In Odesa region, 9 companies lost their Russian owners, in Mykolaiv region — one

In 2025, nine companies in Odesa region lost their Russian owners, one of the highest rates in Ukraine. There is one such company in Mykolaiv region and two in Kherson region.

This is evidenced by analytical data from Opendatabot, according to NikVesti.

Where businesses got rid of the Russian trace in 2025. Infographic: Opendatabot

According to the data, a third of the companies that have cleared their ownership structure of Russian influence are located in Kyiv — 30 businesses. Odesa region is next in the ranking with 9 companies, followed by Kharkiv, Lviv and Vinnytsia regions with 7 each.

Since January this year, 91 companies in Ukraine have lost their Russian owners. Of these, 88 continue to operate, while 3 are in the process of liquidation.

Since the start of the full-scale invasion, another 714 Ukrainian companies have removed their Russian owners, despite legal restrictions.

Report What do companies that got rid of the Russian trace do? Infographic: Opendatabot

Most of the businesses that have divested themselves of Russian influence operate in the following sectors: wholesale trade — 15 companies, real estate — 13, retail — 8, fisheries — 6, IT and consulting — 5.

The vast majority of these companies are small businesses with an annual turnover of up to ten million hryvnias (38 companies). Another 10 companies earn from ten to 100 million hryvnias, 4 — more than 100 million hryvnias, and 39 did not submit financial statements.

It is noted that the legislation on changing the ownership of companies with Russian capital remains unchanged: only certain categories of Russian citizens who legally reside in Ukraine or own up to 10% of the authorised capital can make such changes.

As reported earlier, Odesa region is among the leaders in terms of the number of companies on the NSDC sanctions list.