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Number of FLPs in Ukraine has exceeded 2 mln

6 September , 2023  

According to information from the State Enterprise “NAIS”, Ukraine continues to observe growing dynamics in the registration of new physical persons-entrepreneurs. To date, the number of registered FLPs in the country has reached the figure of 2,052,326 people. Despite the negative effects of the war, the sphere of small and medium business continues to develop, even exceeding the previous indicators.
The data source, Opendatabot, quoted statistics from the State Enterprise “NAIS” as saying that a record 31,477 FLPs were registered in June this year, the highest number in the last three years. On average, about 25 thousand new entrepreneurs are registered every month.
Between April 2022 and September 2023, 290,910 entrepreneurs closed their doors, with an average of 17 thousand closures per month.
The impact of war is clearly felt in frontline areas and where hostilities continue. For example:
– Donetsk region lost 8.2 thousand entrepreneurs,
– Kharkiv region – 7.1 thousand,
– Kherson region – 4.5 thousand,
– Luhansk region – 3.7 thousand,
– Zaporizhzhya region – more than 2 thousand entrepreneurs.
Nevertheless, there are regions where the activity of FLP has intensified:
– Kiev was the leader with an increase of 12.9 thousand new entrepreneurs,
– Lviv region increased by 12.3 thousand,
– Dnipropetrovsk region increased its indicator by 8.6 thousand FLP.
Source: https://opendatabot.ua/