Odesa Region Becomes Leader in Southern Ukraine in Number of Sanctioned Companies

Almost 200 companies in Ukraine are currently under sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council, and 17 of them are located in Odesa region.

This was reported by analysts of the Opendatabot platform, who estimate that there are 184 sanctioned companies.

Most of the sanctioned businesses are located in Kyiv, with a total of 102. There are significantly fewer companies in Odesa region - 17 or 9.2%. Lviv region is also among the leaders in terms of the number of companies - 13 or 7.1%. As for Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, there are currently three sanctioned companies each.

Most of the companies appeared on the sanctions list after a series of updates in 2024. So this year, the number of such businesses has almost tripled: by 119 companies. By contrast, the fewest companies were added to the sanctions list in 2023 - only 10 (5.4%).

Every second company in the total number will be under sanctions until 2027. Another 19.4%, or 36 businesses, will be released from the restrictions no earlier than 2034. The sanctions are in place for an indefinite period of time, with 15.1% or 28 companies.

The majority of these businesses are wholesale trade, except for trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles - 61 companies (33.2%). Another 10.3% are engaged in specialized construction work - 19 companies.

Film production and construction of buildings are in the top three, with seven companies each, or 3.8%.

In September, Odesa region became one of the three leading regions in terms of the number of newly imported cars from abroad in 2024.

Earlier, Odesa region was ranked third in terms of the number of addresses where companies are massively registered, and Mykolaiv region was seventh.

Odesa region also ranked fifth in terms of the number of individual entrepreneurs registered during the first quarter of 2024.

In addition, Odesa region became the second region of Ukraine in terms of the number of companies that have relocated since the beginning of 2022.

Кирило Бойко