Businesses in Costești

Industries

Business Distribution by Industry in Costești

Industry Description	Number of Establishments
Grocery stores and supermarkets	19
Shopping	17
Restaurants	17
Education	12
Real estate	10
All food and beverage	8
Wholesale of construction supplies	6
Churches	6
Freight/commercial transport	5
Wholesale store	5

Costești Facts

Area	6.3 km²
Population	5,127
Male Population	2,517 (49.1%)
Female Population	2,610 (50.9%)
Population change (1975 to 2020)	-36.6%
Population change (2000 to 2020)	-29.6%
Median Age	40.5 years (Male: 38.7, Female: 42.1)
GDP per capita (PPP)	$30,297 (2022)
Local Time
Timezone	Eastern European Summer Time
Lat & Lng	44.66667, 24.88333
Postal Codes	115200, 115201

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Costești Population

Years 1975 to 2030

Data	1975	1990	2000	2015	2020	2025*	2030*
Population	8,082	8,810	7,285	5,632	5,127	4,990	4,737
Population Density	1,280.3 / km²	1,395.6 / km²	1,154.1 / km²	892.2 / km²	812.2 / km²	790.5 / km²	750.4 / km²

* Projected

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Costești Population change from 2000 to 2020

Decrease of 29.6% from year 2000 to 2020

Location	Change since 1975	Change since 1990	Change since 2000
Costești	-36.6%	-41.8%	-29.6%
Argeș County	—	—	—
Romania	—	—	—

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Costești Median Age

Median Age: 40.5 years

Location	Median Age	Median Age (Female)	Median Age (Male)
Costești	40.5 yrs	42.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Argeș County	40.8 yrs	42.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Romania	40.1 yrs	41.6 yrs	38.5 yrs

Sources: CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)

Costești Population Density

Population Density: 812 / km²

Location	Population	Area	Density
Costești	5,127	6.3 km²	812 / km²
Argeș County	554,520	6,825 km²	81.2 / km²
Romania	19.5 million	238,387.8 km²	81.8 / km²

Sources: JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid

Costești Historical and Projected Population

Estimated Population from 0 to 2100

Sources:

JRC (European Commission's Joint Research Centre) work on the GHS built-up grid
CIESIN (Center for International Earth Science Information Network)
[Link] Klein Goldewijk, K., Beusen, A., Doelman, J., and Stehfest, E.: Anthropogenic land use estimates for the Holocene – HYDE 3.2, Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 9, 927–953, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-927-2017, 2017.

Area Codes

Percentage Area Codes used by businesses in Costești

Postal Codes

Percentage of businesses by Postal Codes in Costești

Price Distribution

Business distribution by price for Costești

Human Development Index (HDI)

Statistic composite index of life expectancy, education, and per capita income.

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Taka, M. &Guillaume, J. Gridded global datasets for Gross Domestic Product and Human Development Index over 1990–2015. Sci Data 5, 180004 (2018) doi:10.1038/sdata.2018.4

Costești Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

GDP per capita, PPP (constant 2017 international $)

Data	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2015	2020	2022
GDP per capita	$10,965	$8,920	$10,456	$18,956	$23,506	$22,738	$26,757	$30,297
Total GDP	$42.2M	$35M	$41.5M	$75.1M	$92.8M	$91.3M	$107.5M	$124M

Source: [Link] Kummu, M., Kosonen, M. & Masoumzadeh Sayyar, S. Downscaled gridded global dataset for gross domestic product (GDP) per capita PPP over 1990–2022. Sci Data 12, 178 (2025) doi:10.1038/s41597-025-04487-x

Costești CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Costești	17,024 tn	3.32 tn	2,696.8 tons/km²
Argeș County	1,790,897 tn	3.23 tn	262.4 tons/km²
Romania	86,961,323 tn	4.46 tn	364.8 tons/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Costești CO2 Emissions

2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year)	17,024 tn
2013 CO2 emissions (tonnes/year) per capita	3.32 tn
2013 CO2 emissions intensity (tonnes/km²/year)	2,696.8 tons/km²

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Hazard	Risk Level
Earthquake	Medium (5.4)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:

Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.
Center for Hazards and Risk Research - CHRR - Columbia University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Global Earthquake Hazard Distribution - Peak Ground Acceleration. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4BZ63ZS.

Recent Nearby Earthquakes

Magnitude 3.0 and greater

Date▼	Time↕	Magnitude↕	Distance↕	Depth↕	Location↕	Link
12/29/15	6:56 PM	4.3	96.6 km	27,160 m	7km WNW of Brezoi, Romania	usgs.gov
5/15/08	4:29 AM	3.1	80.2 km	30,000 m	Romania	usgs.gov
1/26/08	4:04 AM	3.1	69.3 km	6,100 m	Romania	usgs.gov
1/11/08	2:56 PM	3.2	42.3 km	80,000 m	Romania	usgs.gov
9/27/05	2:50 PM	3.6	76.7 km	9,900 m	Romania	usgs.gov
8/19/05	6:34 PM	3.9	43.3 km	10,100 m	Romania	usgs.gov
2/1/05	7:26 PM	3.5	94.8 km	0 m	Romania	usgs.gov
5/19/04	10:37 PM	4.2	61.6 km	5,800 m	Romania	usgs.gov
11/28/95	8:16 AM	3.7	80.1 km	23,000 m	Romania	usgs.gov
1/28/95	7:31 AM	3.8	99.3 km	25,300 m	Romania	usgs.gov

Source: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Costești

Costeşti (Romanian pronunciation: [kosˈteʃtʲ]) is a town in Argeş county, Wallachia, Romania. The population As of 2002 was 10,868. town administers six villages: Broşteni, Lăceni, Pârvu Roşu, Podu Broşteni, Smei and Stârci.

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