As of mid-May 2026, nearly 22,000 sole proprietorships owned by foreign nationals were registered in Ukraine, according to the Unified State Register. One in four foreign-owned sole proprietorships operates in Kyiv. Nearly one-third of all sole proprietorships owned by foreign nationals are engaged in retail trade. One in five foreign-owned sole proprietorships is owned by a Russian citizen.
In total, there are currently 21,967 entrepreneurs with foreign citizenship in Ukraine. On average, 1,896 cases involving citizens of other countries are opened annually since the start of the full-scale conflict.
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One in four of them is registered in Kyiv: 5,216. The Kharkiv region ranks second with 3,506 entrepreneurs, and the Odesa region ranks third with 3,295 sole proprietors. These three regions account for nearly 55% of all foreigners who have started a business in Ukraine.
The largest group among entrepreneurs consists of citizens of the Russian Federation—one in five foreign entrepreneurs (4,593). They are followed by citizens of Vietnam (1,994), Azerbaijan (1,635), Uzbekistan (1,469), and Moldova (1,118).
In total, nearly half of all foreigners with their own businesses come from these five countries.
Most often, foreigners in Ukraine work in the retail sector—6,346 sole proprietors. Warehousing (2,746), wholesale trade (1,732), HoReCa (1,703), and the IT sector (1,624) also remain popular.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/fops-foreigners-2026
