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 68.6%, legal entities of small business – 18,3%, peasant or farm enterprises - 13%, legal entities of medium business - 0.1%.
In terms of organizational and legal forms, the largest number of registered entities are individual entrepreneurs - 1.5 million units, of which 1.4 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 10 trillion. tenge, which is 60.3% of the total output of all SME entities.
| April 1, 2024 | April 1, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered small and medium enterprises, units | 2 187 241 | 2 129 821 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 458 497 | 444 604 |
| mediumenterprises | 3 048 | 2 989 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 1 453 036 | 1 422 792 |
| farmsorfarms | 272 660 | 259 436 |
| Operating small and medium enterprises, units | 2 017 379 | 1 939 801 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 362 657 | 354 306 |
| mediumenterprises | 2 961 | 2 908 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 1 385 298 | 1 330 396 |
| farmsorfarms | 266 463 | 252 191 |
| Number of people employed in small and medium enterprises, people | 4 239 373 | 4 152 081 |
| including: | ||
| atsmallenterprises | 1 666 461 | 1 649 603 |
| atmediumenterprises | 415 388 | 399 801 |
| fromindividualentrepreneurs | 1 814 718 | 1 769 774 |
| infarmsorfarms | 342 806 | 332 903 |
| Output of products by small and medium enterprises, million tenge | 16 761 387 | 13 736 644 |
| including: | ||
| smallenterprises | 10 113 844 | 9 508 711 |
| mediumenterprises | 2 681 926 | 2 415 043 |
| individualentrepreneurs | 3 827 233 | 1 675 524 |
| farmsorfarms | 138 384 | 137 366 |
The share of operating in the total number of registered SME entities amounted to 92.2%, which is 1.1 p.p. above the level of the previous year. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Turkistan (97.9%), Ulytau (95.3%) and Kostanay (95.2%) regions. The smallest share was recorded in Almaty (89.6%) citiy.
| On April 1, 2024 | On April 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 | 2 187 241 | 2 017 379 | 2 129 821 | 1 939 801 |
| Abay | 57 435 | 53 262 | 57 680 | 53 020 |
| Akmola | 63 163 | 58 794 | 61 816 | 57 201 |
| Aktobe | 91 094 | 82 968 | 94 417 | 87 160 |
| Almaty | 143 683 | 136 669 | 134 508 | 125 759 |
| Atyrau | 68 514 | 63 144 | 72 141 | 66 333 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 62 192 | 57 720 | 61 564 | 56 483 |
| Zhambyl | 117 843 | 106 701 | 113 299 | 100 566 |
| Zhetisu | 63 392 | 59 513 | 62 256 | 56 865 |
| Karagandy | 110 045 | 100 533 | 108 309 | 97 940 |
| Kostanay | 68 793 | 65 468 | 67 372 | 63 721 |
| Kyzylorda | 67 455 | 63 962 | 74 987 | 70 879 |
| Mangystau | 83 014 | 77 980 | 86 159 | 80 293 |
| Pavlodar | 60 862 | 55 190 | 60 306 | 54 017 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 38 358 | 35 461 | 37 247 | 34 182 |
| Turkistan | 208 873 | 204 408 | 203 877 | 200 551 |
| Ulytau | 19 325 | 18 408 | 19 751 | 18 585 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 69 478 | 62 895 | 70 636 | 63 961 |
| Astana city | 260 384 | 233 511 | 242 499 | 215 902 |
| Almatycity | 391 813 | 351 086 | 368 618 | 315 184 |
| Shymkent city | 141 525 | 129 706 | 132 379 | 121 199 |
| On April 1, 2024 | For January-March 2024 | On April 1, 2023 | For January-March 2023 | |
| 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 | 4 239 373 | 16 761 387 | 4 152 081 | 13 736 644 |
| Abay | 102 820 | 237 868 | 104 452 | 187 376 |
| Akmola | 144 195 | 385 697 | 141 431 | 280 570 |
| Aktobe | 170 651 | 425 105 | 173 016 | 393 009 |
| Almaty | 241 228 | 805 591 | 228 239 | 634 864 |
| Atyrau | 142 251 | 1 046 195 | 149 915 | 1 505 096 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 127 342 | 585 241 | 121 263 | 464 406 |
| Zhambyl | 165 227 | 282 761 | 157 125 | 192 844 |
| Zhetisu | 104 523 | 255 026 | 102 890 | 166 189 |
| Karagandy | 231 052 | 605 380 | 237 121 | 566 450 |
| Kostanay | 159 195 | 446 680 | 163 659 | 434 847 |
| Kyzylorda | 114 530 | 204 207 | 122 337 | 121 160 |
| Mangystau | 147 226 | 528 200 | 153 732 | 400 775 |
| Pavlodar | 139 107 | 372 935 | 134 835 | 263 550 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 107 940 | 232 457 | 101 665 | 157 593 |
| Turkistan | 282 427 | 390 978 | 276 029 | 254 616 |
| Ulytau | 29 370 | 64 238 | 31 371 | 40 157 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 156 364 | 392 529 | 167 872 | 314 702 |
| Astana city | 512 540 | 3 321 810 | 499 445 | 2 952 185 |
| Almatycity | 939 430 | 5 480 010 | 871 956 | 3 886 393 |
| Shymkent city | 221 955 | 698 479 | 213 728 | 519 862 |
SMEs account for 44.7% 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 April 1, 2024 amounted to 2187.2 thousand units and increased by 2.7% compared to the corresponding date in 2023 - 2129.8 thousand units.
The number of operating SME entities as of April 1, 2024 amounted to 2017.4 thousand units and increased by 4% compared to the same period in 2023 - 1939.8 thousand units.
The number of people employed in SME as of April 1, 2024 amounted to 4239 thousand people, which is 2.1% more.
The output of products by SME entities for January-March 2024 amounted to 16761.4 billion tenge and increased by 22% compared to the corresponding period of 2023 in comparable prices.
| 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 April 1, 2024 | аs of April 1, 2023 | аs of April1, 2024 | аs of April 1, 2023 | аs of April, 2024 | аs of April 1, 2023 | for January-March 2024 | for January-March 2023 | |
| Total | 2 187 241 | 2 129 821 | 2 017 379 | 1 939 801 | 4 239 373 | 4 152 081 | 16 761 387 | 13 736 644 |
| Agriculture, forestryandfisheries | 312 297 | 300 459 | 300 362 | 286 894 | 466 467 | 462 062 | 564 858 | 497 946 |
| Industry | 128 654 | 126 901 | 117 284 | 114 963 | 429 649 | 424 059 | 2 755 749 | 2 734 012 |
| Miningindustryandquarrying | 5 930 | 5 576 | 4 978 | 4 746 | 39 939 | 38 552 | 727 758 | 748 023 |
| Processingindustry | 116 133 | 114 801 | 106 672 | 104 684 | 351 538 | 347 243 | 1 736 575 | 1 743 730 |
| Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 2 304 | 2 266 | 1 977 | 1 909 | 17 005 | 17 177 | 234 503 | 190 185 |
| Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 4 287 | 4 258 | 3 657 | 3 624 | 21 167 | 21 087 | 56 913 | 52 074 |
| Construction | 120 011 | 116 110 | 100 302 | 97 282 | 319 589 | 311 785 | 2 163 120 | 1 352 447 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 781 086 | 757 449 | 718 711 | 689 953 | 1 291 856 | 1 256 700 | 5 201 615 | 4 525 116 |
| Transport andwarehousing | 109 975 | 98 056 | 100 870 | 87 966 | 225 459 | 207 119 | 1 219 752 | 912 257 |
| Provision of accommodation and food services | 54 518 | 53 426 | 50 222 | 48 484 | 147 397 | 143 059 | 485 840 | 355 657 |
| Information andcommunication | 34 855 | 33 608 | 31 264 | 29 769 | 95 458 | 97 219 | 643 174 | 525 545 |
| Financial andinsuranceactivities | 7 486 | 7 963 | 5 246 | 5 596 | 26 957 | 27 237 | 205 627 | 189 226 |
| Operations withrealestate | 107 197 | 98 824 | 102 081 | 89 218 | 198 398 | 183 114 | 760 344 | 615 831 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 63 444 | 63 446 | 55 898 | 55 260 | 152 738 | 164 013 | 607 496 | 500 833 |
| Activities in the field of administrative and support services | 61 648 | 58 450 | 56 189 | 52 470 | 199 521 | 201 603 | 652 720 | 491 208 |
| Education | 44 786 | 40 214 | 42 151 | 37 158 | 161 997 | 141 837 | 254 243 | 167 966 |
| Public health and social services | 19 899 | 18 206 | 18 695 | 16 928 | 94 259 | 86 707 | 204 800 | 162 231 |
| Arts, entertainmentandrecreation | 19 517 | 18 679 | 17 722 | 16 556 | 38 839 | 37 485 | 293 853 | 293 988 |
| Provision of other types of services | 321 868 | 338 030 | 300 382 | 311 304 | 390 789 | 408 082 | 748 196 | 412 381 |
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-March 2024 in the republic remained at the level of the corresponding period last year and amounted to 37.7%.
| for January-March 2024 | for January-March 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GVA SME, milliontenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | GVA SME, milliontenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 9 822 204,7 | 37,7 | 8 664 238,6 | 36,7 |
| Abay | 144 439,2 | 20,2 | 116 587,9 | 20,5 |
| Akmola | 203 342,6 | 26,6 | 170 927,0 | 24,9 |
| Aktobe | 270 276,7 | 25,1 | 255 709,6 | 27,2 |
| Almaty | 557 779,1 | 46,5 | 407 787,6 | 39,9 |
| Atyrau | 675 507,4 | 21,4 | 996 590,6 | 29,9 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 407 661,6 | 32,9 | 283 554,3 | 31,6 |
| Zhambyl | 148 739,4 | 23,3 | 112 529,4 | 20,5 |
| Zhetisu | 157 823,1 | 40,2 | 104 157,0 | 33,1 |
| Karagandy | 330 830,1 | 19,6 | 322 087,7 | 19,8 |
| Kostanay | 289 308,3 | 29,7 | 278 945,1 | 31,8 |
| Kyzylorda | 97 474,4 | 16,9 | 76 101,6 | 14,2 |
| Mangystau | 258 423,6 | 30,3 | 228 056,6 | 27,7 |
| Pavlodar | 188 275,7 | 19,2 | 152 811,7 | 17,1 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 136 498,8 | 28,2 | 100 920,6 | 24,9 |
| Turkistan | 223 986,2 | 24,1 | 165 448,9 | 21,1 |
| Ulytau | 28 923,6 | 6,7 | 20 401,8 | 4,9 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 248 754,0 | 22,9 | 205 164,5 | 20,3 |
| Astana city | 2 073 067,0 | 78,3 | 1 856 934,6 | 76,5 |
| Almatycity | 2 939 741,9 | 55,2 | 2 575 167,6 | 53,9 |
| Shymkent city | 441 352,3 | 50,6 | 353 857,8 | 50,5 |
In the context of the categories of entities, 31.1% is the share of small business and 6.6% 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
