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 - 13.0%, 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 1.3 million units are active.
The largest number of employed falls on small enterprises - 1.6 million people and individual entrepreneurs - 1.8 million units.
The output of small enterprises amounted to 9.5 trillion. tenge, which is 69.2% of the total output of all SME entities.
| April 1, 2023 | April 1, 2022 | |
| Registered small and medium enterprises, units | 2 129 821 | 1 718 293 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 444 604 | 417 528 |
| medium enterprises | 2 989 | 2 929 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 142 2792 | 1 067 803 |
| farms or farms | 259 436 | 230 033 |
| Operating small and medium enterprises, units | 1 939 801 | 1 471 899 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 354 306 | 306 506 |
| medium enterprises | 2 908 | 2 792 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 330 396 | 941 817 |
| farms or farms | 252 191 | 220 784 |
| Number of people employed in small and medium enterprises, people | 4 152 081 | 3 630 551 |
| including: | ||
| at small enterprises | 1 649 603 | 1 557 662 |
| at medium enterprises | 399 801 | 377 180 |
| from individual entrepreneurs | 1 769 774 | 1 393 422 |
| in farms or farms | 332 903 | 302 287 |
| Output of products by small and medium enterprises, million tenge | 13 736 644 | 10 438 069 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 9 508 711 | 7 640 980 |
| medium enterprises | 2 415 043 | 1 924 983 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 675 524 | 750 546 |
| farms or farms | 137 366 | 121 561 |
The share of operating in the total number of registered SME entities amounted to 91.1%, which is 5.4 p.p. above the level of the previous year. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Turkestan (98.4%),Kostanay (94.6%) and Kyzylorda (94,5%) regions. The smallest share was recorded in Almaty (85.5%).
| On April 1, 2023 | On April 1, 2022 | |||
| 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 | 2 129 821 | 1 939 801 | 1 718 293 | 1 471 899 |
| Abai | 57 680 | 53 020 | 48 090 | 42 379 |
| Akmola | 61 816 | 57 201 | 55 421 | 49 357 |
| Aktobe | 94 417 | 87 160 | 77 014 | 68 002 |
| Almaty | 134 508 | 125 759 | 101 758 | 90 041 |
| Atyrau | 72 141 | 66 333 | 60 041 | 52 938 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 61 564 | 56 483 | 51 368 | 45 242 |
| Zhambyl | 113 299 | 100 566 | 88 925 | 73 603 |
| Zhetisu | 62 256 | 56 865 | 51 847 | 44 333 |
| Karagandy | 108 309 | 97 940 | 93 493 | 81 908 |
| Kostanai | 67 372 | 63 721 | 60 093 | 55 145 |
| Kyzylorda | 74 987 | 70 879 | 56 615 | 51 094 |
| Mangystau | 86 159 | 80 293 | 66 359 | 58 910 |
| Pavlodar | 60 306 | 54 017 | 53 752 | 47 074 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 37 247 | 34 182 | 34 324 | 30 446 |
| Turkistan | 203 877 | 200 551 | 151 247 | 147 165 |
| Ulytau | 19 751 | 18 585 | 15 702 | 14 344 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 70 636 | 63 961 | 62 715 | 54 666 |
| Astana city | 242 499 | 215 902 | 195 481 | 168 011 |
| Almaty city | 368 618 | 315 184 | 300 861 | 217 822 |
| Shymkent city | 132 379 | 121 199 | 93 187 | 79 419 |
| On April 1, 2023 | From January to March 2023 | On April 1, 2022 | From January to March 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 | 4 152 081 | 13 736 644 | 3 630 551 | 10 438 069 |
| Abai | 104 452 | 187 376 | 90 059 | 119 053 |
| Akmola | 141 431 | 280 570 | 133 396 | 226 623 |
| Aktobe | 173 016 | 393 009 | 160 500 | 273 094 |
| Almaty | 228 239 | 634 864 | 191 646 | 455 732 |
| Atyrau | 149 915 | 1 505 096 | 133 752 | 1 263 441 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 121 263 | 464 406 | 109 286 | 464 609 |
| Zhambyl | 157 125 | 192 844 | 128 753 | 116 126 |
| Zhetisu | 102 890 | 166 189 | 91 502 | 125 559 |
| Karagandy | 237 121 | 566 450 | 219 696 | 404 164 |
| Kostanai | 163 659 | 434 847 | 155 614 | 330 042 |
| Kyzylorda | 122 337 | 121 160 | 104 383 | 89 696 |
| Mangystau | 153 732 | 400 775 | 139 808 | 323 892 |
| Pavlodar | 134 835 | 263 550 | 133 567 | 199 208 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 101 665 | 157 593 | 100 118 | 145 866 |
| Turkistan | 276 029 | 254 616 | 222 009 | 177 981 |
| Ulytau | 31 371 | 40 157 | 27 296 | 35 624 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 167 872 | 314 702 | 147 260 | 212 572 |
| Astana city | 499 445 | 2 952 185 | 441 307 | 2 302 868 |
| Almaty city | 871 956 | 3 886 393 | 720 738 | 2 854 601 |
| Shymkent city | 213 728 | 519 862 | 179 861 | 317 318 |
SMEs account for 43.8% of the total economically active population of the country. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Astana and Almaty. The smallest share was recorded in the Zhambyl region.
The number of registered SME entities as of April 1, 2023 amounted to 2,129.8 thousand units and increased by 23.9% compared to the corresponding date in 2022 - 1,718.3 thousand units.
The number of operating SME entities as of April 1, 2023 amounted to 1,939.8 thousand units and increased by 31.8% compared to the same period in 2022 - 1,471.9 thousand units.
The number of people employed in SME as of April 1, 2023 amounted to 4,152.1 thousand people, which is 14.4% more.
The output of products by SME entities in January-March 2022 amounted to 13736.6 billion tenge and increased by 31.6% compared to the corresponding period of 2022 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, 2023 | as of April 1, 2022 | as of April 1, 2023 | as of April 1, 2022 | as of April 1, 2023 | as of April 1, 2022 | for January-March 2023 | for January-March 2022 | |
| Total | 2 129 821 | 1 718 293 | 1 939 801 | 1 471 899 | 4 152 081 | 3 630 551 | 13 736 644 | 10 438 069 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 300 459 | 275 990 | 286 894 | 258 772 | 462 062 | 433 448 | 497 946 | 348 586 |
| Industry | 126 901 | 83 657 | 114 963 | 68 407 | 424 059 | 368 785 | 2 734 012 | 2 417 059 |
| Mining industry and quarrying | 5 576 | 5 171 | 4 746 | 4 143 | 38 552 | 36 800 | 748 023 | 731 774 |
| Processing industry | 114 801 | 72 267 | 104 684 | 59 299 | 347 243 | 295 710 | 1 743 730 | 1 406 118 |
| Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 2 266 | 2 071 | 1 909 | 1 605 | 17 177 | 16 442 | 190 185 | 232 760 |
| Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 4 258 | 4 148 | 3 624 | 3 360 | 21 087 | 19 833 | 52 074 | 46 407 |
| Construction | 116 110 | 105 800 | 97 282 | 83 141 | 311 785 | 304 662 | 1 352 447 | 1 307 743 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 757 449 | 563 598 | 689 953 | 477 615 | 1 256 700 | 1 059 146 | 4 525 116 | 3 291 204 |
| Transport and warehousing | 98 056 | 91 443 | 87 966 | 77 437 | 207 119 | 186 830 | 912 257 | 687 466 |
| Provision of accommodation and food services | 53 426 | 46 732 | 48 484 | 40 668 | 143 059 | 139 210 | 355 657 | 199 817 |
| Information and communication | 33 608 | 28 740 | 29 769 | 23 682 | 97 219 | 78 756 | 525 545 | 257 279 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 7 963 | 8 268 | 5 596 | 5 296 | 27 237 | 25 011 | 189 226 | 122 989 |
| Operations with real estate | 98 824 | 91 368 | 89 218 | 77 310 | 183 114 | 168 046 | 615 831 | 428 675 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 63 446 | 60 752 | 55 260 | 49 390 | 164 013 | 150 365 | 500 833 | 389 265 |
| Activities in the field of administrative and support services | 58 450 | 49 850 | 52 470 | 41 977 | 201 603 | 170 170 | 491 208 | 301 930 |
| Education | 40 214 | 31 700 | 37 158 | 27 875 | 141 837 | 128 209 | 167 966 | 110 350 |
| Public health and social services | 18 206 | 14 804 | 16 928 | 13 141 | 86 707 | 85 358 | 162 231 | 162 029 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 18 679 | 16 077 | 16 556 | 13 238 | 37 485 | 33 666 | 293 988 | 191 380 |
| Provision of other types of services | 338 030 | 249 514 | 311 304 | 213 950 | 408 082 | 298 889 | 412 381 | 222 507 |
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 2023 in the republic amounted to 36.7% and increased by 4.2 percentage points compared to the corresponding period last year.
| From January to March 2023 | From January to March 2022 | |||
| GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 8 664 238,6 | 36,7 | 6 189 472,7 | 32,5 |
| Abai | 116 587,9 | 20,5 | - | - |
| Akmola | 170 927,0 | 24,9 | 140 346,5 | 26,2 |
| Aktobe | 255 709,6 | 27,2 | 160 927,1 | 19,3 |
| Almaty | 407 787,6 | 39,9 | 365 484,1 | 37,9 |
| Atyrau | 996 590,6 | 29,9 | 711 062,0 | 22,8 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 283 554,3 | 31,6 | 239 579,8 | 29,7 |
| Zhambyl | 112 529,4 | 20,5 | 65 994,0 | 15,7 |
| Zhetisu | 104 157,0 | 33,1 | - | - |
| Karagandy | 322 087,7 | 19,8 | 216 242,3 | 13,1 |
| Kostanai | 278 945,1 | 31,8 | 198 312,6 | 28,4 |
| Kyzylorda | 76 101,6 | 14,2 | 54 859,7 | 13,4 |
| Mangystau | 228 056,6 | 27,7 | 186 118,8 | 26,5 |
| Pavlodar | 152 811,7 | 17,1 | 109 840,3 | 14,3 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 100 920,6 | 24,9 | 87 873,7 | 29,1 |
| Turkistan | 165 448,9 | 21,1 | 107 530,4 | 18,0 |
| Ulytau | 20 401,8 | 4,9 | - | - |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 205 164,5 | 20,3 | 196 980,6 | 16,5 |
| Astana city | 1 856 934,6 | 76,5 | 1 352 512,8 | 72,4 |
| Almaty city | 2 575 167,6 | 53,9 | 1 783 176,9 | 51,1 |
| Shymkent city | 353 857,8 | 50,5 | 212 631,1 | 36,2 |
In the context of the categories of entities, 30.2% is the share of small business and 6.5% 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
