The experts from the Polish Economic Institute (PIE) believe that after the Russian attack on Ukraine, Poland has become a natural logistic and organizational hub for Ukrainian enterprises and a place of their relocation due to its geographical location and cultural proximity.
Companies with one of the shareholders is a Ukrainian company or a natural person with Ukrainian citizenship account for 23% of companies with foreign capital operating in Poland.
At the end of January 2022, 21.8 thousand Ukrainian companies i.e. over 2.5 times more than German and 5 times more than Dutch firms were operating in Poland. 38% of Ukrainian companies were registered in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, most of them in Warsaw.
Mostly, Ukrainian companies operate in the sectors of construction (23%) and trade (22%), while 14% are involved in transport. Administration and support services make up 13%; mostly they are temporary employment agencies and companies providing cleaning services.
Gremi Personal, referring to the official data of the Social Insurance Institution, states that Ukrainians are currently the largest group of foreigners, running a business in Poland. They constitute 25% of all self-employed foreigners.
Russia’s attack on Ukraine affected the entire Ukrainian economy, especially small and medium-sized enterprises. In the face of war, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAiH) organized support for companies from Ukraine and provided them with office space.
From the beginning of March, small and medium-sized companies from Ukraine can operate from the territory of Poland. Ukrainian companies can already use the Coworking Ukraine office space in a tenement house at Bagatela Street 12 in Warsaw. The program is scheduled for three months with the possibility of extension depending on the situation.
“We understand how important it is to maintain the continuity of the work of Ukrainian companies despite the ongoing armed conflict. It will allow our neighbours’ economy to recover after the crisis. Therefore, we urgently launched a space that will enable them to operate comfortably in Poland. As PAIH, we will support Ukrainian companies that will ask us for help”, said Krzysztof Drynda, president of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency.
Adrian Andrzejewski order