The Unified State Register of Legal and Individual Entrepreneurs contains information on 2,903 companies with foreign capital registered in Kyiv and 800 in the Lviv region. Many companies with foreign investment are also in the Odesa, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions.
44% of these businesses work in the trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. Foreign investors are also active in processing, construction and real estate, transport, and IT, as well as professional, scientific, and technical activities.
A significant number of businesses with foreign investment, 241 companies, are part of 121 financial and industrial groups. The largest number of companies come from Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Britain. Over the past two years, more than 110 countries have invested in Ukrainian companies by providing authorized capital.