In the Central Bank’s survey of 2,391 entrepreneurs, 64% reported better business conditions than a year earlier and 82% expected macroeconomic conditions to improve over the next three years.
The share of respondents reporting improved conditions rose from 61% in Q2 2025 to 64% in Q2 2026. Businesses pointed to better banking services, stronger competition, simpler licensing and modest road-infrastructure improvement, while market concentration, administrative interference, energy supply and customs tariffs remained constraints.
Order growth was reported by 56% of respondents, led by construction, tourism, catering, handicrafts and manufacturing. Demand for additional labour rose for 48% of surveyed businesses, and medium-term confidence strengthened markedly, with 82% expecting macroeconomic conditions to improve over the next three years, up from 66% a year earlier.
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