Ukrainians now own 6% of all new companies opened in Poland

As of now, 29,044 companies in Poland have Ukrainian citizens listed as their ultimate beneficial owners. Nearly half of them — 13,014 businesses — were started after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began. In total, 208,251 new companies have been registered in Poland over the last 3.5 years. Ukrainians account for 6% of all newly created businesses during this time.

The highest number of companies was registered by Ukrainians in 2022 — 4,780 businesses. This is one third more than in 2021.

Ukrainians most often register the Polish equivalent of a Ukrainian LLC — spółka z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością. There are 27,656 of them, accounting for 95% of all Ukrainian-owned businesses in Poland.

There has also been a noticeable increase in the number of charitable organizations founded by Ukrainians: since 2022, Ukrainians have established 486 foundations in Poland — four times more than before the full-scale invasion.

Most Ukrainian-owned companies are concentrated in three voivodeships: Mazowieckie (including Warsaw) — 11,568 companies, Małopolskie (Kraków and surrounding region) — 3,200 businesses, Dolnośląskie (Wrocław and surrounding areas) — 3,019.

Most of the companies registered by Ukrainians after the full-scale invasion are small businesses. Nearly 10,000 companies have a share capital of less than 10,000 PLN, and only 133 businesses have capital exceeding 500,000 PLN.

As of July 2025, the total share capital of Ukrainian-owned companies registered in Poland has exceeded PLN 7.34 billion. Of this amount, about PLN 533 million comes from businesses launched after the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Although nearly 45% of all Ukrainian companies in Poland were established after February 2022, their total capital is 12 times smaller than that of pre-war businesses. This suggests that the majority of post-2022 companies are small enterprises with modest financial bases.

In terms of fiscal contribution, Ukrainians paid around PLN 1.65 billion (approximately $414 million) in personal income tax and corporate income tax to the Polish state budget in 2024 alone. These figures come from the Gremi Personal international employment agency, citing data from the Polish Ministry of Finance.