Large chemical companies were among those with the highest number of new enforcement proceedings related to wage arrears in Ukraine from January through August 2026, according to Experts.news.
According to OpenDataBot, 245 new enforcement proceedings have been opened against Sumykhimprom since the beginning of the year, and all of them remain active as of September.
A total of 213 enforcement proceedings have been registered against the Odesa Port Plant (OPP), of which 212 remain active.
Another 205 enforcement proceedings have been opened against “Karpatnaftohim,” and 191 against “Dniproazot.” All of these proceedings remained active as of the time the statistics were compiled.
At the same time, formally, the largest number of new proceedings over the eight-month period was registered against “Teplokomunenergo of the Oleksandriya City Council”—1,008—but all of them have already been closed.
“Svitlovodskbyt” ranked second in terms of the number of new cases—398 proceedings, of which only 11 remain active.
The statistics indicate a significant concentration of wage arrears in the chemical industry. In total, enterprises engaged in the production of chemical products accounted for 989 new enforcement proceedings in January–August, or 21% of the total number in Ukraine.
In total, over the first eight months of 2026, 4,621 new enforcement proceedings were initiated in the country to collect wage arrears.
Source: OpenDataBot, Unified Register of Debtors.
