management, car sales, pharmaceuticals and constructions, data of the Bucharest Finance Public General Direction reveals. The biggest tax on profits totaled some 3 million euro and was paid in 2007 by a consultancy firm while the biggest income tax amounted to 300,000 euro, paid by a lawyer.

According to the data of the Public Finance General Direction remitted to HotNews.ro, most profitable companies for 2006 were those in constructions and real estate developments. However, in 2007 highest profits were obtained by lawyers.

According to official statistics, companies in the top can be found in Districts 1, 5 and 6 in Bucharest. The data refer only to small and medium sized companies with profits of over 70 million Romanian Ron.