Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Statistics of enterprises 
In the total number of operating SME entities, the share of individual entrepreneurs was 68.4%, legal entities of small business - 18%, peasant or farm enterprises - 13.5%, legal entities of medium business - 0.1%.
In terms of organizational and legal forms, the largest number of registered entities are individual entrepreneurs - 1.4 million units, of which 1.3 million units are active.
The largest number of employed falls on small enterprises - 1.7 million people and individual entrepreneurs - 1.8 million units.
The output of small enterprises amounted to 47.2 trillion. tenge, which is 68.6% of the total output of all SME entities.
| January 1, 2024 | January 1, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered small and medium enterprises, units | 2 178 951 | 2 026 527 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 456 655 | 438 403 |
| mediumenterprises | 3 024 | 3 032 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 1 442 861 | 1 336 490 |
| farmsorfarms | 276 411 | 248 602 |
| Operating small and medium enterprises, units | 2 002 199 | 1 818 764 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 360 268 | 340 584 |
| mediumenterprises | 2 940 | 2 924 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 1 369 043 | 1 234 536 |
| farmsorfarms | 269 948 | 240 720 |
| Number of people employed in small and medium enterprises, people | 4 326 316 | 4 109 741 |
| including: | ||
| atsmallenterprises | 1 772 925 | 1 728767 |
| atmediumenterprises | 395 186 | 380 081 |
| fromindividualentrepreneurs | 1 808 655 | 1 678463 |
| infarmsorfarms | 349 550 | 322 430 |
| Output of products by small and medium enterprises, million tenge | 68 710 494 | 59 221 488 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 47 162 247 | 42 069 312 |
| mediumenterprises | 12 085 620 | 9 699 892 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 6 729 352 | 4 468 161 |
| farmsorfarms | 2 733 275 | 2 984 133 |
The share of operating in the total number of registered SME entities amounted to 91.9%, which is 2.1 p.p. above the level of the previous year. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Turkistan (98.1%), Almaty (94.9%), Ulytau(94.6%), Kostanay (94.5%) and Kyzylorda (94.4%) regions. The smallest share was recorded in Astana (89.2%) and Almaty (89.1%) cities.
| On January 1, 2024 | On January 1, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| to the number of registered SME entities, units init | to the number of active SME entities, units init | to the number of registered SME entities, units init | to the number of active SME entities, units init | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 2 178 951 | 2 002 199 | 2 026 527 | 1 818 764 |
| Abai | 57 925 | 53269 | 54 845 | 49 693 |
| Akmola | 62 503 | 57919 | 59 846 | 54 838 |
| Aktobe | 92 112 | 83819 | 90 622 | 82 580 |
| Almaty | 141 877 | 134628 | 126 343 | 116 585 |
| Atyrau | 70 866 | 65045 | 69 332 | 63 115 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 62 642 | 57653 | 58 546 | 53 008 |
| Zhambyl | 118 621 | 106779 | 106 194 | 92 572 |
| Zhetisu | 63 584 | 58914 | 59 523 | 53 600 |
| Karagandy | 109 615 | 99190 | 104 175 | 93 086 |
| Kostanai | 67 997 | 64286 | 65 125 | 61 133 |
| Kyzylorda | 71 147 | 67180 | 71 823 | 67 145 |
| Mangystau | 84 971 | 79742 | 81 619 | 75 341 |
| Pavlodar | 60 689 | 54578 | 58 274 | 52 084 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 37 977 | 34891 | 36 305 | 33 066 |
| Turkistan | 210 898 | 206855 | 188 186 | 184 579 |
| Ulytau | 19 858 | 18791 | 18 760 | 17 413 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 69 702 | 62616 | 68 753 | 61 475 |
| Astana city | 254 999 | 227386 | 232 081 | 204 308 |
| Almatycity | 381 950 | 340132 | 353 766 | 292 734 |
| Shymkent city | 139 018 | 128526 | 122 409 | 110 409 |
| On January 1, 2024 | For January-December 2023 | On January 1, 2023 | For January-December 2022 | |
| number of people employed in SME, people | in the output of products by SME entities, million tons | number of people employed in SME, people | in the output of products by SME entities, million tons | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 4 326 316 | 68 710 494 | 4 109 741 | 59 221 488 |
| Abai | 105 110 | 1 010 989 | 99 473 | 653 473 |
| Akmola | 142 704 | 1 597 664 | 140 914 | 1 589 934 |
| Aktobe | 179 474 | 2 268 851 | 181 968 | 1 774 299 |
| Almaty | 244 804 | 3 623 619 | 223 516 | 2 834 846 |
| Atyrau | 148 051 | 5 064 605 | 152 405 | 6 231 472 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 125 446 | 2 318 951 | 122 440 | 2 271 359 |
| Zhambyl | 169 495 | 1 266 445 | 151 884 | 1 056 476 |
| Zhetisu | 108 025 | 1 079 608 | 102 053 | 935 940 |
| Karagandy | 243 800 | 2 719 175 | 232 552 | 2 414 804 |
| Kostanai | 163 725 | 2 076 276 | 166 315 | 2 138 576 |
| Kyzylorda | 121 051 | 783 273 | 121 700 | 645 195 |
| Mangystau | 151 382 | 1 915 995 | 155 340 | 1 831 998 |
| Pavlodar | 136 805 | 1 535 085 | 136 236 | 1 362 019 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 105 713 | 992 156 | 106 426 | 1 315 747 |
| Turkistan | 287 375 | 1 867 417 | 263 611 | 1 429 254 |
| Ulytau | 31 072 | 232 090 | 31 199 | 167 614 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 164 169 | 1 711 604 | 157 970 | 1 409 365 |
| Astana city | 515 502 | 14 720 400 | 489 593 | 11 422 861 |
| Almatycity | 949 253 | 19 256 180 | 868 496 | 15 774 749 |
| Shymkent city | 233 360 | 2 670 111 | 205 650 | 1 961 507 |
SMEs account for 45.6% of the total economically active population of the country. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Almaty and Astana. The smallest share was recorded in the Ulytau region.
The number of registered SME entities as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 2178.9 thousand units and increased by 7% compared to the corresponding date in 2023 - 2026.5 thousand units.
The number of operating SME entities as of January 1, 2023 amounted to 2002.1 thousand units and increased by 9.2% compared to the same period in 2023 - 1818.8 thousand units.
The number of people employed in SME as of January 1, 2023 amounted to 4326 thousand people, which is 5.3% more.
The output of products by SME entities for January-December 2023 amounted to 68710.5 billion tenge and increased by 16% compared to the corresponding period of 2022 in comparable prices.
The largest share of the number of entities, the number of employees and output prevails in the industry “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of cars and motorcycles»
According to official statistics, the share of SME in GDP for January-September 2023 in the republic amounted to 36.5% and increased by 0.5 percentage points compared to the corresponding period last year.
| Number of registered SME entities, units | Number of active SME entities, units | Number of people employed in SME, pers. | Output of products by SME entities, million tenge | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as of January 1, 2024 | аs of January 1, 2023 | аs of January1, 2024 | аs of January 1, 2023 | аs of January1, 2024 | аs of January 1, 2023 | for January-December 2023 | for January-December 2022 | |
| Total | 2 178 951 | 2 026 527 | 2 002 199 | 1 818 764 | 4 326 316 | 4 109 741 | 68 710 494 | 59 221 488 |
| Agriculture, forestryandfisheries | 316 174 | 290 299 | 303 754 | 275 776 | 482 598 | 459 144 | 4 544 410 | 4 747 512 |
| Industry | 133 259 | 114 464 | 121 674 | 101 576 | 443 828 | 425 003 | 14 801 050 | 12 415 717 |
| Miningindustryandquarrying | 5 873 | 5 471 | 4 948 | 4 535 | 40 565 | 41 790 | 3 739 379 | 3 249 919 |
| Processingindustry | 120 760 | 102 527 | 111 036 | 91 628 | 363 478 | 344 797 | 9 880 438 | 8 214 241 |
| Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 2 306 | 2 214 | 1 971 | 1 828 | 17 293 | 17 021 | 912 132 | 738 596 |
| Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 4 320 | 4 252 | 3 719 | 3 585 | 22 492 | 21 395 | 269 101 | 212 961 |
| Construction | 119 670 | 114 515 | 99 839 | 94 679 | 336 427 | 332 254 | 9 655 745 | 7 976 247 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 782 368 | 711 925 | 717 701 | 638 128 | 1 322 721 | 1 238 249 | 16 758 355 | 16 886 625 |
| Transport andwarehousing | 100 164 | 96 473 | 90 708 | 85 484 | 217 022 | 204 880 | 4 595 622 | 3 523 749 |
| Provision of accommodation and food services | 53 353 | 51 663 | 48 921 | 46 194 | 148 843 | 145 364 | 1 503 628 | 1 184 503 |
| Information andcommunication | 34 673 | 32 318 | 30 969 | 28 068 | 103 863 | 96 432 | 2 780 251 | 1 674 825 |
| Financial andinsuranceactivities | 7 623 | 8 027 | 5 311 | 5 456 | 27 760 | 24 326 | 958 147 | 755 978 |
| Operations withrealestate | 99 612 | 96 992 | 94 198 | 86 613 | 188 177 | 179 530 | 2 401 534 | 2 021 849 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 63 000 | 63 725 | 55 197 | 54 572 | 172 845 | 166 122 | 3 123 186 | 2 415 762 |
| Activities in the field of administrative and support services | 61 108 | 55 752 | 55 550 | 49 130 | 203 935 | 186 730 | 2 425 427 | 1 920 366 |
| Education | 43 015 | 38 077 | 40 107 | 34 673 | 154 829 | 143 824 | 729 391 | 520 725 |
| Public health and social services | 19 641 | 17 440 | 18 382 | 16 029 | 90 797 | 92 599 | 785 683 | 660 172 |
| Arts, entertainmentandrecreation | 19 300 | 17 962 | 17 437 | 15 603 | 38 633 | 36 648 | 1 640 626 | 1 126 174 |
| Provision of other types of services | 325 991 | 316 895 | 302 451 | 286 783 | 394 038 | 378 636 | 2 007 439 | 1 391 284 |
| for January-September 2023 | for January-September 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GVA SME, milliontenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | GVA SME, milliontenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 27 604 326,4 | 36,5 | 23 585 490,6 | 36,0 |
| Abai | 359 064,3 | 18,6 | 248 355,0 | 17,1 |
| Akmola | 604 077,0 | 26,2 | 597 813,8 | 28,4 |
| Aktobe | 853 793,1 | 27,0 | 729 087,0 | 24,2 |
| Almaty | 1 462 649,7 | 47,3 | 1 155 864,9 | 45,5 |
| Atyrau | 2 426 763,8 | 25,1 | 2 043 176,4 | 22,7 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 1 005 860,7 | 33,2 | 930 725,8 | 32,4 |
| Zhambyl | 391 161,5 | 20,5 | 378 655,3 | 22,8 |
| Zhetisu | 386 153,3 | 32,0 | 374 385,1 | 41,0 |
| Karagandy | 1 010 493,8 | 19,7 | 871 305,2 | 18,3 |
| Kostanai | 772 107,7 | 28,5 | 826 314,3 | 31,9 |
| Kyzylorda | 331 349,1 | 17,7 | 279 456,4 | 16,9 |
| Mangystau | 987 477,8 | 28,0 | 975 159,1 | 30,4 |
| Pavlodar | 504 207,8 | 19,8 | 464 925,2 | 18,1 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 390 037,6 | 25,4 | 520 576,3 | 36,3 |
| Turkistan | 568 706,2 | 21,1 | 527 941,1 | 23,6 |
| Ulytau | 59 773,2 | 4,9 | 58 228,9 | 5,0 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 697 857,6 | 22,3 | 564 325,1 | 20,9 |
| Astana city | 5 837 506,4 | 74,5 | 4 655 487,1 | 75,7 |
| Almatycity | 7 751 580,8 | 53,1 | 6 525 835,6 | 57,5 |
| Shymkent city | 1 203 705,0 | 49,2 | 857 873,0 | 40,7 |
In the context of the categories of entities, 29.6% is the share of small business and 6.9% is the share of medium business.
Individual entrepreneurship - an independent, initiative activity of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, oralmans, 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.
A peasant or farm enterprise - a labor association of persons in which the implementation of individual entrepreneurship is inextricably linked with the use of agricultural land for the production of agricultural products, as well as the processing and marketing of these products.
Type of economic activity - an activity in which equipment, labor, production processes, information networks and products are combined, which leads to the creation of homogeneous products (goods, services). The type of economic activity is characterized by costs, the production process and the products produced. Each registered small business entity is assigned the type of economic activity that provides the greatest increase in value added, i.e. is basic.
Output - the cost of all manufactured products and services rendered at producer prices.
Small and medium enterprises include legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and peasant or farm enterprises, whose activities are regulated by the Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Small business entities include individual entrepreneurs without forming a legal entity and legal entities engaged in entrepreneurship, with an average annual number of employees of not more than one hundred people and an average annual income of not more than three hundred thousand times the monthly calculation index established by the law on the republican budget and effective as of January 1 of the corresponding financial year.
Medium enterprises include individual entrepreneurs and legal entities engaged in entrepreneurship, not related to small and large enterprises
