“In 2024, foreigners opened 1,109 companies in Ukraine, which is almost a quarter less than in 2023.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
In 2024, foreigners opened 1,109 companies in Ukraine, which is almost a quarter less than in 2023. This is stated in the message of Opendatabot with reference to the data of the Unified State Register. “Compared to 2021, such businesses have decreased by 60%,” Opendatabot said. Citizens of 78 countries opened businesses in Ukraine last year. Most often, citizens of Turkey registered companies — 201 businesses (18.1% of the total structure), Poland — 90 companies (8.1%), and the United States — 89 businesses (8%). Advertisement: Almost half of new foreign companies were registered in Kyiv — 542 (48.9%). Lviv Oblast — 137 companies (12.4%) and Odesa Oblast — 122 companies (11%) also became popular regions. Most often, foreign companies are engaged in wholesale trade (255 companies, 23%), computer programming (109 companies, 9.8%) and real estate operations (86 companies, 7.8%). Advertisement: Among newly created companies in 2024, “DVL UKR” LLC from Kyiv has the largest authorized capital – UAH 1.18 billion. Its ultimate beneficiary is a citizen of France. Trade Solutions LLC (456.7 million UAH) and LLC “DK Kyiv Outlet” (335.6 million UAH), whose owner is a citizen of the Czech Republic, also have large authorized capital. In addition, among the registered companies are those that have connections with well-known Ukrainian financial and industrial groups. In particular, Ombri Electrical Energy KO. Limited, the owner of which is a citizen of Greece, belongs to the family group of Serhiy and Yulia Lyovochkin. Also, AP Bioenergy Complex has owners with US and Austrian citizenship, but it is related to the AVEK concern (Feldman Group). We will remind: Among the companies with a high level of voluntary compliance with tax legislation published by the State Tax Service (SST), businesses related to sanctioned persons were found.