In the Odesa region, more than 3,000 companies have been reporting zero income for years

In the Odesa region, 3,471 active companies have reported zero revenue or failed to report any revenue for at least two consecutive years. The Odesa region ranks fourth in Ukraine in terms of the number of such companies.

This is according to data from the analytical service “OpenDataBot,” published on October 12.

In total, 52,202 companies in Ukraine have reported zero or undisclosed revenue for at least two consecutive years. Of these, 4,581 companies have submitted such reports for five consecutive years.

The largest number of companies with zero income is registered in Kyiv—15,078. Next are the Dnipropetrovsk region with 3,998 companies and the Kharkiv region with 3,663. The Odesa region ranks fourth with 3,471 companies.

The most common type of such enterprises are wholesale companies—9,894 across Ukraine. Another 5,523 are engaged in real estate transactions, 4,279 in construction, and 3,426 in agriculture.

Recently, a court refused to freeze the assets of a company whose CEO is suspected of embezzling nearly 4.9 million hryvnias from a state-owned enterprise. The case involves the procurement of railway equipment for thePivdennyi Port, which may have been purchased at inflated prices.

Earlier, in the case involving embezzlement related to equipment for the “Pivdennyi” port, the contractor’s machinery was seized. In 2024, the port announced three tenders for the purchase of such equipment worth nearly 25 million hryvnias.

Андрій Колісніченко