The volume of construction work completed in Ukraine from January through August 2026 decreased by 9.9% compared to January through August 2025, according to data from the State Statistics Service (Derzhstat).
According to the statistical agency, the volume of construction output in January–August totaled 156.5 billion hryvnias.
According to the State Statistics Service, over the eight-month period, the volume of residential construction decreased by 3.8% compared to January–August of last year, nonresidential construction by 6.3%, and civil engineering structures by 13.7%.
In August 2026, compared to August 2025, construction volumes decreased by 3.7%, including residential construction by 2.3% and civil engineering structures by 12.2%. At the same time, construction volumes for non-residential buildings increased by 9.8%.
In August 2026, compared with the previous month, construction volumes increased by 12.9%; specifically, in the residential category by 0.2%, in nonresidential buildings by 25.3%, and in civil engineering structures by 8.8%.
According to the agency’s seasonally adjusted data, construction output indices in August 2026 stood at 62% for residential construction, 155% for nonresidential construction, and in civil engineering at 112%; taking into account the calendar-day effect, the figures were 63.1%, 156.5%, and 115.4%, respectively.
The share of new construction in the total volume of construction work completed in July was 44.6%, repairs—30.3%, and reconstruction and other work—25.1%.
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Ukraine’s retail trade turnover in January–August 2026 rose by 8.8% compared with the same period in 2025, according to the State Statistics Service (SSS).
According to its data, in nominal terms, retail trade turnover in January–August of this year amounted to 1.968 trillion UAH.
In August, retail trade turnover increased by 3.3% compared to July of this year, and by 7.6% year-over-year compared to August 2025.
The State Statistics Service notes that retail trade turnover (for legal entities) in January–August 2026 increased by 8.9% compared to January–August 2025, totaling nearly 1.363 trillion UAH.
Retail trade turnover in August rose by 3.1% compared to July of this year and by 7.5% year-over-year (as of August 2025).
According to the statistics agency, retail turnover in Ukraine grew by 7.5% in 2025.
The State Statistics Service notes that these figures do not include territories temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation or parts of territories where hostilities are (or were) taking place.
The volume of capital investments in Ukraine from January through June 2026 increased by 9.9% compared to the same period in 2025—to 307.915 billion UAH, according to the State Statistics Service.
The agency specifies that 39.5% of the total value of capital investments made (or 121.5 billion UAH) was accounted for by industry, while 11.4% (35 billion UAH) went to agriculture, forestry, and fisheries.
The vast majority of investments were concentrated in tangible assets—94.5% of the total volume. In particular, the largest amounts were invested in machinery, equipment, and inventory (36.1%), engineering structures (22.4%), non-residential buildings (11.4%), and vehicles (10.7%).
According to the State Statistics Service, the main source of funding for capital investments in January–June of this year remains the own funds of enterprises and organizations—75.4% (232.114 billion UAH).
As previously reported, capital investments in Ukraine in 2025 increased by 20.3% compared to 2024, reaching 893.6 billion UAH.
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Nearly 60% of all State Statistics Service rulings for violations of statistical reporting requirements issued in Ukraine between 2020 and 2025 were issued in 2021 alone. According to Opendatabot, 136 of the 228 rulings—or 59.6% of the total for the six-year period—were issued in 2021.
The trend is as follows: in 2020, the State Statistics Service issued 41 rulings; in 2021, 136; and in 2022, 21. There were none at all in 2023 and 2024, while in 2025 the number rose to 30.
In monetary terms, the peak also occurred in 2021. That year, fines totaling 21,777 UAH were imposed, compared to 7,140 UAH in 2020, 4,845 UAH in 2022, and 5,100 UAH in 2025.
The sharp change after 2022 is due to the relaxations introduced amid full-scale war. Businesses were allowed to defer the submission of statistical and financial reports without incurring the usual penalties. The government reinstated the mandatory submission of reports effective July 5, 2025.
Businesses were also required to submit the accumulated reports for 2022–2025 by October 5, 2025. After that, the statistical system effectively returned to its normal operating mode. In 2026, the State Statistics Service will once again follow the standard schedule for submitting statistical and financial reports.
Source: Opendatabot and the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
Following the reinstatement of mandatory statistical reporting in 2026, Ukrainian companies must once again comply with the data submission deadlines set by the State Statistics Service. However, as noted by the Experts Club Information and Analytical Center, the set of statistical forms varies by company and depends on the type of activity and whether the company is included in a specific government statistical survey.
How to Find Out What a Specific Company Must Submit
The State Statistics Service uses the “My Reporting” service, where an enterprise can check the list of forms for the statistical surveys in which it is included. A qualified electronic signature — QES — is required to obtain this information.
In addition, the official portal of the State Statistics Service has published the calendar for submitting state statistical survey forms and financial statements for 2026.
Depending on a company’s activities, the statistics authorities may request information on production, sales, services, the number of employees and wages, freight and passenger transportation, agriculture, foreign economic operations and other indicators. The list of forms for 2026 has been published by the State Statistics Service itself.
At the same time, financial statements must be submitted to the statistics authorities by legal entities that are required to maintain accounting records and file such statements in accordance with the law. The State Statistics Service specifically indicates this in its reporting calendar for 2026.
Do Individual Entrepreneurs Need to Report?
Most individual entrepreneurs do not submit statistical reports. However, an individual entrepreneur may be included in a particular state statistical survey depending on the type of activity. In this case, the relevant form appears in the “Respondent’s Cabinet” and must be submitted within the established deadline.
The State Statistics Service cites individual entrepreneurs engaged in industrial production and passenger or freight road transportation as examples.
How to Submit Reports
Reports may be submitted electronically through the official free “Respondent’s Cabinet” or through compatible specialised software. The Cabinet displays the forms applicable directly to a particular enterprise or individual entrepreneur, their submission deadlines and instructions.
What Penalties Are Provided For?
According to Opendatabot, citing the applicable administrative liability provisions, failure to submit statistical reports, violation of submission deadlines, or the submission of incomplete or inaccurate information is punishable by a fine of UAH 51–85 for individuals and UAH 170–255 for officials and individual entrepreneurs. Liability may be higher for a repeated violation.
In practice, the average fine imposed by the State Statistics Service in 2020–2025 amounted to approximately UAH 170. Over six years, 228 penalty orders totalling UAH 38,862 were issued.
Mandatory statistical reporting was fully reinstated on 5 July 2025. Therefore, in 2026, enterprises should no longer rely on the deferral regime that was in force during the first years of the full-scale war.
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In 2025, the State Statistics Service of Ukraine resumed imposing administrative fines for violations related to the submission of statistical reports, after no such resolutions were issued in 2023 or 2024.
According to Opendatabot, in 2025, the State Statistics Service issued 30 rulings totaling 5,100 UAH. By comparison, there were 21 such rulings in 2022, and none in 2023–2024.
The refund of fines is linked to the reinstatement of mandatory statistical and financial reporting. The State Statistics Service officially announced that, as of July 5, 2025, reporting once again became mandatory for enterprises, institutions, organizations, and entrepreneurs included in state statistical surveys.
Companies that took advantage of wartime exemptions and failed to submit the required information in 2022–2025 were required to file their backlog of reports within three months—by October 5, 2025. At the same time, the regular deadlines for submitting current reports were reinstated.
However, the practice of imposing fines in 2025 proved to be extremely uneven. All 30 resolutions were issued in just five regions: respondents in Vinnytsia, Zakarpattia, and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblasts received eight each; those in Mykolaiv Oblast received five; and one was issued in Luhansk Oblast.
Administrative liability applies for failure to provide statistical data, missing deadlines, or submitting inaccurate or incomplete information. According to Opendatabot, the fine for officials and sole proprietors ranges from 170 to 255 UAH, and may be higher in the event of a repeat violation.
In 2026, the reporting obligation remains in effect. The State Statistics Service has published a separate reporting calendar for 2026 and allows companies to review the required forms via the “My Reporting” service.
Source: Opendatabot, published on August 14, 2026; State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
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