Legal entities | Subjects of individual entrepreneurship | Branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities | Subjects of small and medium business | |||||
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registered | operating | registered | operating | registered | operating | registered | operating | |
Total | 510 797 | 410 744 | 1 652 564 | 1550617 | 32200 | 22130 | 2097519 | 1904656 |
Small | 501 657 | 401 746 | - | - | 31056 | 21000 | 2094527 | 1901746 |
Medium | 6 647 | 6 538 | - | - | 630 | 620 | 2992 | 2 910 |
Large | 2 493 | 2 460 | - | - | 514 | 510 | - | - |
Every year there is an increase in the number of registered legal entities by an average of 5%, so over the past ten years (2012-2022) their number has increased from 317,926 to 507,238 (by 189,312 units or 59.5%). 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 4.9%. 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).
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
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Republic of Kazakhstan | 317 926 | 338 981 | 353 833 | 360 287 | 383 850 | 412 677 | 433 774 | 446 687 | 461 983 | 481 732 | 507 238 |
Small | 309 499 | 330 435 | 344 994 | 351 229 | 374 912 | 403 862 | 424 796 | 437 988 | 453 343 | 472 777 | 497 995 |
Medium | 6 095 | 6 113 | 6 364 | 6 572 | 6 502 | 6 432 | 6 490 | 6 297 | 6 235 | 6 494 | 6 685 |
Large | 2 332 | 2 433 | 2 475 | 2 486 | 2 436 | 2 383 | 2 488 | 2 402 | 2 405 | 2 461 | 2 558 |
In February 2023, compared to January 2023, there is a slight increase in the number of registered legal entities (by 0.5%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 6.0%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating legal entities - by 0.8% and 14.1%, respectively. 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; repair of cars and motorcycles", the share of which as of March 1, 2023. amounted to 27.9%. On the second place - "Construction" (13.4%), on the third - "Provision of other types of services" (9.9%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 51.2% of all registered legal entities.
As of March 1, 2023, the largest number of registered legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (142271 or 27.9%) and Astana (95697 or 18.7%), and in the Karaganda region (28530 or 5.6%). The smallest number of registered legal entities falls on Ulytau (2936 and 0.6%), Abay (8113 and 1.6%) and Zhetisu (8002 and 1.6%) regions.
Total | Of them | |||||
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operating | including | in the process of liquidation | ||||
newly registered | active | temporarily inactive | ||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 510 797 | 410 744 | 59 392 | 207 416 | 143 936 | 5 056 |
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 20 392 | 17 279 | 2 076 | 8 717 | 6 486 | 119 |
Mining and quarrying industry | 5 118 | 4 304 | 739 | 1 511 | 2 054 | 57 |
Manufacturing industry | 25 789 | 20 403 | 2 065 | 10 476 | 7 862 | 292 |
Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 1 878 | 1 558 | 206 | 792 | 560 | 13 |
Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 2 763 | 2 198 | 186 | 1 152 | 860 | 43 |
Construction | 68 470 | 52 998 | 6 686 | 19 341 | 26 971 | 1 276 |
Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 142 632 | 107 269 | 16 607 | 50 191 | 40 471 | 1 714 |
Transport and warehousing | 20 643 | 16 660 | 2 393 | 8 408 | 5 859 | 232 |
Provision of accommodation and food services | 9 781 | 8 090 | 1 393 | 4 113 | 2 584 | 50 |
Information and communication | 16 554 | 14 030 | 3 053 | 7 031 | 3 946 | 69 |
Financial and insurance activities | 7 991 | 5 632 | 797 | 2 794 | 2 041 | 137 |
Operations with real estate | 23 649 | 20 314 | 3 354 | 12 202 | 4 758 | 201 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 34 121 | 28 164 | 3 412 | 15 419 | 9 333 | 224 |
Administrative and support services activities | 24 456 | 20 751 | 2 603 | 12 055 | 6 093 | 148 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 9 582 | 9 301 | 128 | 9 047 | 126 | 41 |
Education | 28 496 | 26 362 | 1 593 | 20 376 | 4 393 | 136 |
Public healthcare and social services | 10 223 | 9 197 | 870 | 6 142 | 2 185 | 59 |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 7 599 | 6 291 | 1 014 | 3 332 | 1 945 | 43 |
Provision of other types of services | 50 659 | 39 942 | 10 217 | 14 316 | 15 409 | 202 |
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 | - | - |
Total | Including by forms and types of ownership | |||||
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state | private total | of them | foreign | |||
with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) | joint ventures (with foreign participation) | |||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 510 797 | 25 585 | 440 980 | 380 | 11 111 | 44 232 |
Small | 501 657 | 20 860 | 437 061 | 299 | 10 833 | 43 736 |
Medium | 6 647 | 3 581 | 2 772 | 34 | 169 | 294 |
Large | 2 493 | 1 144 | 1 147 | 47 | 109 | 202 |
In February 2023, compared to January 2023, there is a slight increase in the number of registered individual entrepreneurs (by 1.6%), compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, their number increased by 28.9%. At the same time, there is an increase in the number of operating subjects of individual entrepreneurship - by 2.1% and 35.3%, respectively. 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; repair of cars and motorcycles”, the share of which as of March 1, 2023 amounted to 36.7%. In second place is “Provision of other types of services” (18.5%), in third place is “Agriculture, forestry and fisheries” (16.1%). Together, the share of these three types of activities is 71.3% of all registered individual entrepreneurs.
Total | Including those carrying out activities: | |||||
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registered | operating | in the form of personal business | in the form of a joint venture | |||
registered | operating | registered | operating | |||
The Republic of Kazakhstan | 1 652 564 | 1 550 617 | 1 580 344 | 1 479 261 | 72 220 | 71 356 |
Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 265 639 | 255 121 | 193 528 | 183 851 | 72 111 | 71 270 |
Mining and quarrying | 607 | 584 | 607 | 584 | - | - |
Manufacturing industry | 86 491 | 81 593 | 86 481 | 81 583 | 10 | 10 |
Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 554 | 501 | 554 | 501 | - | - |
Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 1 859 | 1 703 | 1 858 | 1 702 | 1 | 1 |
Construction | 47 700 | 44 100 | 47 699 | 44 099 | 1 | 1 |
Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 606 395 | 573 063 | 606 378 | 573 049 | 17 | 14 |
Transport and warehousing | 78 046 | 71 621 | 78 037 | 71 615 | 9 | 6 |
Provision of accommodation and food services | 43 367 | 39 988 | 43 363 | 39 984 | 4 | 4 |
Information and communication | 17 165 | 15 703 | 17 165 | 15 703 | - | - |
Financial and insurance activities | 568 | 495 | 568 | 495 | - | - |
Operations with real estate | 84 343 | 76 177 | 84 319 | 76 157 | 24 | 20 |
Professional, scientific and technical activities | 30 703 | 28 022 | 30 702 | 28 021 | 1 | 1 |
Administrative and support services activities | 35 399 | 32 859 | 35 390 | 32 850 | 9 | 9 |
Public administration and defense; compulsory social security | 120 | 118 | 120 | 118 | - | - |
Education | 24 946 | 23 385 | 24 945 | 23 384 | 1 | 1 |
Public health and social services | 9 757 | 9 250 | 9 757 | 9 250 | - | - |
Arts, entertainment and recreation | 13 686 | 12 473 | 13 685 | 12 472 | 1 | 1 |
Provision of other types of services | 305 219 | 283 861 | 305 188 | 283 843 | 31 | 18 |
As of March 1, 2023, the number of registered branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities amounted to 32200 units, including 22130 active ones. The largest number of registered branches and affiliates of foreign legal entities is in the cities of Almaty (3837 or 12.0%) and Astana (3754 or 11.7%), and in the Karaganda region (2140 or 6.6%). 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” (12944 or 40.2%), “Wholesale and retail trade; repair of cars and motorcycles” (4697 or 14.6%) and “Construction” (2227 or 7.0%).
Total | Including by forms and types of ownership | |||||
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state | private total | of them | foreign | |||
with the participation of the state (without foreign participation) | joint ventures (with foreign participation) | |||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 28 160 | 2 269 | 24 566 | 252 | 729 | 1 325 |
Small | 27 063 | 2 068 | 23 716 | 226 | 682 | 1 279 |
Medium | 606 | 110 | 470 | 12 | 20 | 26 |
Large | 491 | 91 | 380 | 14 | 27 | 20 |
Total | Of them | |||||
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operating | including | in the process of liquidation | ||||
newly registered | active | temporarily inactive | ||||
Republic of Kazakhstan | 4 040 | 2 414 | 357 | 1 023 | 1 034 | 86 |
Small | 3 993 | 2 369 | 357 | 978 | 1 034 | 85 |
Medium | 24 | 22 | - | 22 | - | 1 |
Large | 23 | 23 | - | 23 | - | - |
As of March 1, 2023, the number of registered legal entities, branches and branches subsidiaries of foreign legal entities with a foreign form of ownership increased by 31,7% compared to the corresponding date of the previous years. The number of registered legal entities and branches with joint ownership increased by 2,5%.
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; repair of cars and motorcycles" – 37.4%, "Provision of other types of services" – 11.6%, "Construction" – 9.9%.
Legal entities, branches and subsidiaries of foreign legal entities | ||||
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with foreign ownership | with joint ownership | |||
registered | operating | registered | operating | |
Republic of Kazakhstan | 49597 | 38 736 | 11 840 | 8 680 |
Russia | 19 882 | 16 902 | 5 032 | 3 914 |
Türkiye | 5 127 | 3 787 | 783 | 493 |
China | 3 319 | 1 867 | 758 | 489 |
Kyrgyzstan | 3 023 | 2 382 | 687 | 495 |
Uzbekistan | 2 953 | 2 324 | 402 | 303 |
Ukraine | 1 285 | 1002 | 381 | 285 |
Azerbaijan | 1 195 | 951 | 210 | 148 |
Germany | 922 | 740 | 530 | 391 |
The Republic of Korea Belarus | 850 718 | 602 628 | 189 185 | 124 140 |
* Top 10 countries by the largest number of registered legal entities, branches and branches of foreign legal entities
As of March 1, 2023, the number of operating SMEs increased by 31.1% compared to the corresponding date of the previous year. In the total number of SMEs, the share of individual entrepreneurs was 66.6%, legal entities of small business - 18.6%, peasant or farm enterprises – 12.2%, legal entities of medium business - 0.2%.
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; repair of cars and motorcycles” – 35.5%; “Provision of other types of services” – 15.9%. "Agriculture, forestry and fisheries" - 14.1%.
registered | operating | |
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Republic of Kazakhstan | 2 097 519 | 1 904 656 |
Abay | 56 918 | 52 144 |
Akmola | 61 185 | 56 473 |
Aktobe | 93 028 | 85 694 |
Almaty | 131 785 | 122 867 |
Atyrau | 71 309 | 65 396 |
Batys Kazakhstan | 60 644 | 55 488 |
Zhambyl | 111 205 | 98 266 |
ZhetIsu | 61 353 | 55 844 |
Karaganda | 106 880 | 96 316 |
Kostanai | 66 626 | 62 870 |
Kyzylorda | 73 686 | 69 503 |
Mangystau | 84 918 | 78 999 |
Pavlodar | 59 591 | 53 117 |
Soltustik Kazakhstan | 36 923 | 33 895 |
Turkistan | 199 393 | 196 031 |
Ulytau | 19 432 | 18 224 |
Shygys Kazakhstan | 69 814 | 63 144 |
Astana city | 239 311 | 212 402 |
Almaty city | 364 139 | 309 947 |
Shymkent city | 129 379 | 118 036 |
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.
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:
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:
Legal entities with branches are taken into account taking into account the headcount of all its branches.