The IT sector brought $5.97 billion to the state treasury in 11 months of 2025, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. The amount increased slightly over the year, by just over 2%.
Ukraine has earned $5.97 billion from the export of IT services for the first half of 2025. This is 2.4% more than in the same period in 2024. However, it is impossible to say that IT is in its heyday: it is still 3% less than in 2021 and almost 10% less than in the peak year of 2022.
It is worth noting that monthly exports of IT services bring in an average of $543 million. For comparison, the average monthly figure was $612 million in 2022.
Currently, IT services account for 42% of all service exports. Compared to the country’s total exports (both goods and services), IT accounts for 12% of the total.
At the same time, exports of services decreased by 9% to $14.33 billion over the year. Total exports of goods and services also decreased by 5% to $49.21 billion.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/it-export-25
Leaders of the insurance market of Ukraine on collected premiums in January-November 2025 became insurance companies “SG ”TAS“ – UAH 7,047 billion, ”ARKS“ – UAH 5,275 billion, ”INGO“ – UAH 4,642 billion, IC ‘VUSO’ – UAH 4,639 billion, ”Arsenal Insurance” – UAH 4,458 billion.
As evidenced by the data of the project of information exchange “PRIMA” of the National Association of Insurers of Ukraine (NASU), compared to 10M2025 IC ‘Unica’, which occupied the fifth position of the leaders’ rating, has conceded this place to IC “Arsenal Insurance”.
In the market of compulsory insurance of motor civil liability at the end of 11 months, as before, were SG “TAS” – UAH 3,672 billion, “Oranta” – UAH 2,702 billion, “Knyazha VIG” – UAH -2,221 billion, ‘INGO’ – UAH 1,123 billion and “Arsenal Insurance” – UAH 1,095 billion.
Also in the cross-section of the compared periods there were no changes in the market of “Green Card”, where the top five are still “TAS” – UAH 1.150 billion, “USG” – UAH 967.4 million, ‘ROM’ – UAH 863 million, “Knyazha VIG” – UAH 351 million, “VUSO” – UAH 247.9 million.
The CASCO market, as before, is headed by IC “ARKS” – UAH 2.559 billion, “Arsenal Insurance” – UAH 2.469 billion, “VUSO” – UAH 1.202 billion, ‘Unica’ – UAH 1.143 billion and “Universalna” – UAH 1.046 billion.
The leadership in voluntary health insurance is held by the former five: IC Unica – UAH 1,839 billion, followed by IC VUSO – UAH 1,109 billion, IC Universalna – UAH 1,045 billion, IC INGO – UAH 933,4 million and SG TAS – UAH 816,5 million.
In the life insurance market, the first position is still occupied by IC “MetLife” – UAH 2.771 billion, IC ‘TAS’ – UAH 850.9 million, “Grave Life” – UAH 625.2 million, “ROM Life” – UAH 360.1 million, “Unica Life” – UAH 315 million.
As reported, as of December 1, 2025, 48 risk insurers worked in the insurance market of Ukraine, 10 specialized in life insurance, one – with a special status (“Export Credit Agency”, ECA).
More than 250 thousand sole proprietorships closed in Ukraine in 11 months of 2025, according to the Unified State Register. One in eight entrepreneurs who closed last year worked in Kyiv. On average, sole proprietors live for 2.4 years. The longest-lived entrepreneurs are those engaged in warehousing activities, while the shortest-lived are couriers.
250,209 fops have closed since the beginning of 2025 in Ukraine. The peak of closures occurred in January, when, after a month and a half break in the work of the registers, 59,723 entrepreneurs immediately documented the closure.
2 years and 4 months is the average period of operation of a fop in Ukraine.
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Every eighth entrepreneur who closed in 2025 worked in Kyiv: 32,469 fops. Dnipropetrovs’k region is the second most closing region: 22,645 entrepreneurs ceased their activities last year. Small businesses in Kharkiv (20,481), Odesa (18,714), and Lviv (16,521) regions closed by a small margin.
The most vulnerable last year were retailers, accounting for a third of closures (77,705). On average, such businesses have been in existence for less than 3 years. Another 16,909 sole proprietorships in the wholesale trade sector ceased operations in 2025 – such entrepreneurs barely make it through the year. Overall, the trade niche alone accounts for almost half of the closures.
By a wide margin , IT specialists were the second most frequent closures – 28,668, or every ninth entrepreneur who closed last year. By the way, IT entrepreneurs are also among the longest-lived entrepreneurs – 3 years and 11 months.
How long does the average fop live?
The longest-lived entrepreneurs in Ukraine are those engaged in warehousing, with more than 6 years of experience.
Real estate entrepreneurs have been operating for 5 years and 11 months. Businesses in the field of equipment repair, in particular, household appliances, round out the top three: 5 years and 9 months.
But courier firms are the least resilient – only 6 months, on average, have been worked by entrepreneurs who closed in this area last year. FOPs in the field of administrative and auxiliary office activities survive for 9 months.
Entrepreneurs in the aforementioned wholesale trade and educators have been operating for just over a year.
https://opendatabot.ua/analytics/fops-midage-2025
Updated rules for producers of grapes and wine products have been in force in Ukraine since January 1, 2026, they are approved by the law “On grapes, wine and wine products” (#3928-ІХ), adopted by the Verkhovna Rada on August 22, 2024. The law introduces updated rules for producers of grapes and wine products, establishes modern requirements for the cultivation of grapes, production, labeling and circulation of wine, and brings the Ukrainian system closer to European standards.
One of the key elements of the document is the protection of geographical indications – classification according to the European model, according to which a clear division of wines by origin into wines with protected appellation of origin (PAO) and wines with protected geographical indication (PGI) is introduced. Clear rules have been established for the official recognition and protection of geographical indications, allowing producers to secure regional brands and guarantee consumers authentic quality.
An important tool for streamlining the industry will be the creation of the Viticulture and Wine Registry: the state is introducing a unified information system where all grape plots, grape production and viticulture products will be registered. This will guarantee full traceability of the product from the vine to the store shelf.
In addition, the said law provides for simplification of conditions for small winemakers, which will stimulate the development of the craft segment and gastrotourism.
At the same time, Ukraine introduces strict requirements to the label: the information that must be available to the consumer is clearly regulated, which prevents falsification of wines.
The law updates the terms and classification of wine products, establishes quality standards and labeling requirements. It defines the procedure for state control and general principles of development of the winegrowing and winemaking industry.
The Ukrainian state budget for 2025 allocates UAH 14.5 billion for science funding, while the draft (adopted) state budget for 2026 sets this figure at UAH 20.1 billion, according to materials from the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance.
In the Ministry of Finance’s presentation on the 2026 budget, 3.2 billion hryvnia is earmarked for supporting science on a performance basis, 1 billion hryvnia for creating scientific centers for defense developments, and 0.7 billion hryvnia for projects by young scientists.
At the same time, the latest available official summary statistics on internal expenditures for research and development (R&D) refer to 2024: they amounted to UAH 28.328 billion, which is 32.7% more than a year earlier; R&D intensity (share of GDP) increased to 0.37% from 0.30% in 2023.
According to the summary review, in 2024, 616 organizations were engaged in research and development, and the number of personnel employed in R&D was 63,800.
In terms of the structure of R&D funding in 2024, 30.6% came from the organizations’ own funds, 40.8% from the public sector (including 38.5% from the state budget), 11.6% from the business sector, and 15.9% from foreign sources.
By sector, the business sector accounted for 59.9% of domestic R&D expenditure, the public sector for 33.4%, and the higher education sector for 6.7%.
Ukrainian legislation sets a benchmark whereby the state provides budgetary funding for scientific and scientific-technical activities in the amount of at least 1.7% of GDP.
Compared to the EU, Ukraine’s R&D indicators remain low: according to Eurostat estimates, in 2024 the European Union spent €403.1 billion on R&D, and R&D intensity amounted to 2.2% of GDP (unchanged from the previous year).
The “domestic R&D expenditure” indicator reflects the total expenditure on research and development within the country from all sources. The “funding for science in the state budget” indicators are a narrower snapshot and are not equal to total domestic R&D expenditure.
https://expertsclub.eu/ukrayina-v-2026-r-planuye-201-mlrd-grn-na-nauku/
The State Tax Service of Ukraine (STS) warns of probable restrictions in work from December 31, 2025 to January 2, 2026 due to routine and technical works. According to information in its Telegram channel, the works are related to the end of the budget year 2025 and the beginning of the budget year 2026.
“During this period there may be restrictions in the work of electronic services of the State Tax Service. December 31, 2025 – the last operational day of 2025 for the reception and processing of tax invoices and calculations of the adjustment to tax invoices to the Unified register of tax invoices, which will continue until 3 pm,” – explained STS.
At the same time, January 2, 2026 is defined as the first operational day of 2026 to accept for processing of tax invoices and adjustment calculations, information and communication systems of STS will work in normal mode.
The results of processing electronic documents, except for tax invoices and adjustment calculations, which will be received from 15:00 on December 31, 2025 to 15:00 on January 2, 2026, will be sent after the completion of routine and technical work.
Also in the STS emphasized that the fiscal server of the supervisory authority works in normal mode with possible restrictions at night.
