During the nine months of 2026, 155,645 private entrepreneurs were closed in Ukraine. Of these, 49.4 thousand worked in retail trade, 11.7 thousand in wholesale and another 7.9 thousand in public catering. The trend is already clear and has affected the entire country, people have less and less money, and costs are rising. According to the consultant Olga Nasonova, within a few months at the beginning of the year, about 400 establishments were closed in Kyiv, of which about 300 were small cafes, bakeries and fast food. The chains are also shrinking: Crandall closed all three cafes and pastry shops in Kyiv, Confetti stopped operating five restaurants in shopping centers in Dnieper. Cafe Pesto announced in September the temporary closure of seven out of twenty restaurants in Kyiv and the region due to constant alarms and a difficult security situation. Small businesses find themselves between the increasing cost of maintaining the enterprise and the buyer, who is forced to save. Raising prices reduces demand, and maintaining the same prices eats up profits. With each point like this, jobs, orders to suppliers and tax revenues disappear. The country receives more and more people who need help, and at the same time loses those who supported themselves and maintained a budget.

During the nine months of 2026, 155,645 private entrepreneurs were closed in Ukraine. Of these, 49.4 thousand worked in retail trade, 11.7 thousand in wholesale and another 7.9 thousand in public catering. The trend is already clear and has affected the entire country, people have less and less money, and costs are rising. According to the consultant Olga Nasonova, within a few months at the beginning of the year, about 400 establishments were closed in Kyiv, of which about 300 were small cafes, bakeries and fast food. The chains are also shrinking: Crandall closed all three cafes and pastry shops in Kyiv, Confetti stopped operating five restaurants in shopping centers in Dnieper. Cafe Pesto announced in September the temporary closure of seven out of twenty restaurants in Kyiv and the region due to constant alarms and a difficult security situation. Small businesses find themselves between the increasing cost of maintaining the enterprise and the buyer, who is forced to save. Raising prices reduces demand, and maintaining the same prices eats up profits. With each point like this, jobs, orders to suppliers and tax revenues disappear. The country receives more and more people who need help, and at the same time loses those who supported themselves and maintained a budget.