Companies in the OpenDataBot 2025 Index in the sports and entertainment category earned UAH 3.47 billion in revenue. Only three companies were able to turn a profit. FC Dynamo Kyiv led the way in terms of revenue with UAH 913.65 million, but despite this, the team suffered losses of UAH 784.07 million.
The total revenue of the OpenDataBot Index 2025 in the sports and entertainment category increased by 10% to UAH 3.47 billion. Despite this growth, only three companies made a profit of UAH 6.49 million, while all others incurred losses of UAH 1.11 billion.
The top ten included five football clubs, two sports club chains, and two recreation and entertainment centers.
The income of FC Dynamo Kyiv fell 1.7 times, but this did not prevent it from topping the rating. The club, which is part of the Surkis brothers’ group, earned UAH 913.65 million in revenue last year. Despite this, it suffered losses of UAH 784.07 million. By comparison, in 2023, Dynamo was still in the black with UAH 345.67 million.
Second and third place went to companies associated with the Sport Life network. Sport Life Kyiv-1 (owned by Tetyana Podrezova) and Sport Life Kyiv-6 (owned by Larisa Pakhomova) increased their revenues by 1.5 times to UAH 545.8 million and UAH 377.56 million, respectively. However, their profits did not grow evenly, increasing 15 times to UAH 1.03 million in Kyiv-1 and 2 times to UAH 2.2 million in Kyiv-6.
FC Kryvbas took fourth place with revenues of UAH 287.12 million, which is 1.6 times more than in 2023. Over the year, the company managed to reduce its losses by 3.4 times to UAH 1.1 million.
Thermal Fyurdo (Kosyno thermal waters) closed the top five. Its revenue decreased by 16% compared to UAH 272.76 million. However, losses decreased 8 times compared to 2023, to UAH 6.47 million.
The football club Polissya from Zhytomyr, owned by Gennady Butkevich, co-owner of ATB, entered the Index for the first time, taking sixth place. The company’s revenue increased fourfold to UAH 266.8 million. Losses also increased almost twofold to UAH 256 million.
In 7th place is the Apollo Next sports club chain, owned by Fozzy Group CEO Vladimir Kostelman. The company’s revenue doubled to UAH 234 million, while losses amounted to UAH 6.9 million. However, 2023 was a profitable year, with a profit of UAH 12 million.
We would like to thank OpenDataBot for recognizing and including us in the top 10 companies in Ukraine in the field of sports and entertainment. Despite the challenges of wartime, the APOLLO NEXT network continues to develop, opening new clubs and creating jobs, because we believe in the importance of supporting the physical and mental health of Ukrainians. Our resilience is based on flexibility, a combination of online and offline formats, customer care, including special programs for veterans, and, of course, conscientious tax payments, which is our contribution to the stability of Ukraine’s economy, commented a representative of the sports club.
Next in the ranking is Vitaliy Khomutynnik’s entertainment center Neopolis, located in the Respublika Park shopping and entertainment center (Kyiv). Its revenue increased by 24% to UAH 197.51 million. The company’s losses decreased by 14% to UAH 46.96 million.
Next is LNZ Football Club (Cherkasy), owned by the LNZ Group, with 6.4 times more revenue than in 2023 – UAH 188.64 million. Profit amounted to UAH 3.27 million – this is the only football club in the ranking that made a profit.
Rinat Akhmetov’s Shakhtar-Service closed the top 10 with revenues of UAH 182 million and losses 3.3 times lower than in 2023 – UAH 7.4 million.
This year, the following clubs left the Index:
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