Forming of balanced food market is one of topical problems of social-economic development of Ukraine. Overcoming the crisis in agrarian sector of economy is expected on the base of development of market relations in Ukraine. Domestic food market of Ukraine has expressed regional differences. Each region has its own conditions for its functioning, which are stipulated by resource potential of enterprises, level of development of market infrastructure, natural conditions, regional specialization etc. Problems of formation and development of agriculture on market principles are explored by many Ukrainian and foreign researches. The studies of Balabanova H., Berezin P., Sabluk P., Shebanin V. and others were directed to solve these problems. However, we can notice that in scientific publication  68 there are many approaches even concerning meaning of conception "market". Problems of optimal combination of market regulators are still debatable. The aim of the paper is to identify factors that affect the food market, reasons of too slow development of market relations in agriculture of Ukraine.