How to become a resident of an industrial park in Ukraine: a 2026 step-by-step guide

An industrial park is the fastest way to launch manufacturing in Ukraine on a prepared site — with access roads, electricity, gas and water, and without years of paperwork to change the designated use of land. But to get access to that infrastructure and to tax incentives, a company must go through a formal procedure and become a park participant. Here is how it works in 2026.

Who is who in an industrial park

The rules are set by the Law of Ukraine "On Industrial Parks" No. 5018-VI. There are three key roles:

• Initiator — the owner or lessee of the land who decides to create the park, develops its concept and files for inclusion in the Register. A park is created for a term of at least 30 years.
• Management company — the legal entity that develops the territory, builds the utility networks and signs contracts with participants.
• Participant — a business entity operating within the park under a contract with the management company. In everyday speech such a company is called a "resident", but the law and the tax rules use the term "participant" — worth remembering when you prepare documents.

The Register of industrial parks is maintained by the Ministry of Economy, and the decision to include a park in it is taken by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. It is the park's presence in the Register that unlocks tax and customs incentives.

Who can become a participant

Formally — any business entity that signs a contract with the management company. In practice two filters narrow the list.

First, the concept of the specific park. It defines the permitted types of activity. If a park is aimed at manufacturing, a warehouse of excisable goods will not fit.

Second, the conditions of the tax incentives. The corporate profit tax exemption applies to participants engaged in manufacturing, waste collection and treatment, or research and development. A purely trading or development company will get the infrastructure but not the zero rate.

The most common participants are producers of equipment and components, agri-food processing plants, manufacturers of building materials, packaging and furniture, as well as logistics operators that need highway access and significant electrical capacity.

Step 1. Define your technical requirements

Before the first meeting with a management company you should be able to answer five questions:

• how large a plot you need for buildings and landscaping;
• how much electrical capacity the production will consume (kW/MW) and whether you need gas;
• your water consumption and wastewater volumes;
• your logistics — daily freight turnover, truck access, rail requirements;
• the approximate construction and launch schedule.

These figures determine whether your project fits the park's available capacity and how much the connection will cost.

Step 2. Choose a park

Compare sites on four parameters: presence in the Register, the real state of utility networks (not just plans), logistics, and the cooperation formats the management company offers. Always check whether capacity has already been allocated at the substation and which documents confirm it — a promise to "connect you" and technical conditions actually held by the management company are two different things.

For reference: Terezyne Industrial Park is located at the 82nd kilometre of the Kyiv–Odesa highway (M05/E95) in the Bila Tserkva district of Kyiv region, covers 14.9882 hectares and has 80 MW of available electrical capacity (two 40 MW transformer groups).

Step 3. Application and negotiations

You send a request with a short description of the project, the management company checks whether it matches the park concept and proposes a plot configuration. At this stage you agree on the essentials: area, boundaries, access to networks, construction phasing and indicative cost.

Step 4. The business activity contract

This is the key document that makes a company a park participant. It fixes an exhaustive list of activities, works and services the participant will carry out within the park, the rights and obligations of both parties, the rules for using the infrastructure and the term.

Pay attention to how the activities are worded: if you expect the zero profit tax rate, the list in the contract must match the qualifying activity codes. A mistake here costs ten years of incentives.

Step 5. Land and construction

Next comes the land contract. The typical formats are:

• lease or sublease with development rights — you build your own facility;
• purchase of a plot within the park;
• Build-to-Suit — the management company designs and builds the facility to your specification, and you lease or buy it ready.

After that: design, permits, construction and commissioning. The management company normally supports these stages, since networks and roads are its responsibility.

Step 6. Claiming the incentives

Incentives are not switched on automatically by the fact of a lease. The company must be registered as a park participant, operate exclusively within the park and meet the conditions of the Tax Code. Read more in our separate article on tax incentives for industrial park residents.

Documents you will need

• an extract from the Unified State Register and constituent documents;
• a description of the investment project: activity, investment volume, number of jobs;
• technical requirements for the plot and utility capacity;
• an indicative project schedule;
• for a foreign investor — ownership structure documents and proof of funding sources.

The exact list depends on the cooperation format and the requirements of the specific management company.

How long does it take

An initial response to an application usually takes a few business days. Agreeing the concept and selecting a plot takes from two or three weeks to several months, depending on the complexity of the brief. The longest stages are not the negotiations but design and permitting — so the earlier you start the dialogue, the fewer surprises on site.

Three mistakes that cost the most

1. Not checking the park's status in the Register. Without it there are no tax or customs incentives, whatever the seller of the land promises.
2. Underestimating the required capacity. Increasing allocated capacity after connection is far more expensive than building in a margin from the start.
3. Describing the activities imprecisely in the contract. The tax authority reads the contract literally.

How it works at Terezyne

Terezyne is a greenfield site of 14.9882 hectares created for a 30-year term. Three entry formats are available: lease or sublease of a plot with development rights, purchase of a plot, and build-to-suit construction. Terms are formed individually for each project, taking into account the area, required capacity and contract duration.

If you are planning production in the Kyiv region, see the terms for residents or write to us with a short description of your project and we will prepare an offer.