Best Software Companies in Ukraine (2026)

The three companies at a glance

Ranked by the most recent employee count stated on each company’s Wikipedia article or official website, checked 24 October 2026. Years in brackets show when that figure applies; companies without a stated figure are listed last.

The companies in detail

Also worth knowing

These companies did not make the ranking, for the reason given, but are often mentioned alongside it.

• Grammarly: The AI writing assistant was founded in Ukraine in 2009 and keeps a large team in Kyiv; it is headquartered in San Francisco.
• Ciklum: Software engineering company with large Ukrainian delivery centres (about 4,500 staff); headquartered in London.

What this list tells us about Ukraine’s software industry

• Kyiv is the main hub. 2 of the three companies on this list are headquartered there, with others in Lviv (and Austin, US).
• A long track record. The oldest company here, SoftServe, was founded in 1993; the youngest, MacPaw, in 2008.
• Founding wave. More companies on this list were founded in the 1990s (2) than in any other decade.
• Ownership mix. 0 of the three are publicly listed and 0 are subsidiaries of, or majority-owned by, other groups; the rest are independent private companies, cooperatives or state-linked organisations.

Ukraine at a glance

Capital

Kyiv

Official languages

Ukrainian

Currency

Hryvnia (UAH)

Population

32.4 million (2026 est.)

GDP per capita (nominal)

$7,075 (2026 est.)

Economy. Agriculture, especially grain exports, is a major sector, though output has fallen since the 2022 invasion.

Country figures from Wikipedia’s article on Ukraine, checked 24 October 2026. Estimates are rounded and dated as stated there.

Working with software companies in Ukraine

• Time zone. Ukraine spans several time zones, from UTC+02:00 to UTC+03:00 across the year. Agree overlap hours in writing before a project starts.
• Data protection. Check which data protection law applies to any personal data you share, and put the obligations into your contract.
• Due diligence. Large companies on this list mostly sell their own products or enterprise services. If you need a development partner for a specific project, ask for case studies, interview the engineers and start with a short paid trial. Our guide on how to choose an IT staff augmentation company includes a free vendor scorecard.
• Budget. Typical 2026 hourly rates by region are in our IT staff augmentation cost and rates guide.

How we built this list

1. Candidates. We started from Wikipedia’s list of companies of Ukraine, the country’s best-known technology firms and companies regularly named in the local and international business press.
2. Scope. We kept companies whose main business is software, IT services or a software-based platform, and that are headquartered in Ukraine. Telecom operators, banks and hardware makers were left out, as were local offices of foreign groups. Companies founded in Ukraine but now headquartered abroad are listed separately when relevant.
3. Verification. For every company we checked headquarters, founding year, ownership, size and whether it is still active against its Wikipedia article or, where none exists, its own official website, on 24 October 2026. Each entry links to the page we checked.
4. Ranking. Companies are ranked by their most recently stated number of employees, the most comparable size measure available for public and private firms alike.
5. No payments. No company paid or was asked to appear. iCreativez Technologies is itself a software and IT services company, so we do not include or rank ourselves on country lists.

Employee figures come from different years, are sometimes self-reported on company websites and sometimes count a whole group rather than one company, so treat the ranking as a guide to scale rather than an exact league table.

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Frequently asked questions

Sources

All company details were checked on 24 October 2026 against these pages:

• Wikipedia: List of companies of Ukraine
• SoftServe: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoftServe
• MacPaw: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacPaw
• GSC Game World: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSC_Game_World
• Wikipedia: Ukraine (country profile)

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