In August, Ukrainian companies can secure financing through various international programs. International partners within the SME Resilience Alliance initiative continue to support small and medium-sized businesses amid the war and recovery efforts. In August, Ukrainian entrepreneurs can acc... #BusinessSupport #ebrd #GrantsForBusiness #MercyCorps #PrivatBank #ukrainianbusiness
Businesses are losing confidence due to staff shortages and uncertainty. According to the results of an Advanter Group study, the business activity index for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in July dropped to 36.1 out of 100. This is among the lowest monthly lev... #BusinessExpectation #BusinessProblem #EmployeeDeficit #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
SMEs are increasingly borrowing more money: What are businesses directing their investment capital toward? Ukrainian bankers claim that small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) have started to take out slightly more loans this year. All types of lending reflect how the country’s economy is evolving a... #BankLoans #LoansforBusiness #SME #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian businesses are expanding into new areas despite war challenges. According to analysts, in the first half of 2025 entrepreneurial activity in Ukraine continued to recover despite the many disruptions of the previous years. Entrepreneurs are not only resuming operat... #agroUkraine #InformationTechnology #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises
A furniture company from Chernihiv expands its business and becomes a supplier to Epicentr, thanks to government grants. Founded in 2023, Knap Knap Furniture from Chernihiv specializes in producing modern transforming furniture. Initially, the company operated in a small room with minimal equipment, and some operations ... #Chernihiv #Epicentr #FurnitureIndustry #investments #KnapKnapFurniture #MadeInUkraine #OwnBusiness #ukrainianbusiness
The largest frozen bakery plant in Ukraine has been opened in Transcarpathia with a ₴400M investment. Bakery Food Investment launched a new frozen bakery facility in Khust, Transcarpathian region, with the total investment of ₴400M ($9.5M). BFI acquired the site in September 2024, and by May 2025, the... #BakeryFoodInvestment #BFI #FrozenBakery #investments #Transcarpathia #ukrainianbusiness
Ukraine has implemented a moratorium on business inspections. The National Security and Defense Council has established a ban on inspections by law enforcement, customs, tax, and other regulatory agencies during martial law. Going forward, inspections will only ... #BusinessInspections #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #Zelenskyy
Almost 50% of small and medium-sized companies in Ukraine reported a 38% drop in profits in 2024, but businesses are not halting their investments. According to an EBRD study, 47% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Ukraine experienced a decline in profits in 2024, while 17% saw their profits increase. Despite the profit decrease, 66% ... #BusinessExpectation #ebrd #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Over 85% of industrial companies in Ukraine do not plan to cut their production before 2027. According to a survey by the Institute for Economic Research, 85.6% of business respondents intend to maintain their current production levels over the next two years. An additional 12.1% plan to incr... #BusinessProblem #IndustryUkraine #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #WarinUkraine
Businesses in Ukraine have lost faith in the war’s end in 2025 but remain optimistic about their prospects. According to an AmCham survey, 70% of surveyed Ukrainian companies do not expect a ceasefire or significant de-escalation of the war in 2025. At the same time, over the next three years 53% of respond... #BusinessExpectation #InvestmentsinUkraine #UkraineBusinessActivity #ukrainianbusiness #WarinUkraine
A company from Lutsk, with government support, invested €5.5M in producing frozen semi-finished products and animal feed. The Opos-Torg company, which is involved in wholesale trading of meat and fish, invested €5.5M, including €4M during the war, to build a new plant in the Volyn region. The plant will produce frozen se... #Cosset #FoodProcessingUkraine #investments #OposTorg #ukrainianbusiness #VolynRegion
Ukrainian industry is developing in the west of the country during the war: Successful cases of industrial parks and manufacturers. In Volyn, the Kovel Porto industrial park, spanning 60 hectares, received ₴70M in government support. An infrastructure project valued at ₴300M is underway to create an extensive network of railway tr... #BusinessDevelopment #IndustrialPark #IndustryUkraine #KovelPorto #rivne #ukrainianbusiness #VolynRegion
A European building materials manufacturer plans to establish a plant in Western Ukraine. Calmit GmbH from Austria, which specializes in lime and building materials, aims to construct a facility in the Batiovo community in Transcarpathia. Batiovo meets customer needs, such as its close pro... #BuildingMaterials #Calmit #investments #RivneFlex #Transcarpathia #ukrainianbusiness
In May, business sentiment in Ukraine stabilized, but exporters’ anxiety is increasing. According to the Institute for Economic Research, the business activity recovery index in Ukraine in May was unchanged from April, remaining at 0.13. However, analysts observed the following trends: T... #BusinessExpectation #EmployeeDeficit #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #UkraineExport #ukrainianbusiness
What business support programs are available to Ukrainian entrepreneurs in June? These three new opportunities have emerged for Ukrainian entrepreneurs, from grants for clusters and cooperatives to initiatives that promote the employment of veterans: Grants for clusters and agricu... #GrantsForBusiness #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises
Ukraine’s largest fish factory aims to process local river fish and is currently seeking suppliers. The Klion Group, based in Zaporizhzhia, operates the largest fish processing plant in the country, producing Veladis-branded products across 250 different types, including canned goods, pastes, caviar... #FishProcessingPlant #investments #KlionGroup #ukrainianbusiness #Veladis #Zaporizhzhia
Danish companies will receive a €20M guarantee from the EU for operations in Ukraine. The European Investment Fund (EIF) and the Export and Investment Fund of Denmark (EIFO) have signed the first agreement under the EU’s Export Credit Guarantee Program for Ukraine, as reported by the M... #Denmark #EIF #EIFO #SupportBusiness #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #YuliyaSvyridenko
The state has enhanced the process for establishing industrial parks, allocating ₴500M for their development. Starting in 2025, the Ministry of Economy will start accepting applications for state support of industrial parks, through August 15. Last year, the government backed 15 parks with ₴1.1B, which funded... #CommercialRealEstate #IndustrialPark #SupportBusiness #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Various industries, from food production to woodworking, are making strides in the Rivne region. There, the Nova-Pak company employs cutting-edge technologies to create over 600 products, including spices and seasonings, which are distributed throughout Ukraine and successfully exported. The comp... #NovaPak #rivne #Swisspan #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises #Vodohray
The NBU’s currency restrictions significantly impede investment in Ukraine. While the ongoing full-scale war is the primary cause for the drop in foreign investment Ukraine has experienced, there are additional barriers at play, according to Oleksandr Vodoviz, a senior execut... #CurrencyRestrictions #DanyloHetmantsev #InvestmentsinUkraine #Metinvest #nbu #OleksandrVodoviz #ukrainianbusiness
A Ukrainian mineral water manufacturer has begun construction of a new plant in the Lviv region. Mineral water producer Karpatska Dzherelna, a subsidiary of Karpatski Mineralni Vody, has begun construction on a new facility near the village of Khmeleva. The enterprise’s area will cover appr... #CarpathianMineralwaters #investments #LvivRegion #MineralWaters #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Businesses have reported positive assessments of their activities across all sectors. According to the NBU, in May businesses delivered positive evaluations of their own economic performance. For the first time since May 2024, enterprises from all sectors anticipated growth. In May 202... #BusinessExpectation #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The development of processing and broadened opportunities for Ukrainian exporters: What does Ukraine’s new export strategy until 2030 entail? According to Taras Kachka, the deputy trade representative of Ukraine, the export strategy that is currently being formulated by the Ministry of Economy prioritizes the Made in Ukraine initiative, sti... #MadeInUkraine #TarasKachka #UkraineDevelopment #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness
A Ukrainian bread exporter has entered the agricultural market to complete its entire production cycle. Alviva Group has strategically expanded its operations by entering Ukraine’s agricultural market. This move will enable the group to establish complete control over the entire production cycle –... #agroUkraine #AlvivaGroup #Bread #BusinessDevelopment #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Ukraine will receive an additional $300M under the RISE program to support business initiatives. The Ministry of Economy and the World Bank discussed the implementation of the RISE program. Under this initiative, Ukraine signed agreements with the World Bank last year totaling $593M and has alrea... #BusinessSupport #OleksiySobolev #RISE #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness #worldbank
Romanian businesses aim to establish joint ventures in Ukraine: Which sectors are prioritized? Nasty Vladoiu, president of the Romania-Ukraine Bilateral Chamber of Commerce (CCBRU), highlighted that the primary sectors attracting Romanian companies towards the Ukrainian market, in anticipation ... #Romania #SupportUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness
The EBRD will facilitate €60M in loans to Ukrainian businesses to enhance energy production, storage, and efficiency. Through a risk-sharing arrangement, EBRD will back the issuance of new loans by ProCredit Bank to small and medium-sized enterprises in Ukraine. With EBRD’s assistance, the bank anticipates providing ... #ebrd #Energyefficiency #EnergyProgram #LoansforBusiness #ProCreditBank #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainian businesses remain positive about their long-term perspectives. Despite geopolitical instability, long-term economic forecasts for Ukrainian businesses have improved. The optimism index rose from 0.11 to 0.15 points, based on a monthly survey of business leaders b... #OECD #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Only 25% of businesses in Ukraine plan for active growth in 2025. According to a study, 20% of companies plan to actively hire employees, while 39% will limit themselves to selective recruitment, and 34% will not change their personnel levels. At the same time, 7% o... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
For every new individual enterprise in Ukraine, there are currently 1.5 closures. According to the Opendatabot analytical portal, 81,928 individual entrepreneurs have opened in Ukraine since the beginning of the year, which is 9% less than during the same period last year. Meanwhil... #DanyloHetmantsev #IndividualEnterprise #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #UkrainianEnterprises
Business experts predict growth in Ukrainian exports. The President of the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCI) Gennady Chyzhykov noted that last year the volume of Ukrainian exports reached 129.2 million tons of goods ($41B). The continuati... #UCCI #UkraineExport #UkraineForeignTrade #ukrainianbusiness
What Ukrainian goods and services are in high demand in EU markets? Experts from the EasyBusiness NGO and Civitta, within the framework of the Better Market Connectivity of Ukraine to the EU project, conducted a comprehensive analysis of the export opportunities for U... #EUmarket #FoodProductionUkraine #TextileIndustryUkraine #ukrainianbusiness #WoodExportUkraine
Ukrainian companies’ debt reduction exceeded foreign direct investment by 200%. Ukrainian businesses reduced their net debt over 2022-2024 by increasing their liquid funds and deposits and reducing debt to Ukrainian banks by $21B, which is 200% more than foreign investment over t... #ConcordeCapital #investments #nbu #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
In April, businesses evaluated their current economic activity more cautiously, approaching a neutral level, according to the NBU Business Activity Expectations Index (BAEI). Among the reasons for the weakened assessments indicated by respondents are significant declines in weather conditions, ongoing uncert... #BusinessExpectation #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Entering the Estonian market will enable Ukrainian exporters to strengthen their presence in the Nordic countries. Ukraine’s Ambassador to Estonia Maksym Kononenko stated that Kyiv and Tallinn possess significant unrealized potential for bilateral trade relations. In this context, he noted that Ukraine’... #agroUkraine #BusinessDevelopment #Estonia #NordicCountries #ukrainianbusiness #VitaliyKoval
IFC and Ukrsibbank will boost medium-sized and larger corporations in Ukraine. The IFC and Ukrsibbank, whose shareholders include BNP Paribas Group and the EBRD, have announced the launch of a new €66M Risk Sharing Facility (RSF) to support medium- and large-sized enterprises in... #CreditRisk #ifc #LoansforBusiness #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness #Ukrsibbank
Ukrainian businesses created over 22,000 jobs last year and raised salaries by 23%. Large businesses with revenues of over ₴1B ($24M) increased the number of full-time employees by 22,200 in 2024, according to the results of a labor market study. It is noted that these enterprises em... #JobInUkraine #LaborMarketUkraine #SalaryUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Renewable energy and innovation in the agricultural sector: Who can attract grants for business development? Both state institutions and private companies are eligible to secure funding for the implementation of projects related to renewable energy sources. Priority is being given to solar and wind energy pr... #agroUkraine #GrantsForBusiness #RenewableEnergyUkraine #SupportBusiness #ukrainianbusiness
Every tenth bottle of juice worldwide is produced from Ukrainian fruit concentrates. As stated by Minister of Agrarian Policy Vitaly Koval, these concentrates are produced at TBF Group plants, which process around 300,000 tons of raw material each season. The main markets for these pr... #bioethanolUkraine #JuiceProduction #ProcessingPlantUkraine #TBFgroup #ukrainianbusiness #VitaliyKoval #Westnol
One of Europe’s largest manufacturers of window and door hardware continues to invest in its Dnipro factory. AXOR Industry’s total investment in launching, expanding, and developing its factory that produces window and door hardware in Dnipro has reached €40M. According to Minister of Economy Yulia Svy... #AXOR #investments #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #YuliyaSvyridenko
Business expectations improved in the first quarter of the year, with more than a third of companies ready to invest. In the first quarter of 2025, the Business Expectations Index (BEI) for Enterprises rose to 108.2%, up from 101.8% in the fourth quarter of 2024. The NBU noted that hostilities and their consequences ... #investments #nbu #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Microenterprises have the most optimistic expectations about future operations in Ukraine. According to the Institute of Economic Research, the index of anticipated changes in business activity in February, as in January, is 0.1. The share of those planning to expand their activities is 15.... #MicroEnterprises #SmallBusinessUkraine #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Shelling and business uncertainty slowed real GDP growth in Ukraine to 0.5% in February. The growth rate of real Ukrainian GDP decreased to 0.5% during the same month. This downturn is attributed to the damaging effects of Russian shelling on various industries and heightened uncertainty ... #GDPinUkraine #GVAukraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian industry and businesses are reviving as they overcome the consequences of Russian aggression. Rivneazot has fully restored its production of mineral fertilizers and has brought key workshops up to their planned capacity. The loaded ammonia line now has a capacity of 650 tons per day, while unc... #FaktorDruk #HowardBuffett #Kharkiv #Rivneazot #UkraineRecovery #ukrainianbusiness
Ukraine’s business activity index has fallen to zero. According to the Institute for Economic Research, the business activity recovery index in Ukraine also fell to zero in February, marking the worst result in the last two months. Consequently, the bala... #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineBusinessExpectation #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The EU launches a €1.6B call for proposals to support small businesses in Ukraine. The EU has initiated a new call for proposals aimed at assisting small businesses in war-affected communities and attracting investment for Ukraine’s reconstruction. An initiative through the Uk... #EuropeanUnion #SmallBusinessUkraine #SupportBusiness #UkraineFund #UkraineReconstruction #ukrainianbusiness
In February, Ukrainian businesses upgraded their assessments of their economic activity, although they remained cautious, mostly staying below a neutral level. The business activity expectations index in Februrary 2025 was 46.9, compared to 41 in January 2025 and 47.5 in February 2024, as... #BusinessExpectation #nbu #UkraineEconomicActivity #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
Ukrainians in Poland have established around 89,000 companies over the past three years. During this period, Ukrainians have registered 77,700 individual enterprises in Poland, which represents 9% of all enterprises registered, and additionally, 11,300 companies with Ukrainian capital hav... #Poland #SmallBusinessUkraine #ukrainianbusiness #ukrainiansinpoland
Ukraine’s business sentiment has significantly improved this year. In Ukraine, the percentage of companies expecting their business situation to worsen has decreased to 29%, down from 56% in July 2024. Additionally, the number of those who believe the situation will ... #BusinessExpectation #UkraineBusinessActivity #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
The war has not halted the Ukrainian M&A market, but it is altering its priorities. The increase in overall activity among international investors last year in the M&A sector may provide an additional impetus for inward investment in Ukraine. Despite the war and the accompanying ... #BusinessDevelopment #investments #MergersAcquisitions #PrivatizationUkraine #UkraineEconomy #ukrainianbusiness
