Analytical study of the development of entrepreneurship in the regions of the state in the field of trade

The article provides an analytical study of the development of entrepreneurship in the field of trade. The prerequisites for ensuring the development of entrepreneurship in the field of trade are analysed. In particular, such indicators as the number of enterprises by type of economic activity; the number of enterprises that carried out retail trade activities by type of economic activity; the number of trade objects (in general, in cities and urban-type settlements, in rural areas); the retail network of retail trade objects (by stores, pharmacies and gas stations); availability of retail facilities (total, shops, retail space) were analysed. The analysis of the results of entrepreneurship development in the field of trade is carried out. In this direction, such indicators as retail trade turnover; retail trade turnover of retail trade enterprises by type of economic activity; indices of the physical volume of retail trade turnover of retail trade enterprises are analysed. A comprehensive assessment of the development of entrepreneurship in the regions of the state in the field of trade was carried out. The regions of the state are grouped according to the level of prerequisites, results and development of entrepreneurship in the field of trade. Analytical studies have shown that the highest level of entrepreneurship development in the field of trade is observed in Kyiv. The group of regions with an average level of entrepreneurship development in the field of trade includes Donetsk, Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, and Kharkiv regions. Such regions of the state as Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Kherson, Khmelnytsky, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, Chernihiv regions were included in the group with a low level of entrepreneurship development in the field of trade. Generalized conclusions were made that there is a group of regions that have potential opportunities and prerequisites for ensuring a high level of business development in the field of trade and at the same time have low performance indicators, which indicates the need to make informed decisions to improve the efficiency of their use