Bureau of National statistics
Agency for Strategic planning and reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan
    Key indicators
    539 536
    As of November 1, 2024, the number of registered legal entities amounted to 539536 units, including 425044 operating legal entities.
    1 791 876
    The number of registered subjects of individual entrepreneurship amounted to 1791876, including 1707617 operating entities.
    2 263 180
    The number of registered small and medium-sized businesses amounted to 2263180 units, including 2072966 operating ones.
    Registered and operating entities by dimension and activity
    as of November 1, 2024
    By dimension Legal entities Subjects of individual entrepreneurship Branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities Subjects of small and medium business
    registered operating registered operating registered operating registered operating
    Total 539 536 425 044 1 791 846 1 707 617 31 745 22 451 2 263 180 2 072 966
    Small 530 117 415 780 - - 30 639 21 357 2 259 953 2 069 828
    Medium 6 930 6 811 - -    614    606 3 227 3138
    Large 2 489 2 453 - -    492    488 - -
    Dynamics of subjects

    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).

    Dynamics of subjects
    By dimension 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
    Total   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
    Registered and operating legal entities

    In October, compared to September 2024, there is a slight increase in the number of registered legal entities (by 0.05%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 1.8%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating legal entities - by 1%, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 1.1%. 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 November 1, 2024. amounted to 27.4%. On the second place - "Construction" (13.3%), on the third - "Provision of other types of services" (10%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 50.7% of all registered legal entities.

    As of November 1, 2024, the largest number of registered legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (152650 or 28.3%), Astana (104434 or 19.4%), and Shymkent (29288 or 5.4%). The smallest number of registered legal entities falls on the regions of Ulytau (2915 or 0.5%), Zhetisu (8369 or 1.6%) and Abay (8455 or 1.6%).

    Registered legal entities by type of activity and activity
    as of November 1, 2024
    By type of activity Total Of them
    operating including in the process of liquidation
    newly registered active temporarily inactive
    Total 539 536 425 044 49 002 225 514 150 528 4 620
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 21 298 18 289 1 559 9 333 7 397    115
    Mining and Quarrying 5 650 4 685    544 1 750 2 391    44
    Manufacturing industry 27 320 21 503 1 871 11 528 8 104    284
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning 1 942 1 630    150    802    678    9
    Water supply; sanitation, waste collection, treatment and disposal, pollution elimination activities 2 762 2 182    130 1 257    795    34
    Construction 71 788 53 762 5 031 21 709 27 022 1 190
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 147 997 106 566 14 082 54 936 37 548 1 585
    Transport and warehousing 22 473 17 831 1 881 9 290 6 660    210
    Providing of accommodation and food services 10 758 8 492 1 159 4 791 2 542    41
    Information and communication 18 683 15 516 2 464 8 035 5 017    66
    Financial and insurance activities 7 921 5 641    589 2 959 2 093    123
    Real estate transactions 26 692 22 897 2 476 14 694 5 727    161
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 35 100 28 277 2 693 15 852 9 732    209
    Administrative and support services activities 25 453 21 207 2 009 12 465 6 733    137
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security 9 680 9 430    197 9 077    156    29
    Education 30 699 28 427 1 850 21 579 4 998    123
    Healthcare and social services 11 556 10 453    931 6 925 2 597    39
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 8 001 6 605    819 3 691 2 095    42
    Provision of other types of services 53 762 41 650 8 567 14 840 18 243    179
    Activities of households employing domestic workers; activities of households producing goods and services for their own consumption - - - - - -
    Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies    1    1 -    1 - -
    Registered legal entities by size and form of ownership
    as of November 1, 2024
    By dimension Total Including by forms and types of ownership
    state private total of them foreign
    with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) joint ventures (with foreign participation)
    Total 539 536 25 808 459 631    296 11 130 54 097
    Small 530 117 20 983 455 541    250 10 835 53 593
    Medium 6 930 3 639 2 981    25    185    310
    Large 2 489 1 186 1 109    21    110    194
    Registered and operating subjects of individual entrepreneurship (IE and JV)

    In October, compared to September 2024, there is a slight increase in the number of registered individual entrepreneurs (by 0.3%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increase by 1%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating subjects of individual entrepreneurship - by 1%, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 1.7%. 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 November 1, 2024 was 37.4 %. In second place is «Provision of other types of services» (16.5%), in third place is «Agriculture, forestry and fisheries» (15%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 68.9% of all registered subjects of individual entrepreneurship.

    Registered and operating subjects of individual entrepreneurship by type of activity
    as of November 1, 2024
    By type of activity Total Including those operating:
    registered operating in the form of personal business in the form of a joint venture
    registered operating registered operating
    Total 1 791 846 1 707 617 1 719 009 1 636 781 72 837 70 836
    Agriculture, forestry and fisheries 268 905 258 411 196 164 187 647 72 741 70 764
    Mining and Quarrying    818    755    818    755 - -
    Manufacturing industry 95 124 90 816 95 116 90 809    8    7
    Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning    633    592    633    592 - -
    Water supply; sanitation, waste collection, treatment and disposal, pollution elimination activities 2 067 1 985 2 066 1 984    1    1
    Construction 56 724 53 363 56 722 53 361    2    2
    Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair 669 770 638 892 669 754 638 879    16    13
    Transport and warehousing 109 595 104 880 109 586 104 873    9    7
    Providing of accommodation and food services 45 931 43 260 45 927 43 256    4    4
    Information and communication 18 457 17 509 18 457 17 509 - -
    Financial and insurance activities    524    467    524    467 - -
    Real estate transactions 97 368 93 897 97 350 93 883    18    14
    Professional, scientific and technical activities 31 529 29 769 31 528 29 768    1    1
    Administrative and support services activities 40 921 39 008 40 908 38 995    13    13
    Public administration and defense; compulsory social security    119    113    119    113 - -
    Education 31 499 30 270 31 498 30 269    1    1
    Healthcare and social services 10 932 10 477 10 932 10 477 - -
    Arts, entertainment and recreation 15 416 14 533 15 415 14 532    1    1
    Provision of other types of services 295 514 278 620 295 492 278 612    22    8
    Registered and operating branches and branches of foreign legal entities

    As of November 1, 2024, the number of registered branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities amounted to 31745 units, including 22451 active ones. The largest number of registered branches and affiliates of foreign legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (3836 or 12.1%) and Astana (3718 or 11.7%), and in the Karaganda region (2133 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» (12967 or 40.8%), «Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair» (4406 or 13.9%) and «Professional, scientific and technical activities» (2219 or 7%).

    Registered and operating branches by size and form of ownership
    as of November 1, 2024
    By dimension Total Including by forms and types of ownership
    state private total of them foreign
    with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) joint ventures (with foreign participation)
    Total 27 715 2 577 23 914 179 695 1 224
    Small 26 648 2 329 23 137 156 663 1 182
    Medium 593 124 440 13 14 29
    Large 474 124 337 10 18 13
    Registered branches of foreign legal entities by size and activity
    as of November 1, 2024
    By dimension Total Of them
    operating including in the process of liquidation
    newly registered active temporarily inactive
    Total 4 030 2 324 340 920 1 064 81
    Small 3 991 2 287 340 883 1 064 80
    Medium 21 19 - 19 - 1
    Large 18 18 - 18 - -
    Registered and operating legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with foreign and joint ownership

    As of November 1, 2024, the number of registered legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with a foreign form of ownership increased by 6.4% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year. The number of registered legal entities and branches with joint ownership decreased by 1.8%.

    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» – 36.3%, «Provision of other types of services» – 13%, «Construction» – 9.3%.

    Registered and operating legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with foreign and joint ownership by country *
    as of November 1, 2024
    By dimension Total Of them
    operating including in the process of liquidation
    newly registered active temporarily inactive
    Total 4 030 2 324 340 920 1 064 81
    Small 3 991 2 287 340 883 1 064 80
    Medium 21 19 - 19 - 1
    Large 18 18 - 18 - -

    * Top 10 countries by the largest number of registered legal entities, branches and branches of foreign legal entities

    Registered and operating small and medium-sized businesses

    As of November 1, 2024, the number of operating SMEs increased by 1.5% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year. In the total number of SMEs, the share of individual entrepreneurs was 67.1%, legal entities of small business – 20.7%, peasant or farm enterprises – 12.1%, 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» – 14,3%. «Agriculture, forestry and fisheries» – 13,8%.

    Registered and operating small and medium-sized businesses
    as of November 1, 2024
    By region Registered Operating
    Republic of Kazakhstan 2 263 180 2 072 966
    Abay 58 605 54 385
    Akmola 64 521 59 286
    Aktobe 93 356 86 304
    Almaty 150 120 142 886
    Atyrau 68 490 63 144
    Batys Kazakhstan 62 910 58 183
    Zhambyl 118 843 106 889
    Zhetysu 64 638 60 669
    Karagandy 112 156 101 983
    Kostanay 69 791 65 861
    Kyzylorda 69 015 65 862
    Mangystau 83 801 77 451
    Pavlodar 62 915 57 047
    Soltustik Kazakhstan 38 802 35 917
    Turkistan 217 072 210 258
    Ulytau 19 517 18 404
    Shygys Kazakhstan 70 158 63 316
    Astana city 277 052 244 216
    Almaty city 413 463 364 655
    Shymkent city 147 955 136 250
    Glossary

    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.

    Methodological explanations

    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:

    • entities currently engaged in economic activity, ie. active;
    • newly registered and not yet engaged in economic activity;
    • entities that temporarily suspended their activities.

    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:

    • small (up to 100 people);
    • medium (from 101 to 250 people);
    • large (over 250 people).

    Legal entities with branches are taken into account taking into account the headcount of all its branches.


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    Department of Statistical Registers and Classifications
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    E. Bekberdiev
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