Carlsberg Ukraine (Zaporizhia), a producer of beer, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, is closing its offices in Kharkiv, Odesa, and Donetsk, the company reported in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC).
According to the report, the company’s supervisory board made the decision on February 25, 2026.
The reasons given for the liquidation of the divisions are the lack of need for their further operation, lack of personnel, management, and property. In addition, the representative offices did not actually carry out activities corresponding to the purpose of their creation.
The functions of these separate divisions were to protect and represent the company’s interests in the respective regions.
According to data from Opendatabot, Carlsberg Ukraine increased its revenue by 15.5% to UAH 12.488 billion in 2024, net profit by 19.4% to UAH 2.18 billion, debt obligations by 34.9% to UAH 5.11 billion, and assets by 33.1% to UAH 13.84 billion. The company currently employs 1,310 people.
The closure of Carlsberg Ukraine’s separate representative offices does not mean a reduction or curtailment of the company’s activities in the regions.
The separate representative offices were established in the early 2000s during a period of active investment in production facilities in Kyiv, Lviv, and Zaporizhzhia. Today, given current operating models, there is no need to maintain separate legal representative structures.
At the same time, Carlsberg Ukraine continues to operate throughout Ukraine. Our production sites in Kyiv, Lviv, and Zaporizhzhia are operating as usual. The sales teams continue to ensure the company’s full presence in all regions of the country, providing continuous service to partners and customers.
The change in the number of representative offices does not affect the company’s strategic course for development and investment in Ukraine. Since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Carlsberg Group has already invested nearly DKK 400 million to support operational stability and the development of Ukrainian business. The company remains consistent in its long-term presence in the country.
We are transforming to work more efficiently, but we remain a reliable employer, a responsible business, and one of the largest taxpayers in Ukraine.
Carlsberg Ukraine is part of the Carlsberg Group, one of the world’s leading brewery groups with a broad portfolio of beer, cider, and non-alcoholic beverage brands. In Ukraine, we represent such brands as Lvivske, Carlsberg, Grimbergen, Kronenbourg 1664, Arsenal, Kvas Taras, Somersby, Battery, Seth&Riley’s Garage, and others. The Carlsberg Group began operations in Ukraine in 1996 and has been one of the largest international investors in the FMCG sector year after year, providing jobs for more than 1,400 people at breweries in Kyiv, Lviv, and Zaporizhia, and more than 23,000 jobs in related industries (agriculture, retail, hotel and restaurant business, media, logistics, etc.). During the full-scale war in Ukraine, Carlsberg Group decided to cease its business in Russia and exit the market. With the support of the Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg Ukraine has implemented more than 50 humanitarian projects worth over UAH 530 million, including the production of drinking water to meet the needs of the population.
More detailed information is available on the website https://carlsbergukraine.com/.
Carlsberg Ukraine’s Kyiv plant has installed 1.5 MW diesel generator and cogeneration units (DGU, CGU) to ensure a stable power supply and plans to install a 500 kW solar power plant and a 5 MW power storage facility with a capacity of 10 MWh by the end of the year, according to Roman Sapiga, head of the plant’s automation and electrical engineering group.
“Our enterprise must operate without interruption, so the uninterrupted operation of our power generation facilities is extremely important to us. We chose a 1.5 MW diesel generator and a 1.5 MW gas generator… They work together in an ‘island’ mode and are connected to each other,” he said at the EnergoTech-2026 conference, which took place recently in Kyiv.
Sapiga noted that generation is controlled by a special program, which is constantly being improved.
“Sitting at our workstations, we can see almost all elements of the generation system and can start them up. It is necessary to manage them correctly. Every time we encountered a problem, a new automatic solution appeared,” shared the representative of Carlsberg Ukraine.
According to him, the company also imports electricity, and the management program allows it to track consumption so as not to exceed the limits at which the consumer is not disconnected according to hourly schedules (for this, it must import 60% of its consumption – EP).
“There is a program that tracks the price of electricity for the next day and decides whether to start the CHP and at what time, comparing the market price of electricity with the cost of its production from gas. It worked very well in the summer and early autumn, but with mass blackouts, it doesn’t work,” Sapiga noted.
The Carlsberg Ukraine plant in Kyiv plans to diversify its electricity sources by 2026.
“We are planning a 500 kW solar power plant. We want an energy storage facility (ESF) with a capacity of 5 MW and 10 MWh. We are a large producer. 3 MW of CHP and DG do not even cover half of our consumption,” Sapiga said in a comment to ENERGOREFORM.
As he noted, they plan to look for an investor with whom they can conclude direct contracts for electricity before building the solar power plant.
In addition, Sapiga emphasized that the main reason for developing their own energy supply is not the price of electricity, but the instability of the grid, since under such conditions the plant cannot operate normally.
He named some of the main challenges for 2025 as almost 60 hours of operation on its own generation in the event of a complete grid shutdown, constant software changes, and a reduction in the duration of the transition of generating units to “island” mode from 1.5 hours to 15 minutes.
“My advice is to diversify generation and have a management system that takes into account all available sources, as well as choosing reliable contractors with a good track record. This is especially important for enterprises and businesses,” Sapiga concluded.
Carlsberg Ukraine is part of the Carlsberg Group, one of the world’s leading brewery groups with a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands. Carlsberg Ukraine includes factories in Zaporizhia, Kyiv, and Lviv. Carlsberg’s portfolio in Ukraine includes beer, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages of such brands as Lvivske, Robert Doms, Baltika, Carlsberg, Tuborg, Kronenbourg 1664, Arsenal, Kvas Taras, Somersby, and others.
According to data from Opendatabot, Carlsberg Ukraine increased its revenue by 15.5% to UAH 12.488 billion in 2024, its net profit by 19.4% to UAH 2.18 billion, debt obligations by 34.9% to UAH 5.11 billion, and assets by 33.1% to UAH 13.84 billion. The company currently employs 1,310 people.
PrJSC Carlsberg Ukraine, a producer of beer, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, increased its production by 8% in 2024, which allowed it to increase its net income from sales by 15.5%.
According to a report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission (NSSMC), Carlsberg Ukraine PJSC’s net financial result for 2024 increased by 19.38% and amounted to UAH 2.2 billion.
“The increase was due to revenue from the sale of all types of products, but mainly from the sale of non-alcoholic beverages (+49.6%) and cider (+33.6%),” the company explained, adding that 96.3% of the products manufactured were sold in Ukraine, with the remaining 3.7% exported.
PrJSC Carlsberg Ukraine continued its operations throughout 2024 and exported its products directly from Ukraine to more than 20 countries around the world. At the same time, the company used 100% Ukrainian barley to manufacture its products in order to support local farmers and the Ukrainian economy.
Currently, beer accounts for 86% of Carlsberg Ukraine’s production, cider for 1%, and non-alcoholic beverages for 13%.
According to the company, as a result of modernization and the launch of new lines, by the end of 2024, its market share by segment within the framework of innovations was as follows: alcoholic beer – 30%, non-alcoholic beer – 42.7%, kvass – 35%, cider – 55.8%, energy drinks – 6%.
PJSC Carlsberg Ukraine referred to data from the industry association Ukrpivo, according to which the company currently holds 33.3% of the market in the “alcoholic beer” category. The sales leaders in the group’s portfolio for 2024 were products under the Lvivske, S&R’s Garage, and Tuborg brands.
Somersby cider and Kvas Taras continue to occupy leading positions in their product categories.
According to the State Fiscal Service, Carlsberg Ukraine PJSC was included in the list of Ukraine’s largest taxpayers in 2024 and paid UAH 3.401 billion to the country’s budgets at all levels in the form of taxes and fees.
The company’s management emphasized that there is only one significant factor of uncertainty that could raise significant doubts about the company’s ability to continue its operations without interruption: a further significant escalation of military action, which could destabilize operations in Ukraine. In such a case, the Ukrainian representative office relies on the parent company having sufficient resources to continue its operations. At the same time, the Ukrainian division has promised to make every effort and take all possible measures to minimize any negative consequences.
According to data from Opendatabot, in 2024, Carlsberg Ukraine PJSC increased its revenue by 15.5% to UAH 12.488 billion, net profit by 19.4% to UAH 2.18 billion, debt obligations by 34.9% to UAH 5.11 billion, and assets by 33.1% to UAH 13.84 billion. The company currently employs 1,310 people.
Carlsberg Ukraine is part of the Carlsberg Group, one of the world’s leading brewery groups with a large portfolio of beer and other beverage brands. Carlsberg Ukraine includes factories in Zaporizhia, Kyiv, and Lviv. Carlsberg’s portfolio in Ukraine includes beer, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages of such brands as Lvivske, Robert Doms, Baltika, Carlsberg, Tuborg, Kronenbourg 1664, Arsenal, Kvas Taras, Somersby, etc.
Baltic Beverages Invest AB (BBI, Sweden) has increased its stake in PrJSC Carlsberg Ukraine (Zaporizhia), one of the largest brewing companies in Ukraine, to 100%.
According to a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, the squeeze-out procedure was completed on June 12, 2019. As reported, Baltic Beverages Invest planned to buy out 12.6 million shares of Carlsberg (1.2% of the number of its shares) for UAH 185 million.
Carlsberg Ukraine in 2018 saw net profit rise by 1.5 times compared with 2017, to UAH 1.634 billion. Carlsberg Ukraine is part of Carlsberg Group, one of the leading brewing groups in the world, whose products are sold in more than 150 countries. Carlsberg Group in Ukraine consists of three breweries in Zaporizhia, Kyiv, and Lviv.
Baltic Beverages Invest Aktiebolag (Sweden) has announced plans to use the right to squeeze out shares from minority shareholders in one of the largest breweries in Ukraine – private joint-stock company Carlsberg Ukraine (Zaporizhia).
According to the report on March 26, 2019, Baltic Beverages Invest is the direct holder of the dominating stake in Carlsberg Ukraine in the amount of 1.01 billion with the face value of UAH 1 each, which is 98.77% of the total number of shares in the company.
Carlsberg Ukraine is to approve the market value of shares no later than 25 working days from the moment of receiving the announcement and inform Baltic Beverages Invest about it.
Carlsberg Ukraine is part of Carlsberg Group/
The group in Ukraine has three breweries in Zaporizhia, Kyiv and Lviv.
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PrJSC Carlsberg Ukraine (Zaporizhia), one of the largest brewing companies in Ukraine, in 2018 increased its net profit by 1.5 times compared with 2017, to UAH 1.634 billion.
According to a company report in the information disclosure system of the National Commission on Securities and the Stock Market, its assets amounted to UAH 4.757 billion (6.3% less), retained earnings some UAH 1.643 billion (11% less). The total debtor indebtedness amounted to UAH 648.3 million (20% more), current liabilities some UAH 1.585 billion (5.5% less). The company has no long-term liabilities.
The company plans to pay UAH 1.329 billion in dividends for 2018, the payment term is until October 24, 2019. The rest of the profit will remain at the disposal of Carlsberg Ukraine.
Carlsberg Ukraine is part of Carlsberg Group, one of the leading brewing groups in the world, whose products are sold in more than 150 countries.
