active sole proprietors (FOPs) in Ukraine’s Unified State Register, January 2026
Opendatabot, EDR analysis — published 20 January 2026
This dataset compiles Ukraine’s sole-proprietor (FOP) and company registration figures from 2021 through the first half of 2026, drawn from the government-run Unified State Register (EDR). It gathers the numbers behind our brief Ukraine’s business ledger, wartime edition into machine-readable form: annual growth rates, weekly registration averages against the pre-war baseline, the half-year opening-and-closure flow, and the regional and sector breakdown for the first half of 2026. Every figure carries its published source.
Download the full dataset (CSV) · 31 data points across six tables · sources cited per row.
Registry size and annual growth
| Year | FOP annual growth | Active FOPs (total) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.1% | — | Initial invasion-shock year |
| 2023 | >5% | — | Post-shock rebound |
| 2024 | 3.5% | — | |
| 2025 | 0.39% | — | Weakest calendar-year pace since 2022 |
| January 2026 | — | 2,181,217 | +194,000 vs the start of the invasion |
Weekly registrations vs the pre-war baseline
| Period | New FOPs / week | New companies / week | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (pre-war baseline) | 5,676 | 1,077 | Annual weekly mean |
| 2022 (year one of war) | −28% vs 2021 | −40% vs 2021 | Registries suspended, reopened March 2022 |
| March 2022 (first week reopened) | 3,565 | — | Single week, not an average |
| Autumn 2023 (peak week) | 12,534 | — | Highest single week in the reviewed data |
| 2025 (full-year weekly average) | 5,579 | 717 | FOPs at 98% of pre-war pace; companies a third below |
First-half flow: openings and closures
| Metric | H1 2025 | H1 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Net change in FOP count | −20,048 | +39,214 |
| Openings | 137,557 | 141,472 |
| Closures | 157,605 | 102,258 |
| Closures, Q1 2025 only | 119,895 | — |
| Closures, Q2 2025 only | 51,830 | — |
The 2026 reversal came almost entirely from fewer closures, not more openings: closures fell 36% while openings rose only 2.8%. Much of the 2025 closure spike traces to reinstated unified-social-contribution rules for dormant FOPs at the start of that year.
Regional net change, first half of 2026
| Region | Net FOP change |
|---|---|
| Kyiv city | +5,058 |
| Dnipropetrovsk oblast | +4,284 |
| Lviv oblast | +4,254 |
| Kyiv oblast | +3,756 |
| Odesa oblast | +2,955 |
| Donetsk oblast | −569 |
| Kherson oblast | −293 |
| Luhansk oblast | −93 |
Only three of Ukraine’s 25 regions shrank — Donetsk, Kherson and Luhansk, all under sustained Russian pressure. The gains concentrated in Kyiv and the western and southern regions away from the front.
Sector net change, first half of 2026
| Sector | Net FOP change |
|---|---|
| Education | +3,902 |
| Retail trade | +3,596 |
| Postal and courier services | +2,558 |
| Real estate | +2,504 |
| Wholesale trade | +2,391 |
Who is registering
| Metric | Value | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women’s share of new FOPs | 61% | H1 2025 | 83,700 registrations |
| FOPs closed within two weeks of opening | 5,323 | H1 2025 | Quick tax-registration manoeuvres |
| FOPs closed within two weeks of opening | 96 | 2021 (full year) | Pre-war baseline |
Methodology
- Sources
- Opendatabot, Unified State Register (EDR) analytics — “2.1m FOPs in the EDR” (opendatabot.ua/analytics/edr-alive-2026, 20 Jan 2026) and the H1 2026 “foponomics” report (opendatabot.ua/analytics/foponomics-2026-6, 2 Jul 2026). H1 2025 figures via Minfin.com.ua and Ekonomichna Pravda (both 17 Jul 2025), citing Opendatabot’s EDR analysis. Pre-war 2021 weekly baseline and the 2022 wartime shock via Dengi.ua (23 Feb 2026); registry-reopening and record-week figures via Vector Media (23 Feb 2026), both citing Opendatabot.
- Scope limits
- All figures describe individual entrepreneurs (FOPs) and, where noted, legal entities registered in Ukraine’s government-run EDR register; they measure registrations and closures, not revenue, employment, or business survival beyond the closure event itself. Regions under Russian occupation are undercounted or unregisterable by definition, so decline figures for Donetsk, Luhansk and Kherson reflect only the government-controlled portion of those oblasts. The 2021 and 2025 weekly figures are annual means and smooth over within-year swings. Minfin’s Q1 2025 (119,895) and Q2 2025 (51,830) closure figures, as published, sum to roughly 14,000 more than the same source’s stated H1 2025 total of 157,605 — most likely a gap between preliminary quarterly snapshots and a later-revised half-year count; both are reported here as published, unreconciled.
- Updates
- This dataset will be revised as new EDR data is published. Corrections are handled under our corrections policy.