By dimension | Legal entities | Subjects of individual entrepreneurship | Branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities | Subjects of small and medium business | ||||
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registered | operating | registered | operating | registered | operating | registered | operating | |
Total | 528 410 | 424 223 | 1 725 703 | 1 651 768 | 31 970 | 22 510 | 2 187 241 | 2 017 379 |
Small | 519 229 | 415 188 | - | - | 30 841 | 21 395 | 2 184 193 | 2 014418 |
Medium | 6 703 | 6 587 | - | - | 632 | 623 | 3 048 | 2 961 |
Large | 2 478 | 2 448 | - | - | 497 | 492 | - | - |
Annually, there is an increase in the number of registered legal entities by an average of 4.5%, so over the past ten years (2013-2023) their number has increased from 353833 to 526290 (by 172457 units or 48.7%). At the same time, it should be noted that the main growth occurs due to small legal entities, their number is steadily increasing every year by an average of 4.6%. Unlike small ones, the dynamics of medium and large legal entities is not stable. Over the past decade, against the background of the annual growth in the number of medium and large legal entities, in 2016, 2017 and 2019 their number was not significant, but decreased (by 1.3%, 1.4% and 3.1%, respectively).
By dimension | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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Republic of Kazakhstan | 353 833 | 360 287 | 383 850 | 412 677 | 433 774 | 446 687 | 461 983 | 481 732 | 507 238 | 526 290 |
Small | 344 994 | 351 229 | 374 912 | 403 862 | 424 796 | 437 988 | 453 343 | 472 777 | 497 995 | 517 123 |
Medium | 6 364 | 6 572 | 6 502 | 6 432 | 6 490 | 6 297 | 6 235 | 6 494 | 6 685 | 6 689 |
Large | 2 475 | 2 486 | 2 436 | 2 383 | 2 488 | 2 402 | 2 405 | 2 461 | 2 558 | 2 478 |
In March, compared to February 2024, there is a slight increase in the number of registered legal entities (by 0.2%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 2.9%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating legal entities - by 0.4%, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 2.4%. Since the beginning of the year, by type of economic activity, the largest number of registered legal entities remains in the industry «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair «, the share of which as of April 1, 2024. amounted to 27.6%. On the second place - "Construction" (13.3%), on the third - "Provision of other types of services" (9.9%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 50.8% of all registered legal entities.
As of April 1, 2024, the largest number of registered legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (149571 or 28.3%) and Astana (101606 or 19.2%), and in the Karaganda region (28755 or 5.4%). The smallest number of registered legal entities falls on the regions of Ulytau (2964 or 0.6%), Zhetisu (8221 or 1.6%) and Abay (8316 or 1.6%).
By type of activity | Total | Of them | ||||
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operating | including | in the process of liquidation | ||||
newly registered | active | temporarily inactive | ||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 528 410 | 424 223 | 59 259 | 202 234 | 162 730 | 5 096 |
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 21 083 | 18 030 | 1 767 | 8 501 | 7 762 | 121 |
Mining and Quarrying | 5 415 | 4 495 | 614 | 1 582 | 2 299 | 54 |
Manufacturing industry | 26 635 | 20 944 | 1 879 | 10 529 | 8 536 | 306 |
Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 1 906 | 1 601 | 142 | 802 | 657 | 9 |
Water supply; sanitation, waste collection, treatment and disposal, pollution elimination activities | 2 770 | 2 170 | 156 | 1 161 | 853 | 43 |
Construction | 70 080 | 53 101 | 5 789 | 17 825 | 29 487 | 1 298 |
Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 145 701 | 108 836 | 17 232 | 47 109 | 44 495 | 1 790 |
Transport and warehousing | 21 806 | 17 458 | 2 445 | 8 201 | 6 812 | 236 |
Providing of accommodation and food services | 10 455 | 8 562 | 1 533 | 4 032 | 2 997 | 51 |
Information and communication | 18 134 | 15 418 | 3 152 | 7 249 | 5 017 | 72 |
Financial and insurance activities | 7 848 | 5 589 | 845 | 2 740 | 2 004 | 125 |
Real estate transactions | 25 536 | 22 189 | 3 221 | 13 204 | 5 764 | 167 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 34 737 | 28 614 | 3 377 | 14 580 | 10 657 | 229 |
Administrative and support services activities | 25 108 | 21 269 | 2 569 | 11 578 | 7 122 | 158 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 9 535 | 9 277 | 168 | 8 962 | 147 | 32 |
Education | 30 036 | 27 988 | 2 132 | 20 366 | 5 490 | 131 |
Healthcare and social services | 11 092 | 10 094 | 1 032 | 6 287 | 2 775 | 40 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 7 974 | 6 672 | 1 054 | 3 553 | 2 065 | 41 |
Provision of other types of services | 52 558 | 41 915 | 10 152 | 13 972 | 17 791 | 193 |
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
By dimension | Total | Including by forms and types of ownership | ||||
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state | private total | of them | foreign | |||
with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) | joint ventures (with foreign participation) | |||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 528 410 | 25 551 | 451 109 | 276 | 11 149 | 51 750 |
Small | 519 229 | 20 792 | 447 187 | 230 | 10 866 | 51 250 |
Medium | 6 703 | 3 585 | 2 822 | 20 | 173 | 296 |
Large | 2 478 | 1 174 | 1 100 | 26 | 110 | 204 |
In March, compared to February 2024, there is a slight increase in the number of registered individual entrepreneurs (by 0.1%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 2.6%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating subjects of individual entrepreneurship - by 0.2%, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 4.4%. Since the beginning of the year, by type of economic activity, the largest number of registered individual entrepreneurs remains in the industry «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair», the share of which as of April 1, 2024 was 37.3%. In second place is «Provision of other types of services» (17.1%), in third place is «Agriculture, forestry and fisheries» (15.8%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 70.2% of all registered subjects of individual entrepreneurship.
By type of activity | Total | Including those operating: | ||||
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registered | operating | in the form of personal business | in the form of a joint venture | |||
registered | operating | registered | operating | |||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 1 725 703 | 1 651 768 | 1 653 018 | 1 579 862 | 72 685 | 71 906 |
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 273 125 | 264 469 | 200 541 | 192 645 | 72 584 | 71 824 |
Mining and Quarrying | 763 | 724 | 763 | 724 | - | - |
Manufacturing industry | 91 481 | 87 630 | 91 473 | 87 622 | 8 | 8 |
Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 594 | 558 | 594 | 558 | - | - |
Water supply; sanitation, waste collection, treatment and disposal, pollution elimination activities | 1 910 | 1 804 | 1 909 | 1 803 | 1 | 1 |
Construction | 51 004 | 48 172 | 51 002 | 48 170 | 2 | 2 |
Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 644 285 | 618 532 | 644 269 | 618 519 | 16 | 13 |
Transport and warehousing | 89 895 | 84 973 | 89 886 | 84 967 | 9 | 6 |
Providing of accommodation and food services | 44 597 | 42 175 | 44 593 | 42 171 | 4 | 4 |
Information and communication | 17 584 | 16 586 | 17 584 | 16 586 | - | - |
Financial and insurance activities | 508 | 466 | 508 | 466 | - | - |
Real estate transactions | 93 075 | 89 700 | 93 056 | 89 685 | 19 | 15 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 30 321 | 28 591 | 30 320 | 28 590 | 1 | 1 |
Administrative and support services activities | 38 148 | 36 382 | 38 136 | 36 370 | 12 | 12 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 125 | 122 | 125 | 122 | - | - |
Education | 28 688 | 27 592 | 28 687 | 27 591 | 1 | 1 |
Healthcare and social services | 10 763 | 10 364 | 10 763 | 10 364 | - | - |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 14 467 | 13 643 | 14 466 | 13 642 | 1 | 1 |
Provision of other types of services | 294 370 | 279 285 | 294 343 | 279 267 | 27 | 18 |
As of April 1, 2024, the number of registered branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities amounted to 31970 units, including 22510 active ones. The largest number of registered branches and affiliates of foreign legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (3825 or 12%) and Astana (3739 or 11.7%), and in the Karaganda region (2142 or 6.7%). By types of economic activity, the largest number of registered branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities belong to the sectors «Provision of other types of services» (12925 or 40.4%), «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair» (4520 or 14.1%) and «Professional, scientific and technical activities» (2255 or 7.1%).
By dimension | Total | Including by forms and types of ownership | ||||
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state | private total | of them | foreign | |||
with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) | joint ventures (with foreign participation) | |||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 27 954 | 2 538 | 24 130 | 185 | 706 | 1 286 |
Small | 26 866 | 2 297 | 23 331 | 163 | 670 | 1 238 |
Medium | 611 | 120 | 461 | 13 | 16 | 30 |
Large | 477 | 121 | 338 | 9 | 20 | 18 |
By dimension | Total | of them | ||||
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operating | including | in the process of liquidation | ||||
newly registered | active | temporarily inactive | ||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 4 016 | 2 402 | 416 | 974 | 1 012 | 82 |
Small | 3 975 | 2 363 | 416 | 935 | 1 012 | 81 |
Medium | 21 | 19 | - | 19 | - | 1 |
Large | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | - | - |
As of April 1, 2024, the number of registered legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with a foreign form of ownership increased by 13 % compared to the corresponding date of the previous year. The number of registered legal entities and branches with joint ownership decreased by 0.1%.
In terms of types of economic activity, the largest share of registered legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with foreign and joint ownership falls on the sectors «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair» – 36.6%, «Provision of other types of services» – 12.4%, «Construction» – 9.3%.
Be country | Legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities | |||
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with foreign ownership | with joint ownership | |||
registered | operating | registered | operating | |
Republic of Kazakhstan | 57 052 | 44 568 | 11 855 | 8723 |
Russia | 23 321 | 19 735 | 5 051 | 3935 |
Türkiye | 5 447 | 3 823 | 765 | 467 |
China | 4 378 | 3 458 | 669 | 482 |
Uzbekistan | 4 088 | 2 577 | 833 | 577 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3 125 | 2 366 | 395 | 301 |
Ukraine | 1 434 | 1 152 | 217 | 152 |
Azerbaijan | 1 391 | 1 071 | 393 | 300 |
Germany | 938 | 748 | 529 | 395 |
Republic of Korea | 891 | 628 | 174 | 107 |
Belarus | 865 | 763 | 186 | 145 |
* Top 10 countries by the largest number of registered legal entities, branches and branches of foreign legal entities
As of April 1, 2024, the number of operating SMEs increased by 4% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year. In the total number of SMEs, the share of individual entrepreneurs was 66.4%, legal entities of small business – 21%, peasant or farm enterprises – 12.5%, legal entities of medium business – 0.1%.
In terms of types of economic activity, the largest share of registered small and medium-sized businesses falls on the sectors «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair» – 35.7%; «Provision of other types of services» – 14.7%. «Agriculture, forestry and fisheries» – 14.3%.
By region | Registered | Operating |
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Republic of Kazakhstan | 2 187 241 | 2 017 379 |
Abay | 57 435 | 53 262 |
Akmola | 63 163 | 58 794 |
Aktobe | 91 094 | 82 968 |
Almaty | 143 683 | 136 669 |
Atyrau | 68 514 | 63 144 |
Batys Kazakhstan | 62 192 | 57 720 |
Zhambyl | 117 843 | 106 701 |
Zhetysu | 63 392 | 59 513 |
Karagandy | 110 045 | 100 533 |
Kostanay | 68 793 | 65 468 |
Kyzylorda | 67 455 | 63 962 |
Mangystau | 83 014 | 77 980 |
Pavlodar | 60 862 | 55 190 |
Soltustik Kazakhstan | 38 358 | 35 461 |
Turkistan | 208 873 | 204 408 |
Ulytau | 19 325 | 18 408 |
Shygys Kazakhstan | 69 478 | 62 895 |
Astana city | 260 384 | 233 511 |
Almaty city | 391 813 | 351 086 |
Shymkent city | 141 525 | 129 706 |
Individual entrepreneurship - an independent, initiative activity of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, kandas, aimed at obtaining net income, based on the property of individuals themselves and carried out on behalf of individuals, at their risk and under their property responsibility. Individual entrepreneurship is carried out in the form of personal or joint entrepreneurship.
Personal entrepreneurship - carried out by one individual independently on the basis of property belonging to him by the right of ownership, as well as by virtue of another right that allows the use and (or) disposal of property.
Joint entrepreneurship - carried out by a group of individuals (individual entrepreneurs) on the basis of property belonging to them on the basis of common ownership, as well as by virtue of another right that allows joint use and (or) disposal of property.
Categories of business entities - depending on the average annual number of employees and average annual income, business entities are classified into the following categories: "subjects of small" business, including micro-entrepreneurship entities; subjects of medium business; subjects of large business. For the purposes of state statistics, only the criterion of the average annual number of employees is used.
Principal type of activity - a type of activity, the added value of which exceeds the added value of any other type of activity carried out by an economic entity;
Secondary type of activity - a type of activity, in addition to the main one, which is carried out with the aim of producing products (goods and services) for third parties.
All presented indicators are based on the Statistical Business Register, which contains information on legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities, as well as individual entrepreneurs that have been registered or re-registered with the registration authorities.
The proposed tables show the number of registered and operating legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities, individual entrepreneurs, as well as small and medium-sized businesses by size, by form of ownership, by region and type of activity.
The types of activities are presented in accordance with the current General Classifier of Types of Economic Activities (GCTEA). Entities carrying out several types of activities are accounted for by the main type that provides the greatest increase in value added.
Operating entities in the Statistical Business Register include:
In accordance with the "Classifier of the dimension of legal entities, branches and representative offices, as well as individual entrepreneurship entities by the number of employees", 3 classes of entities are provided for in dimension, depending on the average annual number of employees:
Legal entities with branches are taken into account taking into account the headcount of all its branches.