In Ukraine, out of 77,060 individual entrepreneurs registered in the real estate sector, only 441 hold a valid certificate issued by the Association of Real Estate Specialists of Ukraine (AFNU). Thus, the share of certified specialists among entrepreneurs in this sector is approximately 0.57%.
This is evidenced by the results of an Opendatabot study and their analysis by the Experts Club analytical center, published on November 6, 2026, based on data from the Register of Certified Realtors of Ukraine.
The register contains a total of 1,665 entries, but 1,252 people, or approximately 75% of the total number of registered specialists, hold valid professional certificates.
Of these, 441 specialists, or 35.2%, have an active registration as individual entrepreneurs in the real estate sector. Another 40 certified realtors previously conducted entrepreneurial activities under the relevant type of economic activity but have discontinued them.
The remaining 771 certified specialists do not have a registered individual entrepreneur status in this field.
At the same time, analysts point out that the number of registered entrepreneurs in the real estate sector is not equivalent to the number of realtors.
The relevant classification of economic activities covers not only intermediary services for the purchase, sale and rental of real estate, but also other types of activities. In addition, specialists may work as employees or under other organizational and legal forms.
Therefore, the figure of 0.57% cannot be interpreted as the share of certified realtors among all specialists actually working in the Ukrainian market.
It is also important that AFNU certification is currently voluntary. Current Ukrainian legislation does not establish a mandatory requirement to obtain this particular certificate in order to carry out real estate brokerage activities.
According to Opendatabot, women predominate among the 1,252 specialists holding valid certificates. There are 940 women, or approximately 75%, compared with 312 men, or 25%.
Thus, the number of certified women in the profession is approximately three times higher than the number of men.
The highest concentration of specialists holding professional certificates is observed in Kyiv and Kyiv region. These two regions account for 344 specialists, or more than 27% of all holders of valid certificates.
Against the backdrop of the development of Ukraine’s residential and commercial real estate market, the issue of professional training for intermediaries and quality control of real estate brokerage services remains a subject of legislative discussion.
In particular, draft law No. 16145 has been registered in the Verkhovna Rada, proposing the introduction of new rules for professional activities, including training, examinations and mandatory registration of intermediaries.
However, as of November 7, 2026, the document has not been adopted, and AFNU certification remains voluntary.
Opendatabot is a Ukrainian service for monitoring and analyzing open government data that publishes studies on entrepreneurial activity, court registers, the real estate market and other sectors of the economy.
Sources: Opendatabot, study dated November 6, 2026; Register of Certified Realtors.
JSC Ukrtransgaz, acting as the operator of UGS facilities in Ukraine, has begun preparations for certification for the use of the capacities of its UGS facilities by EU countries, the press service of the company reported on Friday.
“Ukrtransgaz has already begun preparations for passing the independent EU certification introduced for gas storage operators. The company is confident of its successful completion,” it said.
Ukraine, as a member of the Energy Community, is ready to offer up to 10 billion cubic meters of its capacity for gas storage by EU countries.
“There is a corresponding positive and comprehensive experience of cooperation with foreign customers of services. They have already had the opportunity to be convinced of the reliability of gas storage in Ukraine, and they continue to store it today in our facilities,” the press service noted.
In turn, Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) in the course of a joint presentation with Ukrtransgaz at a meeting of the South-East European Gas (SEEGAS) Initiative emphasized that the gas transportation infrastructure and UGS facilities of Ukraine can become the basis for strengthening European and regional energy security already on the eve of the next winter.
According to Olha Belkova, the director for relations with government agencies and international organizations at the GTSOU, in order to further strengthen the energy security of the region of Central and Eastern Europe, Ukraine and partners from Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Moldova face the task of strengthening cooperation with countries such as Lithuania, Turkey, Greece and transatlantic partners.
She informed about the interest of Ukrainian traders in gaining access to LNG facilities in Europe. To transport gas to Ukraine from the Lithuanian and Polish LNG terminals, it is necessary to increase the guaranteed capacities on a long-term basis. There is also considerable interest in potential gas supplies from Greece and Turkey via the Trans-Balkan pipeline.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he had stopped the process of certification of Nord Stream 2.
“Today, I asked the Federal Ministry of Economics to withdraw from the Federal Network Agency [the German regulator] a report on ensuring energy security. This sounds like technical details, but this is a necessary step so that the certification of the gas pipeline could not take place now. Without this certification, Nord Stream 2 cannot be launched,” the German chancellor said.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency has not yet made a decision on Ukraine’s request to involve it in the certification of Nord Stream 2, the agency’s spokesperson Fiete Wulff told Interfax.
“The decision on the involvement request has not been made yet. The date of the decision has not been determined,” Wulff said.
Germany’s Federal Network Agency confirmed earlier that Ukraine asked the agency to involve it in the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline’s certification process.
“The Federal Network Agency can confirm that Ukraine’s Naftogaz national joint-stock company and Gas Transmission System of Ukraine LLC have filed a request for invitation to this process,” Wulff told Interfax on November 8.
In line with the agency’s rules, those invited receive the right to give their opinions during the certification process, Wulff said.
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is undergoing certification, and a decision on the involvement of Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine in the certification process will be made next week, Head of the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System Operator (GTSOU) Serhiy Makohon has said.
“A decision [on the involvement of GTS Operator of Ukraine in the certification process] is expected to be made next week,” Makohon said on Facebook.
The National Commission for Energy and Housing Utilities Regulation (NCER) has approved a preliminary decision on certification of PrJSC Ukrenergo as an independent operator of the electricity transmission system.
The corresponding document was adopted at a meeting of the regulator on October 7.
According to the previously published draft resolution, Ukrenergo by October 20 should exclude from the charter of the enterprise provisions that do not comply with the requirements of the law on the electricity market, as well as other regulatory documents regulating the energy sector.
The final decision on certification of Ukrenergo is possible after the company completes all the necessary measures specified in the preliminary decision, as well as after the Energy Community evaluates the preliminary decision.
“This is only the first step towards the certification of an independent operator. The preliminary decision will be sent to the Energy Community Secretariat, worked out, and we will expect an assessment of the document for its compliance with European law,” Oleksandr Formahei, a member of the commission, said.
As reported, in late May the NCER allowed Ukrenergo to work in the new wholesale electricity market under the old license until the company passes certification. The certification deadline is October 30, 2019, while Ukrenergo’s license is valid until this date.
