In the second quarter of 2026, the number of individual entrepreneurs in Ukraine increased by 35.04 thousand It is reported Ukrinform with reference to the data of the State Statistics Service.
As of July 1, more than 1.83 million FOPs, while at the beginning of April there were about 1.8 million.
In general, during April-June, Ukrainians opened almost 76 thousand new FOPs. The final increase also takes into account entrepreneurs who ceased operations during this period.
The largest number of individual entrepreneurs are registered in Kyiv — 262.7 thousand Dnipropetrovsk region with 153.7 thousand FOPiv, the third — Lviv Region, where it is registered 140.7 thousand entrepreneurs
At the same time, the number of legal entities is also increasing. As of July 1, there were more than 1.57 million, which is almost on 8.5 thousand more than three months ago.
According to analysts, most often Ukrainians open businesses in the field education and retail trade, where the largest net increase of new FOPs was recorded in the first half of the year.
The individual services sector is also actively growing. In the first five months of the year, more than 5 thousand new business entities in this area, the vast majority of which are natural persons-entrepreneurs.
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