According to the Unified Register of Debtors, as of August 2025, 35 471 wage debts were recorded in Ukraine. In total, 1 983 companies failed to pay their employeesʼ salaries. This is 11% more than at the end of 2021.
This was reported by the digital government data analysis service Opendatabot.
The most common debtors are state-owned enterprises and joint-stock companies. The largest number of proceedings were opened in the Sumy region (6 305), Kyiv (3 784) and Dnipropetrovsk region (2 456).
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Men are more likely to have their salaries delayed — in 56% of cases.
The first place in the number of proceedings took Sumy Machine-Building Scientific and Production Association — 4 063 open cases. On the second place is “Karpatneftekhim” with 1 188 proceedings. On the next place is Sumy Machine-Building Scientific and Production Association "Engineering" — 1 015.
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In addition, 7% of the total number of proceedings falls on various regional auto roads (oblavtodors) — 2 499 open proceedings for unpaid wages.
And among large Ukrainian financial groups, two companies in Dmytro Firtashʼs group have the largest debts due to unpaid salaries — 336 and two proceedings, respectively.
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In general, companies manufacturing machinery and equipment are the most frequently delayed in salaries across the country — 5 681 cases (16% of the total). On second place (among wage debtors) are companies engaged in construction — 2 696 (or 7.6%). Companies producing chemical products close the top three — 2 670 (or 7.5%).
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