The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) analyzed the financial statements and growth dynamics of Diia.City companies and found that the number of residents more than doubled in 2024. Key drivers for this growth include the development of the defence-tech sector and the availability of specialist reservations from military service. The data is presented in an analytical dashboard.
Throughout 2024, 889 companies joined the Diia.City economic zone. Among the new residents are companies from the defence-tech sector, particularly manufacturers of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and specialized equipment. As of the end of 2024, Diia.City numbered 1,396 companies, a third of which are startups. BRDO experts attribute the active recruitment of new members to the following factors:
- The 2023 expansion of the list of permissible business activities for residents allowed for the inclusion of manufacturers of UAVs and other military equipment.
- The provision of additional opportunities for employees to reserve via Diia.City residents in 2024.
- Growing business confidence in the Diia.City – a virtual free economic zone.
BRDO’s analysis found that defence companies ranked among the top five revenue leaders in 2024. They were surpassed only by the IT service companies GlobalLogic Ukraine (UAH 11.7 billion) and EPAM Digital (UAH 7.5 billion). The top three highest-earning defence-tech residents of Diia.City in 2024 were:
- Scrintec LLC (UAV supplier) – UAH 6.5 billion;
- Techavtofart Pivden LLC (UAV manufacturer) – UAH 5.4 billion;
- UKRSPECSYSTEMS LLC (UAV manufacturer) – UAH 5.2 billion.
Two of the top three defence-tech leaders are among Diia.City residents only began their activities in UAV production in 2023. Scrintec LLC previously specialized in selling COVID-19 tests, while Techavtofart Pivden LLC focused on supplying auto parts, and vehicles, and trading other goods.
Kyiv remains the main hub for Diia.City. At the end of 2024, the capital was home to nearly half of all residents, who generated 69% of the total revenue. The top 5 regional leaders by the number of Diia.City residents in 2024 were:
- Kyiv – 761 companies;
- Lviv region – 204 companies;
- Dnipropetrovsk region – 69 companies;
- Kharkiv region – 61 companies;
- Kyiv region – 40 companies.
“We are seeing not just quantitative growth, but a qualitative transformation of Diia.City. The tech sector is adapting to the realities of war, and defence tech is becoming a crucial part of it. The fact that defence companies are becoming revenue leaders confirms the formation of a new, large industry within the domestic market,” commented Ihor Samokhodskyi, Head of ICT at BRDO.
Meanwhile, the development of defence tech has reshaped the regional revenue map. Odesa Oblast, with only 32 residents, entered the top 3 regions by revenue. The top three regional leaders of Diia.City by revenue in 2024 were:
- Kyiv – UAH 127.7 billion. The largest residents by revenue include the aforementioned GlobalLogic Ukraine, EPAM Digital, and Scrintec.
- Lviv region – UAH 18.8 billion. The region’s largest residents are legal entities of the SoftServe group of companies and the Hurzuf Defence UAV manufacturer.
- Odesa region – UAH 9 billion. The largest residents are the UAV manufacturer Techavtofart Pivden, the operator of the auto parts online store Avtodok Ukraine, and the digital agency Netpeak.
The analysis was prepared based on open data from the public register of Diia.City residents and the financial statements of Ukrainian enterprises for 2024, published on the data.gov.ua portal. All companies featured in the dashboard independently decided to obtain Diia.City resident status and voluntarily submitted financial statements to state statistics bodies, despite having the right not to submit them during martial law, according to current legislation. These financial statements are public under Ukrainian legal requirements regarding the transparency of legal entities’ financial reporting. Since the register does not reflect the dates of loss of resident status, quantitative indicators may contain minor discrepancies.
The Better Regulation Delivery Office (BRDO) supports the accessibility of legal entities’ financial statements as open data. Restrictions on access to information in the form of open data regarding defence industry complex enterprises should be carried out:
- Regarding specific information, not broad categories of data;
- Using existing regimes for restricting access to public information (classified information, confidential information, official information);
- After conducting a three-part test;
- Based on the assumption that the enemy has access to information from registers through legal or illegal means.
A detailed analysis of Diia.City residents is presented in the analytical dashboard.