The Kherson region ranked among the top five regions where the number of companies increased more than it decreased

In the first three quarters of 2026, the Kherson region gained 109 more companies than it lost, ranking fifth among Ukraine’s regions in terms of business growth.

This is according to data from OpenDataBot.

In total, from January through September, Ukrainian companies carried out 8,259 changes of registered addresses between regions. This is 11% less than during the same period last year. A total of 7,892 companies changed their region of registration.

The Kherson region became one of eight regions where the number of companies moving in exceeded the number of those moving out. The largest increases were recorded in Sumy Oblast (+412 companies), Kharkiv Oblast (+406), Zaporizhzhia Oblast (+401), and Lviv Oblast (+161).

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In Odesa Oblast, over the first three quarters of 2026, the number of companies that left the region exceeded the number of those that arrived by 84. In terms of business outflow, the region ranked third in Ukraine after Kyiv, where the net change was minus 559 companies, and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (minus 378).

In total, 17 regions of Ukraine saw more businesses leave than arrive. The top five regions with the largest negative balances also included Poltava Oblast (minus 66 companies) and Volyn Oblast (minus 65).

The most popular route remains the legal relocation from the capital to the Kyiv region: 468 companies moved from Kyiv to the region. At the same time, 350 businesses moved in the opposite direction—from the region to the capital.

Another 340 companies changed their registered address from Kyiv to Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and 331 moved to Kharkiv Oblast. Rounding out the top five most popular routes is the move from the Dnipropetrovsk region to Kyiv—322 companies made this move.

Ірина Глухова