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ATB chain increased its turnover to UAH 294 bln in 2025

The turnover of the ATB retail chain (ATB-Maket LLC) grew by 18% compared to the previous year and amounted to UAH 294.2 billion (including VAT and excise tax) in 2025, according to the company’s press service.

“According to statistics, the average check in the ATB-Market chain last year was over UAH 260. Over the course of one year, ATB customers in different parts of Ukraine made over one billion purchases, which is a record for the domestic food retail industry,” the press release said.

Last year, the chain opened 67 new stores and carried out major renovations on seven more, two of which were completely restored after enemy shelling. As of January 2026, the total number of ATB stores in Ukraine is 1,319.

“Over the past few years, the ATB chain has grown by 40-50 new stores annually. In 2025, this figure increased to almost 70, which is of particular importance to society, as ATB stores have effectively become centers of resilience. Equipped with powerful generators and solar panels, they operate even in difficult conditions,” the company said.

For stores located in frontline regions, the chain introduced a special “combat” assortment of 500-700 food items and essential goods.

According to the report, 2,354 new jobs were created at ATB group companies in 2025. As of early 2026, the total number of employees of the ATB group of companies exceeded 60,000, more than 48,500 of whom are employees of the corporation’s flagship enterprise, the ATB-Market chain.

In addition, 694 employees with veteran status are employed at ATB Group companies. Of these, 263 are demobilized military personnel who have returned to the company to their jobs, and 431 are people who have joined ATB for the first time.

“Unfortunately, the war does not leave us alone. Almost 5,000 ATB employees have changed their uniforms for military equipment and stood up to defend our country. Unfortunately, more than 300 of them paid the highest price – they gave their lives in the fight for freedom. About 500 suffered injuries of varying severity,” the company said.

ATB has introduced a corporate program to support veterans, which provides for annual financial payments and targeted financial assistance in case of force majeure.

In total, in 2025, the ATB group of companies paid UAH 37.8 billion to budgets at various levels, which is one-third more than in 2024. According to the press service, of this amount, UAH 25 billion was allocated to the state budget, UAH 8.3 billion to local budgets, and UAH 4.4 billion to targeted state funds. Almost 80% of the amount (UAH 30 billion) came from ATB-Market.

As reported, in 2024, the turnover of the ATB chain increased by 15% compared to 2023, reaching UAH 248.3 billion.

According to data from the YouControl analytical system, the ultimate beneficiaries of ATB-Market LLC are Yevgeny Yermakov, Viktor and Irina Karachun, and Gennady Butkevich.

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Retail chains in Kyiv operating as usual despite power restrictions

The ATB, Novus, and Aurora retail chains in Kyiv are continuing to operate despite restrictions on heat and electricity, but there may be changes to their schedules and temporary closures, retailers told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

“Aurora stores are operating as usual. Information circulating on social media about the mass closure of Aurora stores is not true,” the chain’s press service said.

However, individual outlets may be temporarily closed in the event of generator and other power source failures, the retailer added.

According to the press service of the Novus chain, information about the mass closure of supermarkets is not true.

“The chain continues to operate, but due to power outages, some stores may temporarily operate with restrictions or change their schedule. We ask customers to check the current status of a particular store in advance at: https://novus.ua/robotamagazyniv/ or call the hotline at 0 800 601 729,” Novus explained.

In addition, all ATB stores in Kyiv and the surrounding region are operating as usual, according to a statement posted on Facebook by the company’s press service.

“In rare cases of technical or logistical difficulties, the company responds promptly and takes the necessary measures to resolve them,” the statement said.

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ATB’s turnover for first half of year increased by 20% to UAH 139 bln

The turnover of the ATB retail chain during the first six months of 2025 grew to UAH 139.39 billion (including VAT and excise tax), which is 19.8% higher than in the same period of 2024, according to the company’s press service.

It is also noted that in the first half of 2025, the companies of the ATB group paid UAH 18.02 billion in taxes and fees (including customs payments and social security contributions), which is 35.9% higher than in the first half of 2024. Of this amount, UAH 12.16 billion was transferred to the state budget (last year – UAH 8.68 billion). Local budgets received UAH 3.81 billion, and UAH 2.05 billion was transferred to special-purpose funds.

The corporation’s flagship enterprise, ATB-Market2 LLC, paid taxes and fees totaling UAH 14.35 billion during the first half of the year. Of this amount, UAH 9.52 billion was transferred to the state budget, local budgets received UAH 3.21 billion, and special-purpose funds received UAH 1.62 billion.

ATB Corporation is an association of large Ukrainian companies operating in retail trade, asset management, food production and sales, and sports and leisure services.

According to YouControl, the ultimate beneficiaries of the corporation are Yevgeny Yermakov, Viktor Karachun, and Gennady Butkevich.

As of early 2024, the ATB chain had over 1,200 stores. Its enterprises employ over 56,000 people.

 

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ATB’s turnover increased by 15% in 2024 to UAH 248.3 bln

According to preliminary data, the turnover of the ATB chain in 2024 increased by 15% compared to 2023 to UAH 248.3 billion, said Serhiy Demchenko, Head of Corporate Communications at ATB Corporation.
According to him, in 2024, the chain added 47 new stores, and another 11 retail facilities were reconstructed.
As of the beginning of 2025, the ATB chain has 1257 stores.
According to Mr. Demcheko, last year ATB also launched a new own brand, Day in Day.
In 2024, the company’s investments increased by 25% (by UAH 3 billion) compared to the previous year and amounted to almost UAH 15 billion. Particular attention was paid to energy security, he noted.
“We have equipped ATB stores with generators (DPS): more than 1.2 thousand stores are currently equipped, which is 98% of the entire network. We also equipped our stores with solar power plants (SPP). To date, 40 stores have been equipped with SPPs, and another 180 stores are in the process of being equipped,” he said in a post on Facebook.
ATB Corporation also installed gas turbine equipment at a distribution center in Khmelnytsky region.
The company has also invested UAH 185 million in a project to pool reusable packaging for fruits and vegetables. As noted, the reusable containers are made of safe types of plastic. Today, ATB uses more than 400 thousand boxes and 15 thousand pallets of such containers.
In addition, the chain sent more than 213 tons of used batteries for recycling to Romania and Poland.
Demchenko stated that in 2024, the corporation created more than 3.5 thousand new jobs, and the total number of employees reached 56 thousand. The amount of taxes and fees paid to the budgets of various levels and special funds preliminarily amounted to UAH 30.7 billion, which is 22% more than in 2023.
In addition, ATB Corporation provided charitable assistance to the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the amount of over UAH 2 billion.

ATB paid UAH 13.26 bln in taxes and fees

ATB Group of companies paid UAH 13.26 billion in taxes and fees for the first half of 2024, which is 10%, or UAH 1.25 billion, more than in the same period in 2023, the company’s press service reports.
Of this amount, UAH 8.68 billion was transferred to the state budget, local budgets received UAH 3 billion, and UAH 1.58 billion was allocated to trust funds.
The leader in terms of tax payments is the corporation’s flagship company, ATB-Market LLC, which operates a retail network. Since the beginning of 2024, ATB-Market has paid taxes and duties totaling UAH 10.22 billion, including UAH 6.52 billion to the state budget, UAH 2.48 billion to local budgets, and UAH 1.22 billion to trust funds.
In 2023, ATB-Market paid taxes and fees totaling UAH 19.45 billion (in 2022 – UAH 15.63 billion). At the same time, the chain’s turnover amounted to UAH 176.9 billion, which is 2% lower than in 2021 (UAH 179.8 billion).
According to the press service, ATB has been among the ten largest taxpayers in Ukraine for many years.
ATB Corporation is an association of large Ukrainian enterprises operating in such business areas as retail, asset management, food production and sales, and sports and recreation services. Its companies employ more than 70 thousand people.
In 2023, ATB paid UAH 25.06 billion in taxes and fees. Despite the negative factors caused by the war, this figure is UAH 4.62 billion higher than the financial results of 2022 (UAH 20.44 billion).
As of July 15, 2024, the corporation’s retail network includes 1228 stores, compared to 1316 stores in January 2022.

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ATB Corporation paid over UAH 12 bln of taxes and fees

Enterprises of the group of companies “ATB” according to the results of work in the first half of 2023 paid taxes and fees, including customs payments and the unified social contribution (USV), for a total amount of 12.01 billion UAH, the press service of the company reported to the agency “Interfax-Ukraine”.

According to the press release, this is 22.7% more than in the same period last year, when UAH 9.79 billion of such contributions were made.

It is specified that UAH 8.09 billion was transferred to the state budget of the country in January-June this year (against UAH 6.65 billion in the first half of 2022), UAH 2.8 billion was paid to local budgets, and UAH 1.12 billion was paid to trust funds.

ATB Corporation is an association of large Ukrainian enterprises operating in such business spheres as retail trade, asset management, production and sale of food products, provision of services in the sphere of sports and recreation. More than 70 thousand people work at the enterprises of the corporation.

As of June 1, 2023, the corporation’s retail network has 1,188 stores compared to 1,316 stores in January-2022. According to the results of the last year in the conditions of a full-scale war against Ukraine unleashed by Russia, ATB Corporation paid UAH 20.4 billion of taxes and fees to budgets of different levels – almost UAH 1 billion more than in 2021.

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