This year, at least every second new FLP is opened by women. Since the beginning of the year, a total of 36,892 FOPs have been registered, of which 18,776 (or 51%) were created by women. This is stated in the assessments of the platform for working with open data "

Since 2017, the proportion of women starting small businesses has been estimated to have increased. In 2020-2021, entrepreneurs opened 51% of new cases, but the full-scale war somewhat reversed this figure.

According to estimates, in 2022, women registered more than 93 thousand. Sole Proprietors – i.e. 48% of the total number of newly created businesses.

A third of the new FOPs registered by women are in retail – almost twice as many as men in this category. Another 10,658 entrepreneurs started their own business in the field of IT - the second largest number of registrations.

In 2022, women "

However, the situation with women in relation to the management of companies is not so positive.. The number of female directors of medium and large businesses is decreasing every year. Only 35% of businesses were led by women in 2021. A year of full-scale invasion reduced their number to 29%. In total, 9,405 women-led companies were opened last year.

There is already an upward trend in 2023. Since the beginning of the year, 3849 businesses have been opened, and women head 30% of new companies.

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