Where are businesses relocating to?
According to the Unified State Register, almost 8,000 companies relocated within Ukraine in the first eight months of 2025. In total, Ukrainian businesses moved across the country 8,345 times this year. The number of relocations has stabilized and even become lower than before the start of the full-scale war. Kyiv remains the most popular region from which and to which businesses are relocating.
This year, 8,345 business relocations from one region to another were recorded in Ukraine. This is almost the same as last year and even 10% less than in 2021. In total, 7,988 companies relocated within Ukraine during this period. It is worth noting that some businesses managed to relocate several times.
Companies operating in the trade sector are the most likely to relocate: in fact, this is every third business among all those that have moved across the country. Businesses in the construction (6%), agriculture (5%), and real estate (5%) sectors also relocate frequently.
Most businesses move to and from Kyiv. The main directions of business relocation remain routes between Kyiv and the regions. The most popular moves were from the capital to the Kyiv region (494 companies), to the Dnipropetrovsk region (379), and in the opposite direction: from the Kyiv region to the capital (378). 358 companies moved from Kyiv to the Kharkiv region, while 336 moved from the Dnipropetrovsk region to the capital.
It is worth noting that Kharkiv region is generally in the lead this year: more businesses moved to the frontline region than left it: +374 companies this year. The picture is similar in Zaporizhzhia (+276), Lviv (+161), Zakarpattia (+83), and Kyiv (+77) regions. In contrast, the capital has seen the opposite trend: 657 more companies left than arrived. Next in terms of negative balance are Dnipropetrovsk region (-102), Donetsk (-97), Volyn (-83), and Poltava (-62).
Overall, the largest number of businesses left the capital — 2,909 companies, or 36% of the total. Among other donor regions, Dnipropetrovsk (824 companies), Kyiv (770), Odesa (507), and Lviv (451) are worth noting.
At the same time, Kyiv remains the main destination for businesses relocating, with 2,252 companies choosing it as their new place of work. It is followed by Kyiv region (847), Kharkiv region (742), Dnipropetrovsk region (722), and Lviv region (613).
Three companies included in this year’s Open Data Index also managed to change their legal address. Among them is OPERCOM, a company operating in the restaurant and hotel sector, with an income of UAH 1.4 billion last year. The company moved from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia region and is currently in the process of filing for bankruptcy.
The medical laboratory Eskulab, with revenues of UAH 942.4 million, returned to the Lviv region in February after a short stay in the capital. The insurance company ASKO DS, which had revenues of UAH 83.9 million last year, moved from the Donetsk region to Kyiv in August.
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