Uzbeks are second in terms of establishing companies in Ukraine
In Ukraine, where the war has been going on for almost two years, Uzbeks became the second among those who founded a new company after Turks. Since March 2022, Uzbek entrepreneurs have founded 312 companies. Turks - 396. Also, the largest number of Uzbek citizens have established business activities in the capital of Ukraine - 175 companies.
Since March 2022, foreigners from 101 countries have founded 3075 companies in Ukraine. This is mentioned on the open data portal of Ukraine "Opendatabot".
Despite the ongoing war, the largest number of companies have been founded by Turkish entrepreneurs in Ukraine. They have been fully or partially owning 396 companies opened during this period. This is 12.9 percent of the total number of new foreign business entities.
Uzbeks are in second place with 312 companies (10.1 percent of the total). Citizens of Poland closed the top three - 224 enterprises or 7.3%.
Also, citizens of the USA, Kazakhstan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Israel, Great Britain and China entered the top ten.
In addition, almost half of the companies whose owners are foreigners are registered in the capital Kyiv - 1,517 . The largest number of Uzbek citizens established business activities in the capital of Ukraine - 175 companies.
The Lviv region is next - 460 enterprises: the largest number of foreigners from Poland are located in this region (105 companies). Odessa region also entered the top three - 273 companies. Most of the companies in this region are founded by citizens of Turkey - 99 enterprises.
The largest share of foreign-owned companies is engaged in wholesale trade - 30.7 percent , real estate operations - 6.7 percent , and computer programming - 5.8 percent .
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