The article deals with the problem of the impact of the economic stability of the holding on the development of the economy of the region. The expediency of formation of the regional timber industry holding is substantiated; the essence of this phenomenon is clarified. The content of the definition of economic stability of enterprises in the interpretation of individual scientists is given. The types of economic stability of the holding are determined. They are: industrial- technical (stability of the production cycle of the integrated association, coherence of its resource support), commercial (level of business activity, reliability of economic relations, competitive potential of the company), organizational (stability of the internal organizational structure, coherence and efficiency of the relations among the holding companies, among the separate departments and services of the enterprise, the effectiveness of their joint activity), innovative (the ability of the enterprise to adopt new technologies and methods of organization of production concerning the release of new products, the implementation of the innovative kinds of work or services), social (assistance in the raising of the level of social security of employees, involving the workers of the enterprise into the public processes, solving certain social issues such as trade union’s assistance, ensuring employment of the population etc.), financial (effective use of financial resources, in which the holding company is able to provide an uninterrupted process of production and sale of products, use the means of expansion and renewal of production).Their influence on the development of the region’s economy is shown. In particular, the development of production, technical and technological level of the holding; development of related industries; rationalization of the use of forest resources, increasing of the competitiveness of forestry enterprises in the national and international markets, meeting the demand of the population, reducing the number of management entities, stabilizing the region’s economy, improving the management of economic entities, developing the level of corporate culture, adoption of innovations into the industrial sphere of various branches, increasing of the competitiveness of the country in the international market; increasing of the welfare of society, reducing unemployment; economic growth, increase of tax revenues in the regional budget, decrease of the general level of insolvency, etc. 

integration, integration structure, holding, timber industry complex, economic stability