За дев'ять місяців в Україні зареєструвалося на 66 тисяч більше ФОПів, ніж закрилося, при чому вересень виявився цьогоріч рекордним за кількістю нових реєстрацій. Понад 222 тисяч нових фопів відкрилось в Україні за 9 місяців 2026 року за даними Єдиного державного реєстру.
The closures decreased by 27% at once — to 155.6 thousand. So this year, new businesses opened 66 thousand more than they closed.
Retail remains the most requested area among new entrepreneurs, analysts say.
At the same time, closures decreased by 27%: 155,645 FOPs stopped working in 9 months, with a total increase in new entrepreneurs of 66,643 FOPs.
"However, September still turned out to be a record this year — 27.4 thousand new entrepreneurs," analysts say.
In the first half of 2026, almost 20 thousand new companies were registered in Ukraine, which is 8% more than in the same period of 2025, and the most in the last three years.
222,288 new individual entrepreneurs have appeared in Ukraine since the beginning of 2026. Compared to last year, the number of new entrepreneurs has not changed much.
"New entrepreneurs increased in January, March, April and May, but in February, June, July, August and September, new sole proprietorships decreased compared to the same period last year," the publication says.