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In Ukraine, more than 234 thousand trade marks remain in force, and some of them are still linked to Russian and Belarusian owners. It became known how many companies have sanction connections and which large business groups own portfolios of trade marks.
How many trade marks in Ukraine belong to Russians
78% of active trade marks belong to Ukrainian owners. This is stated in a YouControl study.
Among foreign countries by the number of owners, the United States, Cyprus, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom lead. At the same time, Russian and Belarusian owners are still present in the list:
1 299 trade marks belong to Russian individuals or legal entities;
312 trade marks have at the ownership of citizens or companies from Belarus.
In total from 1992 year through September 2026-th, nearly 394 thousand trade marks were registered in Ukraine. As of 1 October 2026 year, more than 234 thousand of them remained active.
Which companies and business groups own trade marks
The largest portfolios of trade marks are concentrated in companies operating in the food industry, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. The most companies-owners are registered in Kyiv and Kyiv region.
Analysts also checked links between companies and corporate groups represented in the YouControl system. Up to 2 030 such groups include 4 774 companies from the studied sample – this is 22% of its total count.
At the same time, links are not mutually exclusive: one company can belong to several corporate groups, and one group can unite several companies that own trade marks. In terms of the number of owning companies, the following groups lead in the study:
"System Capital Management (SCM)" – 64 companies;
"Private" – 60 companies;
"Dragon Capital" – 34 companies;
"Istvan" and "Group DF" – about 30 companies each.
Analysts pay particular attention to sanction-related ties of key persons of two business groups.
Key persons of two of these corporate groups are under NSDC sanctions: from "Private" – Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Hennadiy Boholyubov, from "Group DF" – Dmytro Firtash.
– noted in the study.
Which trade mark owners are linked to sanctions
Among Ukrainian companies that own active trade marks, 163 have sanction ties. This concerns not only legal entities directly on sanction lists, but also businesses connected with sanctioned participants, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners, or executives.
In particular, PJSC Morhynskyi Mineral Water Plant "Oscar" has 112 active trade marks. At the same time, its shareholder is the Cyprus company "International Distribution Systems Limited", which is under NSDC sanctions.
Another example is LLC "Television and Radio Company "112-TV", which owns two trade marks. The company belongs to former Ukrainian parliament deputy Taras Kozak, who is under sanctions, and the legal entity itself is directly included in the NSDC sanctions list.
How many Ukrainian companies have a Russian trace
According to YouControl, 159 Ukrainian companies – owners of active trade marks – have in their ownership structure representatives from Russia.
Among the examples listed in the study:
PJSC "Wimm-Bill-Dann Ukraine", which owns 45 trade marks. Its shareholder is the Russian company "Wimm-Bill-Dann Products Pitania".
LLC "Omnifarma Kyiv", whose portfolio includes 19 trade marks. Among the founders or participants of the company is citizen of Russia Natalia Filatova.
In addition, another 110 companies from the studied sample are part of international holdings or groups, whose participants include legal entities registered in Russia.
Analysts provide the example of LLC "Sandoza", which is part of PepsiCo, Inc.'s subsidiaries. Among other companies in this list are also Russian legal entities — according to data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as of 27 December 2025 year.
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