The total revenue of the top 10 companies in the agricultural sector in 2023 increased by 35% compared to 2022, to UAH 86.57 billion, and almost 1.5 times compared to pre-war 2021, according to the Opendatabot website.
According to the Opendatabot index, the largest profits among all the businesses in the top ten were made by the enterprises of the MHP, Kernel, and Ukrprominvest agricultural holdings.
At the same time, four poultry companies accounted for 46% of the total income of the leaders.
Thus, the leader of the most profitable companies, Myronivska Poultry Farm, which is part of the MHP agricultural holding, earned UAH 21.23 billion, which accounted for 24.8% of the total income of the agricultural sector leaders. The result was 1.5 times higher than in 2022.
The Starynska Poultry Farm of the same agricultural group earned UAH 7.13 billion and took 8.2% of the total revenues of the top 10.
Dniprovsky Poultry Complex, owned by the same agricultural group (a new company in the index), increased its figure by one third to UAH 5.37 billion and became a newcomer to the Opendatabot index with a 6.2% share in the top ten. The holding is owned by Alexander and Yulia Ryazanov.
Zorya Podillya poultry complex of Ukrprominvest agricultural holding, whose beneficiary is the son of former President of Ukraine Oleksiy Poroshenko, accounted for UAH 5.3 billion (6.1%). The company returned to the ranking after a year-long break with a 1.5-fold increase in revenues.
At the same time, the total revenue of the three companies of the MHP agricultural holding, whose beneficiary is Yuriy Kosyuk, amounted to UAH 34.32 billion, which is 40% of the total revenue of the leaders in the agricultural sector.
After the top ten leader Myronivska Poultry Farm, Lebedynskyi Seed Plant, owned by Dmytro Kravchenko’s LNZ Group, ranks second. In 2023, the company increased its revenue by 17% to UAH 15.67 billion (18%).
Two companies of Kernel Agro Holding – Druzhba Nova LLC and Enselco Agro LLC – earned UAH 14.71 billion in 2023, up 27% year-on-year. Their share in the total income of the top 10 is 17%.
Ukrprominvest is also represented in the ranking by two companies – in addition to Zorya Podillya, it includes PK Podillya. In total, they earned UAH 11.35 billion, accounting for 13% of the total revenue of the top 10 agricultural companies.
Another newcomer to the Opendatabot 2024 index, having increased its earnings by a quarter, is Zakhidnyi Buh, whose beneficiaries are Oksana Drul, Valerii Ovcharuk, and Yurii Hladun.
