In January-December 2024, the number of retail outlets in Ukraine increased significantly, despite the fact that some stores stopped operating. In general, the retail network increased by 1,548 facilities. This is evidenced data research “Geography of retail”.
The most active new stores were opened in five regions: Kyiv, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Odesa. The leader in the growth of new retail outlets was pharmacy chains, where 977 new pharmacies appeared in 10 months. The largest number of them was opened by the Podorozhnyk network, which added 377 points.
In second place in terms of the number of new facilities was the non-food retail segment, where 578 stores were opened. A significant part of this increase was provided by the “Aurora” network, which was replenished with 340 new points. The third place was taken by grocery supermarkets — 379 new stores. Here, the leader was “Home Market”, which opened 67 stores in the “close to home” format.
The hardware and electronics segment showed modest growth with 120 new outlets, although 80 stores in the category closed. The network “Kybernetika” became the leader in this segment. Fashion retail was in fifth place: 108 new stores were opened, and 43 were closed, which gave a net increase of 65 points. The Sinsay network expanded the most in this segment.
