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"ATB" is one of the largest players in Ukrainian grocery retail. Behind the company's success are three businessmen who developed it from wholesale trading to a national discount network.
Who owns "ATB"
The co-owners of the ATB network are Gennadiy Butkevych, Evgeny Ermakov, and Viktor Karachun. Each of them owns 33,3% of the company, writes "RBC-Ukraine".
The network operates in the national discount format and grew out of the corporation "AgroTechBiznes". Its history began in 1993 year with wholesale trading of fuel, and later the business expanded into large-scale processing activities.
One of the key development stages was forming a circle of co-owners, which included Butkevych, Ermakov, and Karachun.
How Gennadiy Butkevych came to the grocery business
In the 1990-s, Gennadiy Butkevych headed law enforcement structures in Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as security services of the corporations "Soyuz" and "Unified Energy Systems of Ukraine" (UESU).
In 1996 year he became the owner of the meat processing plant "Yubileiny". This became one of the steps laying the groundwork for further development of the business in the grocery segment.
In the next 15 years, ATB significantly strengthened its market position. In 2013 year, by revenue, the network surpassed Fozzy Group and consolidated its place among the leaders of Ukrainian retail. Several factors contributed to this:
cost optimization and operating in discount format;
own production;
strong bargaining position in relations with suppliers.
The scale of the network gives it significant leverage when negotiating with manufacturers. According to Viktor Karachun, in 2022 year even The Coca-Cola Company switched to packaging of 2,2 liters, developed specifically for ATB.
In 2025 year the network's turnover reached 247,3 billion hryvnias, and its market share was about 40%.
What kind of wealth do ATB co-owners have
Gennadiy Butkevych is among the wealthiest Ukrainian businessmen. According to Focus magazine’s ranking for 2025 year, his wealth is estimated at 678 million dollars.
At the same time, the businessman is only one of three co-owners of the network: Evgeny Ermakov and Viktor Karachun also own a third each. Thanks to the scale of the business, ATB remains one of the key players in the Ukrainian grocery market.
By the way, almost every Ukrainian city has ATB supermarkets, but shoppers sometimes notice they look different. Some are the usual blue ones, others are more modern, almost black, but the difference is not only in color. So what exactly distinguishes the black and blue ATB stores?
It turns out that the black ATB supermarkets have a more modern interior, more space and additional zones for baking, coffee, and fresh juices, and also save up to 70% of electricity compared with the blue ones. Also in black stores, self-checkout terminals are installed for faster service and to avoid queues.
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