In 2024 foreigners registered 1109 new companies in Ukraine, down by 24% YoY.
This is reported by Opendatabot.
Citizens of 78 countries started businesses in Ukraine last year. Most of the companies were registered by citizens of Turkey – 201 business projects, Poland – 90 and US – 89.
Almost half of the new foreign companies are concentrated in Kyiv – 542. Other popular regions are Lviv region (137 companies) and Odesa region (122 companies).
Foreign companies in Ukraine are most often engaged in wholesale trade (255 companies, 23%), computer programming (109 companies, 9.8%) and real estate operations (86 companies, 7.8%).
Among the registered companies are those associated with well-known Ukrainian financial and industrial groups (FIGs), for example:
– Ombri Electric Energy Co. Limited. The company is owned by a Greek citizen, but belongs to the Liovochkin family group;
– AP Bioenergy Complex. The owners are US and Austrian citizens, but the company is affiliated with the AVEC concern, which belongs to Feldman’s group. (UNN)