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There are more than 234 thousand trademark registrations currently in effect in Ukraine, and some of them remain linked to Russian and Belarusian owners. It became known how many companies have sanction-linked ties and which large business groups own portfolios of trademarks.
How many trademarks in Ukraine belong to Russians
78% of active trademarks belong to Ukrainian owners. This is stated in the YouControl study.
Among foreign countries by the number of owners, the leading ones are the United States, Cyprus, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. At the same time, Russian and Belarusian owners are still present in the list:
1 299 trademarks belong to Russian individuals or legal entities;
312 trademarks have among their owners citizens or companies from Belarus.
Overall from 1992 to September 2026, a little under 394 thousand trademarks were registered in Ukraine. As of October 1, 2026, more than 234 thousand of them remained active.
Which companies and business groups own trademark portfolios
The largest trademark portfolios are concentrated in companies operating in the food industry, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals. The most companies-owners are registered in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
Analysts also checked links of companies with corporate groups represented in the YouControl system. Among 2 030 such groups are 4 774 companies from the studied sample — this is 22% of its total number.
At the same time, links are not mutually exclusive: one company can be part of several corporate groups, and one group can unite several companies that own trademarks. By the number of owning companies in the study, the leading groups are:
"System Capital Management (SCM)" – 64 companies;
"Privat" – 60 companies;
"Dragon Capital" – 34 companies;
"Istvan" and "Group DF" – about 30 companies each.
Analysts paid particular attention to sanction-linked ties of key individuals of two business groups.
Key persons from two of these corporate groups are under sanctions by the NSDC: from Privat — Ihor Kolomoyskyi and Hennadiy Boholyubov, from Group DF — Dmytro Firtash.
— noted in the study.
Which trademark owners are linked to sanctions
Among Ukrainian companies that own active trademarks, 163 have sanction ties. This concerns not only legal entities directly included in the sanction lists, but also businesses connected with sanctioned participants, shareholders, ultimate beneficial owners, or managers.
In particular, PrJSC "Morshynsky Plant of Mineral Waters 'Oscar'" has 112 active trademarks. At the same time, its shareholder is the Cypriot company "International Distribution Systems Limited" — under NSDC sanctions.
Another example is LLC "Television and Radio Company '112-TV'", which owns two trademarks. The company is owned by former Ukrainian parliamentarian 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 that own active trademarks have Russia-linked representation in their ownership structure.
Among the examples cited in the study:
CJSC "Vim-Bill-Dann Ukraine" which owns 45 trademarks. Its shareholder is the Russian company "Vim-Bill-Dann Products Pitaniya".
LLC "Omnipharm Kyiv" which portfolio includes 19 trademarks. Among the founders or participants of the company is citizen of Russia Natalia Filatova.
Additionally, another 110 companies from the studied sample are part of international holdings or groups, whose participants include legal entities registered in Russia.
Analysts give the example of LLC "Sandoz", which is part of the list of subsidiaries of PepsiCo, Inc. Among other companies in this list are Russian legal entities — according to data from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as of 27 December 2025.
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