Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    2178.9 thousand
    The number of registered SME entities as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 2178.9 thousand units
    2002.2 thousand
    SME entities as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 2002.2 thousand units
    4326 thousand
    The number of people employed in SME as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 4326 thousand people
    68710.5 billion
    The output of products by SME entities in January-December 2023 amounted to 68710.5 billion rubles
    The structure of the main performance indicators of SME entities for January-Decemberof 2023
    in percentages
    January-December 2023

    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%.

    SME in the context of organizational and legal forms

    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.

    Main performance indicators of 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
    Share of active in the total number of registered SME entities
    in percentages
    January-December 2023

    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.

    Main performance indicators of SME entities
    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

    Dynamic tables
    Share of employed in SME in the economically active population for January-December of 2023
    in percentages
    January-December 2023

    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.

    SME by type of economic activity

    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.

    Main performance indicators of SME entities by type of economic activity
    The structure of the main performance indicators of SME entities in the context of FEA for January-December of 2023
    January-December 2023

    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»

    Contribution of SME to the national economy

    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.

    Share of SME in GDP (GRP)
    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
    Dynamic tables:
    Share of SME in GDP by small and medium enterprices
    January-December 2023

    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.

    Glossary

    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.

    Methodological notes

    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


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