Buy a ready-made company in Ukraine

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Updated: 21 October 2026 · Legal Solutions, Kyiv

When a ready-made company makes sense

A ready-made company is bought when work has to start before a new entity could be registered and set up: a tender closes, a contract is ready to sign, a counterparty expects a VAT payer, or the activity needs a licence from day one. A company with a trading history can also matter for tenders and bank financing.

Ready-made company or a new LLC

For a new company, see company registration in Ukraine.

Ready-made companies we work with

• An LLC with VAT in Kyiv — for work with VAT-paying counterparties from the first invoice.
• A company with turnover — trading history, filed reports and bank activity.
• A construction company and a company with a licence, including licences for security activities, electricity or gas supply, international passenger transport and tour operator activity.
• An LLC on the single tax (simplified system).
• Non-profit forms: a charitable organisation and a public organisation.

The table above shows the legal form, the year of registration, the VAT status, the region, the main activity code and turnover. The company name and registration code are shared after your request.

What we check before you pay

• The extract from the Unified State Register, the charter, the participants, the ultimate beneficial owner and the powers of the director.
• Whether the share is paid up and whether the charter requires the other participants' consent to its sale.
• Financial and tax reports, settlements with the budget, VAT returns and suspended tax invoices.
• Tax risk criteria that lead to suspension of tax invoices, for example a company with no open bank accounts or with no VAT reporting for the last two periods.
• Court cases, enforcement proceedings and encumbrances on the share.
• Key contracts, employees and the status of any licence or permit.

The result of the check sets the price discussion with the seller and the seller's liability clauses in the share purchase agreement. A deeper review is available as a separate legal audit.

How the transfer works

1. Brief. You tell us the purpose of the purchase, the activity codes (KVED), the tax regime, the region and the company age you need, and who will be the new participant, director and ultimate beneficial owner.
2. Shortlist. We select companies that fit the brief.
3. Due diligence. We check the chosen company before any payment.
4. Deal documents. We draft the share purchase agreement and the share transfer deed. Other participants have a pre-emptive right to buy the share, unless the charter sets another procedure.
5. Signing. Signatures on a paper share transfer deed are notarised; the agreement itself is notarised where a participant has set that requirement.
6. State registration. The new participant, director and ownership structure are entered in the Unified State Register; the result is an extract from the register.
7. Handover. Company documents, accounting records and the seal, if the company uses one, are handed over under a deed. Changes to the charter or a change of director are registered where needed.

Buying as a foreigner or a foreign company

A foreign individual or a foreign company can become the participant of a Ukrainian LLC. A foreign company buyer files a document confirming its registration in its home country. Documents issued abroad are legalised or apostilled, unless an international treaty provides otherwise, and translated into Ukrainian with a certified translation. The registrar also receives the ownership structure, which shows the ultimate beneficial owner. We arrange a Ukrainian tax ID number (RNOKPP) for the new participant and director where needed. For a new company with foreign capital, see LLC with a foreign founder.

Why clients trust Legal Solutions

• We take on the whole job. Documents, filings, correspondence with the authorities and official queries are on us. We need your decisions and signatures, and we call when your input really matters.
• Refusals and queries are our job. If a registrar, the tax office or a bank sends documents back, we revise and refile, appealing where needed, at no extra charge until the matter is closed.
• We see it through. Your matter will not get lost on the way: the same person stays on it even when the process takes months.
• Since 2012, with personal involvement. Legal Solutions has been in practice since 2012, and an experienced specialist handles each matter personally. Non-standard matters are our field: where you have been told it cannot be done, we look for a lawful way.
• Confidentiality written into the contract. Information about you, your company and your deals stays between us; competitors and third parties will not get it. We disclose only what the law or the procedure requires.
• Right on the first filing. We know the typical queries from registrars and authorities and deal with them before filing, so there are fewer rounds of revisions. We give realistic timelines, allowing for how the authorities work, and put them in the contract.

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