During 2021, the number of open FLPs increased by 83,257 units.
Now about 2 million active individual entrepreneurs are registered in Ukraine, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to Channel 24.
The indicator indicates an increase of 4 % and is the best result for the last 5 years. For comparison, in 2020, the growth was 22,455 FLP, or 1.2%.
In what areas are the most new FOPs emerging? >. Their share of growth among all activities is 53%. The industry grew by 44.5 thousand FLP programmers (+26%), which no other field of activity can boast of.
In second place in terms of growth were businesses providing information services – an increase of 9,000 or 24%. The third place was occupied by cafes and restaurants – an increase in FOP by 6,000 people, or 10%.
Number of FOP retailers grew by 7,000 units. However, this figure is only 1% of their total number. The increase in entrepreneurs shows that more new businesses were opened in Ukraine in 2021 than were closed.
Some FLPs, on the contrary, did not grow, but reduced their activities. In particular, among the largest groups, the number of such entrepreneurs has significantly decreased:
- postal and courier activities (-8.5%);
- air transport (-8%) ;
- radio and television broadcasting (-8%);
- warehousing (-5%);
- wholesale trade (-2%).
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All of these FLP areas have been steadily declining over the past two years.