“Ukrainian women lead in opening sole proprietorships, dominating the beauty industry – OpendatabotWomen opened over 60% of new businesses in the first 10 months of 2025, particularly active in the beauty sector. The highest proportion of businesswomen was recorded in Sumy, Poltava, and Odesa regions.
”, — write: unn.ua
DetailsOver 153,000 new enterprises were opened by women in the first 10 months of 2025, which accounts for 61% of the total number of newly created individual entrepreneurs in 2025. Most businesses were opened by women in Kyiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Every eighth women’s business was opened in the capital – 20,286 individual entrepreneurs.
Next are Dnipropetrovsk region, where 15,129 registrations were recorded, Kyiv region – 11,846, Odesa region – 11,647, and 11,274 registrations in Lviv region.
Sumy, Poltava, and Odesa regions have the highest share of women among new entrepreneurs: 63% each.
According to the results of the first 10 months of 2025, in no region did men manage to surpass women in the number of new businesses.
It is also indicated that the beauty industry continues to be one of the most dynamic areas of women’s entrepreneurship.
88% of new entrepreneurs who opened their business in the field of individual services are women. Of these, 77% are beauty salons, hairdressers, and care studios.
Women also dominate in the fields of social assistance, education, medicine, consulting, and food production.
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Individual entrepreneurs are also actively registered in Ukraine by representatives of other countries.
The largest number of individual entrepreneurs were registered by citizens of Russia (175), Moldova (68), Armenia (50), and Azerbaijan (49).
RecallThe growth of new cafes and restaurants in Ukraine significantly decreased in 2025. And although the number of opened individual entrepreneurs in the catering sector exceeds the number of closed ones, half of those who started a business in catering 1.5 years ago were forced to close their businesses in the current period (November 2025).