Author: Команда YC.Market

Key InsightsThe agricultural sector saw the most business closures during the war in Ukraine, with 1261 companies dissolved from 2022 through the first quarter of 2024. The next largest sectors by number of closures are wholesale trade, real estate and construction companies.The proportion of legal service firms among all closed businesses doubled during the war. In 2021, legal firms constituted 2.3% of all business closures in Ukraine, but this share increased to 4.7% during the full-scale war period. Over the two years of the war, the intensity of company dissolutions decreased in the water supply, woodworking, retail and wholesale trade sectors.The…

In Germany, the share of companies in the used car trade is over 70%, and in Poland, it is at least 20%. According to official statistics in Ukraine, only 2.6% of cars were purchased by legal entities in 2022, but in practice, we see many sales sites on the streets, and their number is growing. Such companies sell used cars but are not included in official statistics. Why is this happening? Who actually sells cars, what is the difference between official statistics and reality, and what can change this? The experts of the Automotive Market Research Institute, together with analysts…

The first half of 2023 showed an optimistic picture of the Ukrainian market regarding creating new businesses and non-profit organisations. New entities appear on this “landscape”, so it can be assumed that legal entities and individual entrepreneurs are constructively oriented towards the national economy. The specific indicators and trends of newly created companies, individual entrepreneurs and non-profit organisations in Ukraine were studied using the analytical tool YC.Market. The study findings are in this article.The first half of 2023 showed that a steady registration rate of Ukrainian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs has returned to the level before February 24, 2022.…

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, thousands of Ukrainian women have joined the Armed Forces, started active volunteering and are helping the state on various fronts, including the economic one. Using the YC Market tool, YouControl R&D Сentre experts analysed the impact of women on supporting multiple business sectors in Ukraine during the war year by continuing the operations of existing companies and opening new ones.Areas women most often chooseAccording to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Individual Entrepreneurs and Public Organisations (USR), most women-owned companies (legal entities) as of March 1, 2023, are in the tourism sector.…

🇺🇦 Читати статтю українськоюThe market is still more sensitive to politics than usual. Therefore it is crucial to control the risks of possible connections of your counterparties with sanctioned persons and companies. The functionality for checking such links has been added to YC.Market. Here’s how to use this essential function.YC.Market tool now allows you to check connections with politically exposed persons and persons on sanctions lists in the CIS countries when searching for b2b counterparties. You can analyse all registered business entities in Ukraine.How to uncover the “russian and belarusian trace” of your counterparties?The presence of a “russian trace” is…

Light, shadow… Symbolic concepts can acquire a special meaning, but we strive for maximum constructiveness. So, darkness and light serve our main goal: fast and efficient market research. When working with YouControl.Market, you can customize the colour theme of the interface to your taste, mood or blackout schedule.From the very beginning, the YouControl.Market interface was dark by default. There were two reasons for this: firstly, such colours are more comfortable for vision when working in dim lighting. Secondly, the simplicity and minimalism of this interface are optimally perceived on both mobile and computer screens and meet the requirements of inclusiveness.However,…

Market analysis is an exclusive YouControl tool for finding b2b customers, suppliers, and contractors and analysing market coverage. We have significantly expanded it. Now it is an independent tool for researching Ukrainian and European markets. We were the first to add data on the UK markets. Find out how the market analysis works now in this article.Track changes and trends in the Ukrainian and British marketsNew YC.Market has data on more than 7 million companies and individual entrepreneurs in Ukraine, 28 data search criteria, and an analytical report based on indicators of business success. And this is just the beginning.…

🌎 Read in UkrainianSince the beginning of October, russia has massively shelled the energy infrastructure of Ukraine 8 times, apparently hoping to affect our economy and sow panic in society. However, indomitable Ukrainians managed not only to establish business processes but register 33 thousand of new individual entrepreneurs and almost 5.5 thousand legal entities even in the blackout conditions. YouControl Market analysts investigated which areas and regions the newly created Ukrainian business chose from October 1 to November 30.The expansion of fresh businesses and solo business owners slightly decreasedAccording to the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and…

In the wake of the breakdown in relations with russia, many questions have been raised about who is still cooperating with the former “superpower”. Whilst the UK government has imposed sanctions on Russia, many people in the UK have maintained ties with Russia. The YouControl analytics conducted a big study to analyze the activity of russian entities in the British market and the expansion of russian businesses within the UK stock market. Researchers established the amount of UK organizations with russian proprietors, the region of their subsidiaries, and the area of their operations. The results of the study are revealed…

🌎 Read in Ukrainian YC.Market combines the most effective tools for market research and b2b customer search. Adequate competitive analysis and business intelligence are only possible with a systematic study and assessment of the company’s financial sustainability and its position in the market. In YC.Market reports these parameters reflect FinScore and MarketScore indicators. They are calculated by converting financial scores into indicators.Assessment of a company’s financial sustainability – FinScoreFinScore is an index of a company’s financial sustainability based on its economic indicators. With its help, it is possible to predict the probability of company bankruptcy.The FinScore index is based on…