Bureau of National Statistics
of the 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 –19,2%, peasant or farm enterprises – 12,1%, 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 1,4 million units are active.
The largest number of employed falls on small enterprises – 1,4 million people and individual entrepreneurs – 1,8 million units.
The output of small enterprises amounted to 22,4 trillion. tenge, which is 49,3% of the total output of all SME entities.
| July 1, 2026 | July 1, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered small and medium enterprises, units | 2 139 450 | 2 328 798 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 479 438 | 473 502 |
| medium enterprises | 3 033 | 3 057 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 410 932 | 1 589 357 |
| peasant or farms enterprises | 246 047 | 262 882 |
| Operating small and medium enterprises, units | 1 974 899 | 2 125 003 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 379 092 | 362 675 |
| medium enterprises | 2 973 | 2 980 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 354 201 | 1 504 589 |
| peasant or farms enterprises | 238 633 | 254 759 |
| Number of people employed in small and medium enterprises, people | 3 979 439 | 4 434 468 |
| including: | ||
| In small enterprises | 1 429 375 | 1 711 195 |
| In medium enterprises | 449 444 | 433 809 |
| at individual entrepreneurs | 1 791 151 | 1 959 860 |
| In peasant or farms enterprises | 309 469 | 329 604 |
| Output of products by small and medium enterprises, million tenge | 45 433 972,5 | 42 452 022,4 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 22 414 052,2 | 24 465 712,5 |
| medium enterprises | 8 325 993,2 | 7 625 058,2 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 14 307 051,7 | 10 038 903,9 |
| peasant or farms enterprises | 386 875,4 | 322 347,8 |
The share of operating in the total number of registered SME entities amounted to 92,3%, which is 1,1 p.p. above the level of the previous year. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Turkistan (98,6%) Kyzylorda (96,4%) and Zhetysu (95,8%) regions. The smallest share was recorded in Almaty (87,5%) city.
| On July 1, 2026 | On July 1, 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 2 139 450 | 1 974 899 | 2 328 798 | 2 125 003 |
| Abay | 52 886 | 49 870 | 58 996 | 54 897 |
| Akmola | 60 924 | 57 688 | 65 590 | 60 684 |
| Aktobe | 83 101 | 77 655 | 93 161 | 87 133 |
| Almaty | 149 522 | 134 458 | 159 501 | 149 985 |
| Atyrau | 61 279 | 57 317 | 69 335 | 64 323 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 57 321 | 53 682 | 63 590 | 58 593 |
| Zhambyl | 106 839 | 100 640 | 118 711 | 106 654 |
| Zhetisu | 61 125 | 58 568 | 65 234 | 61 365 |
| Karagandy | 102 831 | 94 501 | 111 895 | 99 181 |
| Kostanay | 62 878 | 59 376 | 71 715 | 67 949 |
| Kyzylorda | 61 760 | 59 511 | 67 552 | 64 926 |
| Mangystau | 74 406 | 70 857 | 84 180 | 78 164 |
| Pavlodar | 58 728 | 53 983 | 63 724 | 56 607 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 35 852 | 32 793 | 39 048 | 35 906 |
| Turkistan | 202 245 | 199 417 | 217 337 | 212 697 |
| Ulytau | 17 165 | 16 306 | 19 475 | 18 192 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 62 122 | 57 017 | 69 225 | 62 810 |
| Astana city | 273 977 | 245 940 | 298 720 | 258 464 |
| Almatycity | 414 064 | 362 345 | 441 476 | 387 327 |
| Shymkent city | 140 425 | 132 975 | 150 333 | 139 146 |
| Continuation | ||||
| on July 1, 2026 | for January - June 2026 | on July 1, 2025 | for January - June 2025 | |
| 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 | 3 979 439 | 45 433 972,5 | 4 434 468 | 42 452 022,4 |
| Abay | 96 177 | 681 614,3 | 107 279 | 557 655,1 |
| Akmola | 137 336 | 1 238 884,8 | 147 016 | 993 113,4 |
| Aktobe | 151 584 | 1 287 675,4 | 183 330 | 1 224 359,6 |
| Almaty | 239 377 | 2 454 478,5 | 272 665 | 2 131 703,4 |
| Atyrau | 124 669 | 3 165 135,5 | 138 807 | 2 440 762,2 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 117 936 | 1 509 322,8 | 122 171 | 1 337 616,4 |
| Zhambyl | 157 544 | 1 002 340,5 | 165 353 | 756 338,1 |
| Zhetisu | 96 799 | 555 673,5 | 107 331 | 561 545,2 |
| Karagandy | 232 884 | 2 514 915,4 | 236 227 | 1 952 683,9 |
| Kostanay | 148 219 | 1 301 964,4 | 167 613 | 1 100 370,1 |
| Kyzylorda | 102 451 | 644 031,0 | 113 095 | 602 946,6 |
| Mangystau | 136 102 | 1 221 462,7 | 147 427 | 1 139 838,7 |
| Pavlodar | 129 232 | 1 020 490,2 | 140 184 | 907 436,2 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 102 990 | 784 068,1 | 106 756 | 664 356,5 |
| Turkistan | 275 240 | 1 845 839,7 | 296 210 | 1 346 394,8 |
| Ulytau | 28 059 | 187 164,0 | 30 896 | 158 900,7 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 141 652 | 1 296 750,0 | 152 753 | 1 104 035,6 |
| Astana city | 480 522 | 8 701 300,6 | 541 473 | 8 319 729,3 |
| Almatycity | 854 458 | 11 903 535,7 | 1 007 445 | 13 143 492,9 |
| Shymkent city | 226 208 | 2 117 325,5 | 250 437 | 2 008 745,4 |
SMEs account for 40,4% of the country’s total labor force. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Almaty and Astana. The smallest share was recorded in the Kyzylorda region.
The number of registered SME entities as of July 1, 2026 amounted to 2139,5 thousand units and decreased by 8,1% compared to the corresponding date in 2025–2328,8 thousand units.
The number of operating SME entities as of July 1, 2026 amounted to 1974,9 thousand units and decreased by 7,1% compared to the same period in 2025–2125,0 thousand units.
The number of people employed in SME as of July 1, 2026 amounted to 3979,4 thousand people, which is 10,3% less.
The output of products by SME entities for January-June 2026 amounted to 45434,0 billion tenge and decreased by 3,6% compared to January - June 2025 (based on the CPI).
| 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 July 1, 2026 | as of July 1, 2025 | as of July 1, 2026 | as of July 1, 2025 | as of July 1, 2026 | as of July 1, 2025 | for January-June 2026 | for January- June 2025 | |
| Total | 2 139 450 | 2 328 798 | 1 974 899 | 2 125 003 | 3 979 439 | 4 434 468 | 45 433 972,5 | 42 452 022,4 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 272 968 | 297 936 | 263 119 | 284 619 | 413 345 | 456 727 | 2 137 604,2 | 1 611 990,1 |
| Industry | 122 321 | 131 695 | 112 238 | 119 097 | 422 403 | 454 311 | 9 012 773,7 | 7 137 921,6 |
| Mining industry and quarrying | 6 761 | 6 377 | 5 920 | 5 403 | 53 182 | 44 041 | 2 249 129,5 | 1 624 698,0 |
| Processing industry | 108 675 | 118 477 | 100 208 | 107 767 | 337 951 | 372 746 | 6 228 289,7 | 4 985 519,6 |
| Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 2 204 | 2 345 | 1 926 | 2 014 | 10 794 | 13 756 | 376 584,2 | 374 728,6 |
| Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 4 681 | 4 496 | 4 184 | 3 913 | 20 476 | 23 768 | 158 770,3 | 152 975,4 |
| Construction | 140 224 | 133 449 | 121 891 | 111 500 | 289 295 | 356 516 | 4 312 358,8 | 6 380 756,1 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 782 495 | 818 670 | 718 146 | 739 854 | 1 214 615 | 1 330 766 | 14 107 989,4 | 12 514 209,5 |
| Transport and warehousing | 115 771 | 176 502 | 108 247 | 167 240 | 225 323 | 302 160 | 3 221 149,9 | 2 958 747,5 |
| Provision of accommodation and food services | 61 081 | 59 390 | 56 882 | 54 240 | 165 440 | 167 664 | 1 184 820,1 | 1 081 735,8 |
| Information and communication | 40 516 | 37 547 | 36 329 | 33 072 | 88 409 | 96 636 | 1 499 195,0 | 1 363 462,7 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 6 838 | 7 197 | 4 978 | 4 991 | 18 908 | 20 374 | 510 717,7 | 664 332,6 |
| Operations with realestate | 98 875 | 115 459 | 94 546 | 109 419 | 177 473 | 201 137 | 1 848 377,7 | 1 839 226,0 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 67 655 | 66 112 | 60 036 | 57 410 | 147 219 | 157 279 | 1 753 743,4 | 1 842 890,2 |
| Activities in the field of administrative and support services | 69 589 | 68 144 | 63 631 | 61 613 | 208 989 | 197 048 | 1 747 688,9 | 1 205 203,5 |
| Education | 48 800 | 51 158 | 45 771 | 47 801 | 168 279 | 166 246 | 803 201,0 | 622 066,3 |
| Public health and social services | 20 547 | 21 320 | 19 159 | 19 851 | 99 915 | 96 231 | 627 644,8 | 586 918,3 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 22 702 | 21 668 | 20 901 | 19 466 | 41 301 | 42 640 | 741 326,1 | 737 056,0 |
| Provision of other types of services | 269 068 | 322 551 | 249 025 | 294 830 | 298 525 | 388 733 | 1 925 381,9 | 1 905 504,0 |
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 SMEs in GDP in January-June 2026 in the republic amounted to 40,4% and increased by 0,6 percentage points compared to January-June 2025.
| for January-June 2026 | for January- June 2025 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percentages | GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percentages | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 28 772 222,0 | 40,4 | 24 404 364,2 | 39,8 |
| Abay | 311 688,2 | 17,5 | 243 692,4 | 18,0 |
| Akmola | 703 632,0 | 32,1 | 551 265,1 | 30,8 |
| Aktobe | 789 840,3 | 28,1 | 686 133,6 | 27,6 |
| Almaty | 1 631 159,0 | 49,8 | 1 329 466,2 | 45,1 |
| Atyrau | 1 935 324,3 | 23,3 | 1 585 572,0 | 21,2 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 927 374,0 | 37,1 | 810 604,9 | 36,7 |
| Zhambyl | 436 148,5 | 26,2 | 348 181,0 | 22,5 |
| Zhetisu | 315 410,8 | 28,8 | 282 028,5 | 29,5 |
| Karagandy | 861 444,2 | 19,8 | 683 085,0 | 18,7 |
| Kostanay | 715 456,6 | 31,0 | 567 668,2 | 28,2 |
| Kyzylorda | 331 194,7 | 22,1 | 279 973,2 | 20,1 |
| Mangystau | 846 318,8 | 29,3 | 770 732,1 | 31,2 |
| Pavlodar | 581 812,6 | 20,0 | 470 101,7 | 21,9 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 429 050,3 | 33,9 | 333 568,6 | 31,6 |
| Turkistan | 764 941,0 | 32,5 | 594 636,7 | 28,9 |
| Ulytau | 80 188,6 | 6,6 | 70 105,9 | 6,9 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 708 741,7 | 27,3 | 579 135,6 | 26,2 |
| Astana city | 6 256 540,2 | 70,1 | 4 913 799,1 | 72,3 |
| Almaty city | 8 485 424,1 | 58,8 | 8 015 738,8 | 59,2 |
| Shymkent city | 1 660 532,2 | 57,6 | 1 288 875,9 | 57,6 |
In the context of the categories of entities, 33,3% is the share of small business and 7,1% 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
