In January 2026, 17,709 individual entrepreneurs ceased their activities in Ukraine. The largest number of closures was recorded in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odessa regions.
In January 2026, 17,709 individual entrepreneurs ceased their activities in Ukraine. The largest number of closures was recorded in Kyiv and the region, as well as in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Odessa regions.
According to the analytical system YC.Market, 2,049 individual entrepreneurs ceased their activities in Kyiv during the month, and another 1,209 in Kyiv region. Dnipropetrovsk region took third place with 1,747 terminations, followed by Kharkiv region with 1,283 and Odesa region with 1,247. Most often, entrepreneurs closed down businesses in trade: retail trade gave 5,817 terminations, wholesale another 1,241, together this is approximately 18% of the total. Among other types of activities with the largest number of terminations, YC.Market also notes computer programming, consulting and related activities (1,680), provision of other individual services (1,177) and food and beverage activities (877).
For context, analysts compare the figure with previous years: in January 2024, 15,258 individual entrepreneurs ceased their activities, in January 2023 — 11,093. January 2025 fell out of the usual picture, when 57,699 individual entrepreneurs were closed, which was explained by delayed registration actions due to the suspension of the Unified State Register at the end of 2024, when many entrepreneurs could not formalize the termination on time.
YC.Market interprets the consistent increase in January closures as a possible structural trend: the market is going through a consolidation phase, and some businesses are closing, giving way to more efficient models. The concentration of closures in the largest regions, according to analysts, further emphasizes where competition and cost pressure are most pronounced.
Previously, dev.ua wrote about how the Office of Effective Regulation (BRDO) believes that the government’s current plan to introduce VAT for sole proprietors with a threshold of UAH 1 million could lead to the closure or shadowing of a quarter of small entrepreneurs in the service sector. Instead, they propose implementing a European approach.
