Since 2021, 8,644 agricultural companies have been registered in Ukraine, while 3,416 companies have been closed, according to the Opendatabot service.
According to the resource, agricultural companies were most actively registered in 2021, when 2,678 companies appeared. With the start of the full-scale invasion, the number of registrations dropped to 1,558. However, starting in 2023, the agricultural sector revived: 1,697 new companies appeared in a year. Between January and July 2025, 869 new agricultural enterprises were registered.
Analyzing data on the closure of agricultural enterprises, analysts noted that the largest number of closures occurred in 2021 (1,070 companies) and in 2024 (685). This year, 536 agricultural companies decided to cease operations.
The largest number of new agricultural companies was recorded in the Odesa region — 612. Next are Kyiv (600), Lviv region (597), Vinnytsia (591), and Dnipropetrovsk (535). The fewest were in the frontline regions of Luhansk (40), Donetsk (101), and Zaporizhzhia (147). However, agribusinesses are not very active in Chernivtsi (120) and Zakarpattia (171) regions either.
The largest number of agricultural companies closed in the Odesa region — 606. There were also many closures in the Dnipropetrovsk (225), Khmelnytskyi (201), Kyiv (199), and Mykolaiv (191) regions. The fewest closures were in Luhansk (21), Donetsk (49), Ivano-Frankivsk (49), and Kyiv (55).
Analysts noted that 1,738 agricultural companies relocated to other regions during this period. Of these, 346 agribusinesses moved to western regions of Ukraine over the past five years. Almost half of the relocators who decided to move west chose Lviv region as their new region for doing business — 166 companies. Rivne (54 companies), Volyn (39), Khmelnytskyi (30), and Zakarpattia (19) regions are also popular among businesses changing their registration.
In addition, a number of agricultural companies that have opened during this time are steadily increasing their wealth. The top five newcomers actively expanding their operations include Farmzaat Ukraine, whose revenue grew 3.3 times in 2024 to UAH 770 million; Niva-Plus, which earned 1.5 times more than in 2023, at UAH 530 million; Agroprotekhnika – 2.7 times, to UAH 392 million, Krasnopavlivsky KHP – 1.3 times, to UAH 308 million, and Agrofirma Malynivska – 2.8 times, to UAH 299 million.
In response to ticket shortages, Ukrzaliznytsia is rolling out a trial version of the “Dія.Підпис” verification system, which already works for international flights, for five popular domestic trains.
“We continue to use all means to reduce the number of possible abuses when purchasing train tickets. Therefore, from August 1, in order to buy or return tickets for certain domestic trains, passengers must verify their identity through ”Dія.Підпис,” the company said in a statement.
According to the statement, during the first stage of implementation, verification will be required for the following trains: No. 105/106 Odesa-Kyiv; No. 91/92 Lviv-Kyiv; No. 29/30 Kyiv-Uzhhorod; No. 12 Lviv-Odesa and No. 27/28 Kyiv-Chop.
Tickets for these flights will not be available at ticket offices.
The new rules will not apply to flights with special ticket reserves for military personnel.
Ukrzaliznytsia also noted that it is continuing to work on introducing authorization in the app via BankID.
JSC Dniproazot (Kamensk, Dnipropetrovsk region) reported a loss of UAH 1.329 billion for 2024 and does not plan to consider profit distribution or pay dividends.
According to a publication in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), at the annual general meeting, which will be held remotely on August 28, shareholders will be asked to approve the supervisory board’s report for 2024 without comments or additional measures, to recognize the supervisory board’s activities as satisfactory and to approve its work as consistent with its powers, goals, objectives, and areas of activity.
In addition, shareholders are invited to take into account the conclusions of the audit report of Standard-Audit LLC on the audit of the financial statements of JSC Dniproazot for 2024, but not to approve any specific measures in this regard. Instead, they want to oblige the Supervisory Board not to renew the contract with this audit company and to find another auditor.
The General Meeting will also amend the provisions on the remuneration of members of the company’s management bodies, in particular the Supervisory Board and the Management Board.
The shareholders will hear the management board’s report on the results of the reduction of the equity capital of JSC Dniproazot and instruct the chairman of the management board to file a petition with the commercial court to initiate preventive restructuring proceedings and bankruptcy proceedings against JSC Dniproazot.
At the end of the general meeting, the shareholders will consider the issue of liquidating JSC Dniproazot in accordance with and in compliance with the requirements of Part 2 of Article 16 of the Law of Ukraine “On Joint Stock Companies.”
Dniproazot JSC is a chemical company in Ukraine, a major producer of ammonia and nitrogen fertilizers, specializing in the production of ammonia, urea, caustic soda, chlorine, and hydrochloric acid. It was founded in 1996 and is one of the five largest chemical companies in the country.
Currently, it is the only company in Ukraine that produces liquid chlorine, which is used for sterilizing drinking water and treating wastewater. Over 80% of its products are supplied to countries in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
According to Opendatabot, in 2024, Dniproazot reduced its revenue by 7.6 times to UAH 184.05 million, its debt obligations by 4.2% to UAH 1.3 billion, and increased its net loss by 5.4 times to UAH 1.349 billion. Its assets are estimated at UAH 1.553 billion, compared to UAH 2.904 billion a year ago. The number of employees decreased by 440 to 2,636.
The beneficiaries of the company are Dimsy Equities Ltd (23%), Celastrina Trading Co. Limited (7.38%), and Dzer
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Astarta-Kyiv is a vertically integrated agro-industrial holding company in Ukraine, a publicly traded European company that conducts socially responsible business and produces food products for global markets. The company was founded in 1993 by Viktor Ivanchyk, who remains its majority owner and CEO. Since 2006, Astarta’s shares have been listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
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18 container-type gas piston power plants were purchased and transferred to JSC Ukrzaliznytsia as part of the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine for a total amount of EUR 21.6 million.
“These units will provide Ukrzaliznytsia with 41.4 MW of generating capacity, which will significantly enhance the stability and reliability of energy supplies for the stable operation of critical infrastructure,” the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said on Thursday.
The purchase and delivery of these units were made possible by a contribution from the United Kingdom through the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to the Fund. The project was implemented under the coordination of the Energy Community Secretariat (ECS).
As emphasized by the ministry, the importance of uninterrupted energy supply in wartime, especially for national transport infrastructure, cannot be overestimated. Container-type gas piston power plants are a practical, flexible, and effective solution to overcome the challenges caused by constant Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
According to the Ministry of Energy, since 2022, the Energy Support Fund of Ukraine has financed more than 790 contracts, contracted goods and services worth EUR 669 million, approved applications for the purchase of equipment for 71 companies, and implemented projects in 21 regions of Ukraine.
Agroholding Agrotrade has launched a support program for soybean and rapeseed producers in the 2025 season amid regulatory changes and the introduction of export duties, the agroholding’s press service reported.
According to the report, Agrotrade will help farmers enter foreign markets directly, without intermediaries, and maintain profitability. Agricultural producers are exempt from paying such duties if they sell for export. The program aims to help producers sell their crops more profitably by adapting to new market conditions.
“If a producer sells soybeans or rapeseed to a domestic intermediary for one hryvnia, the intermediary, in turn, exports the product and receives foreign currency. With the introduction of export duties, this model loses its economic efficiency for producers, as the intermediary will offer a lower price to compensate for the duty costs. Instead, the producer can now sell their products directly abroad and earn more,” explained Andriy But, director of the foreign economic activity department at Agrotrade.
The agricultural holding company has offered producers full support for export agreements, from the conclusion of export contracts to logistics and document processing, as well as step-by-step advice in the form of an action algorithm so that producers understand each stage.
The program will be available to all regions of Ukraine. The minimum batch size is 200 tons.
“The Agrotrade Group is actively developing its export business and improving logistics to create new opportunities for Ukrainian agricultural producers. We are paving the way for direct, transparent, and profitable cooperation — helping producers adapt to changes, maintain profitability, and gain knowledge and the ability to export independently and receive foreign currency earnings,” the agricultural holding concluded.
The Agrotrade Group is a vertically integrated holding company covering the entire agricultural cycle (production, processing, storage, and trade in agricultural products). It cultivates over 70,000 hectares of land in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Poltava, and Kharkiv regions. Its main crops are sunflower, corn, winter wheat, soybeans, and rapeseed. It has its own network of elevators with a total storage capacity of 570,000 tons.
The group also produces hybrid seeds of corn, sunflower, barley, and winter wheat. In 2014, a seed plant with a capacity of 20,000 tons of seeds per year was built on the basis of the Kolos seed farm (Kharkiv region). In 2018, Agrotrade launched its own brand, Agroseeds.
The founder of Agrotrade is Vsevolod Kozhemyako.
