You cannot verify a Ukrainian company from a spreadsheet. We do it standing on their factory floor.
Independent, on-the-ground verification of Ukrainian suppliers and acquisition targets, written for Western procurement and investment teams. Your dossier arrives in 10 business days.
Steel profiles and fabrication. Lviv oblast. Prospective supplier.
ProceedProceed with conditionsDo not proceed
Proceed with conditions
Ownership chain traced to beneficial ownersVerified
Sanctions, PEP and watchlistsClear
ISO 9001 checked with the issuing bodyVerified
Claimed 400 t/month; evidence supports about 290Gap
Key staff protected from mobilization: 7 of 10 rolesWatch
Conditions. Size first orders to observed capacity. Stage payments against delivery. Pre-shipment inspection on the first two orders.
Every finding separates what we verified from what the company told us.
What you can't see from a distance
Western buyers and investors are waking up to a market most can't reach, and to risks they can't see from a distance. Is the company real? Is the capacity real? Is the ownership clean? Is the location safe to source from?
In a war economy, documents can lie, and Google Maps doesn't walk the floor.
Questions no registry answers:
Can this factory keep its workforce through mobilization?
Will it keep running through a blackout?
How close is it to the front, and how often has the area been hit?
What you receive
A structured dossier on any Ukrainian company you're considering buying from, or buying. It is written the way a Western procurement or investment team wants to read it: clear, evidenced, and ending with a call we're willing to put our name to.
Section 1
Legal
Registration and status, ownership chain to the beneficial owners, tax standing, litigation, and sanctions and watchlist screening.
Section 2
Operational
A physical site visit: real equipment, real workforce, real capacity, and the current order book.
Section 3
Commercial
Export history, certifications checked at the source, existing customers, and payment behavior.
Section 4
Risk read
Location and logistics exposure, war-related risk, workforce continuity, energy resilience, and red-flag indicators.
Section 5
Evidence
Timestamped photos, registry extracts, management interview notes, and the verdict.
Proceed
No significant red flags. Any minor issues come with clear mitigations.
Proceed with conditions
Manageable risks, with the protections we recommend: staged payments, pre-shipment inspection, a follow-up visit.
Do not proceed
A hard stop, and exactly why. Every verdict also says what would change our view.
Why us
We don't verify from Google Maps. Destination Ukraine is a working operation on the ground, with staff, vehicles, and legal counsel on call.
Every dossier is reviewed by a senior lead and written to a Western standard of reporting. Legal findings and the final verdict are reviewed with Ukrainian counsel.
One accountable local team checks the records, walks the site, challenges the claims and explains what the evidence means for your decision.
Pricing
Three levels, fixed prices, no hourly billing. Choose by what's at stake.
Desk Verification
For shortlisting suppliers, screening a small first order, or deciding whether a visit is worth it.
$1,250
5 business days
Registration, legal status, and history of changes
Ownership chain to the ultimate beneficial owners
Company, owners and directors screened against EU, UK, US, UN and Ukrainian sanctions lists, plus PEP and watchlists
Tax standing, VAT status, and tax debt
Litigation, enforcement, and bankruptcy
Certifications checked with the issuing bodies
Export history and public tender record, where available
Adverse media in Ukrainian, Russian and English
Preliminary verdict, and whether we recommend a visit
An 8–12 page report with registry extracts.
On-Site Dossier
Most requested. For first significant orders, long-term supply agreements, and anyone about to pay in advance.
$3,900
10 business days
Everything in Desk Verification
Two-person visit to the production site
Equipment, workforce and capacity checked against the company's claims
Order book review and two customer reference calls
Management interview
Workforce continuity: whether key staff are protected from mobilization
Energy resilience: backup power, fuel reserves, and time lost to outages and alerts
Location risk: distance from the front, strike history, and logistics routes out
Timestamped photo record of site, equipment and operations
Final verdict, reviewed by our legal counsel
A 20–30 page dossier, evidence annex, and a 30-minute debrief call.
Acquisition-Grade Diligence
For investors, acquirers, and joint-venture partners. Scoped per deal.
from $12,000
Typically 3–4 weeks
Everything in the On-Site Dossier
Three years of financial statements, revenue quality, and customer concentration
Real estate, land and assets, with liens and encumbrances
Permits and licences, environmental and labor flags
Background checks on key people and related parties
Multiple management interviews and 5–8 reference calls
Valuation inputs for your advisers
Red-flag memo for your lawyers and investment committee
A full report, red-flag memo, and a debrief with your deal team.
Add-ons
Add-on
What it does
Price
Ongoing monitoring
Alerts on ownership, director, court, tax-debt and sanctions changes, plus a quarterly summary
$200/month per company, 6-month minimum, or $2,000/year
Follow-up site check
A return visit to a company we've already verified, for example before a large order ships
$1,500
Additional site
A second production site of the same company
$1,500
Rush delivery
On-Site Dossier in 7 business days
+30%
Multiple suppliers
Verifying several companies at once
10% off 3–4, 15% off 5+
Extended travel zone
Sites that need an overnight trip from our bases
+$500
Frontline oblasts
Subject to our security assessment. We decline visits that don't clear it
By quote, from +$1,000
Certified translation
Key documents translated and certified
Quoted per document
How it works
An On-Site Dossier, day by day.
Day 0
Start
Scoping call, engagement letter, visit date confirmed.
Days 1–4
Desk check
Registries, sanctions, courts, certifications, and media.
Days 5–7
Site visit
Equipment, workforce, capacity, order book, and management interview.
Days 8–9
Legal review
Drafting, red-flag register, and counsel's review of the verdict.
Day 10
Delivery
Dossier and debrief call.
The 10-day clock starts once the engagement is signed and the company has confirmed a visit date. The free scoping call takes 30 minutes.
Coverage
Standard coverage
Sites reachable as day trips from our operating bases in Ukraine.
Extended travel zone
Sites that need an overnight trip: +$500.
Frontline oblasts
By security assessment and quote. We decline visits the assessment doesn't clear. Your dossier is not worth a life.
Occupied territories
We do not visit. Any company with registration, assets or operations there is flagged.
We work openly
The company knows it's being verified. We ask it to host the visit and show us documents. A supplier who refuses has already told you something important.
If the company refuses or cancels access, you receive the desk findings and a documented record of the refusal. We refund the difference between your tier and Desk Verification, less any travel costs already incurred.
We also verify who we work for. Every client is identity-checked and sanctions-screened before we start.
What a dossier is, and isn't
It is independent, evidence-based verification at a point in time. It is not a legal opinion, a financial audit, a certification audit, or a guarantee of future performance. It is prepared for you, and may not be relied on by third parties without our written consent.
Questions buyers ask
Will the company know we're checking them?+−
Yes. We don't do covert investigations. Being open is what makes a site visit and a management interview possible.
Can you verify ISO, CE, IATF or food-safety certificates?+−
Yes. We check each certificate against the certification body or scheme directory that issued it, not the PDF the supplier sent you.
How is this different from a factory inspection?+−
An inspection checks the floor. We check the floor, the owners, the courts, the tax record and the sanctions lists, then give you a verdict and the contract protections we'd use in your position.
What if the company refuses the visit?+−
You receive the desk findings and a documented refusal, and we refund the difference between your tier and Desk Verification, less travel costs already incurred.
Is it safe for your team to visit?+−
Every visit goes through a security assessment first. Frontline areas are assessed case by case, and we decline visits that don't clear.
Do you verify companies in every sector?+−
Most. Companies in regulated or security-sensitive sectors go through a separate review before we accept the engagement, and some we decline.
Can you keep watching a supplier after we sign?+−
Yes. Ongoing monitoring alerts you to ownership, director, court, tax and sanctions changes as they happen, with a quarterly summary.
Do you work in Moldova too?+−
Yes, through Destination Moldova. Comparing suppliers in both countries? Verify one company in each and take 10% off both.
Request a verification
Tell us about the company and the deal. We'll reply within one business day to book your free 30-minute scoping call.
