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Growth 8Transformation 11Decline 5Under construction & planned 4
Key figures
+300new jobs announcedfrom 2 reports · since Sep 20260.1 per 1,000 in the labour force
1,827affected by layoffs and closuresfrom 5 reports · since Feb 20260.6 per 1,000 in the labour force
Largest expansions
- VESS Modules opens 1 GW solar module plant in Kardzhali+200 New jobs ·
- Klas Olio opens €20m sunflower processing plant in Dobrich+100 New jobs ·
Largest job cuts
- Bosch closes Engineering Center in Sofia, 670 jobs to go670 Affected staff ·
- MD Elektronik closes Vratsa plant with about 550 employees550 Affected staff ·
- AES Maritza East 1 ceases operations, about 350 redundancies350 Affected staff ·
Sectors
| Sector | Entries | New jobs | Affected staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy | 3 | +200 | 350 |
| Food | 3 | +100 | — |
| Industry | 3 | — | 200 |
| Automotive supplier | 2 | — | 1,220 |
| Semiconductors | 2 | — | — |
Follow-up
Followed up: 4 of 4 announcements older than six months.
Documented outcome: completed: 1.
Relocated abroad, to: 🇹🇭 Thailand.
Relocated here, from: 🇭🇷 Croatia.
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Open cases
- Schneider Electric to acquire Bulgarian Shelly GroupNext milestone: 31 Mar 2027
Sums of the reports recorded in the tracker since recording began, not a complete picture of the labour market.
2026
- Sofia Med plans €19.5m copper recycling plant in Sofia · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Arsenal opens new nitrocellulose plant in Kazanlak · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Bulmarket invests €60m in wagon and locomotive works in Ruse · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Commission selects 46 more strategic raw materials projects · Policy · 🇧🇪 Belgium / Bulgaria / Estonia / Finland / France / Germany / Greece / Italy / Lithuania / Netherlands / Poland / Portugal / Romania / Slovakia / Spain / Sweden
- VESS Modules opens 1 GW solar module plant in Kardzhali · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Klas Olio opens €20m sunflower processing plant in Dobrich · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Schneider Electric to acquire Bulgarian Shelly Group · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / France
- Bulgaria plans 33% windfall tax and further taxes for 2027 · Policy · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Viking Life-Saving ends production near Plovdiv, cutting 57 jobs · Closures · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Sofia extends Metro Line 3 eastward for €144.3m · Infrastructure · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Nomad Capital Group seeks to acquire Maritsa East 3 coal plant · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Corte Diletto completes new ice-cream factory in Elin Pelin · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Report: Schneider Electric in early talks over Shelly Group · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / France
- Kyowa Europe opens new production site in Sofia for €6m · Expansions · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Bulgarian regulator clears Valeo's Prestige-96 takeover · Mergers · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / Ireland
- Bosch closes Engineering Center in Sofia, 670 jobs to go · Layoffs · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Bulgaria gets fourth EU recovery plan payment of almost €1bn · Policy · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- AES Maritza East 1 ceases operations, about 350 redundancies · Closures · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Elhim-Iskra halts production in Pazardzhik, about 200 redundancies · Closures · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- MD Elektronik closes Vratsa plant with about 550 employees · Closures · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Bulgaria awards 12-year passenger rail contracts to BDŽ and Ivkoni Express · Policy · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
- Bulgaria, Greece and Romania plan joint EU funding bid for rail corridor · Policy · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / Greece / Romania
- Bulgaria joins the eurozone at the start of the year · Policy · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria / Euro area
2025
- Greece, Bulgaria and Romania sign rail and road corridor agreement · Policy · 🇬🇷 Greece / Bulgaria / Romania
2026 · planned
- Bulgaria to finish Plovdiv rail hub modernisation by end of 2026 · Under construction & planned · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
2027 · planned
- Sofia Airport starts Terminal 3 preparatory works · Under construction & planned · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
2028 · planned
- Bulgaria and North Macedonia build border tunnel on Corridor VIII · Under construction & planned · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria
2030 · planned
- Bulgaria plans high-speed railway between Sofia and Varna · Under construction & planned · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria