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 69.1%, legal entities of small business - 17.6%, peasant or farm enterprises - 13.1%, legal entities of medium business - 0.1%.
In terms of organizational and legal forms, the largest number of registered entities are individual entrepreneurs - 1.5 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 19.5 trillion. tenge, which is 68% of the total output of all SME entities.
| July 1, 2023 | July 1, 2022 | |
|---|---|---|
| Registered small and medium enterprises, units | 2 223 486 | 1 798 349 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 452 053 | 426 271 |
| medium enterprises | 2 940 | 2 880 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 496 527 | 1 137 768 |
| farms or farms | 271 966 | 231 430 |
| Operating small and medium enterprises, units | 2 015 030 | 1 559 859 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 354 618 | 315 270 |
| medium enterprises | 2 851 | 2 750 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 1 392 945 | 1 019 397 |
| farms or farms | 264 616 | 222 442 |
| Number of people employed in small and medium enterprises, people | 4 272 966 | 3 761 990 |
| including: | ||
| at small enterprises | 1 689 156 | 1 604 071 |
| at medium enterprises | 398 771 | 380 030 |
| from individual entrepreneurs | 1 839 808 | 1 473 239 |
| in farms or farms | 345 231 | 304 650 |
| Output of products by small and medium enterprises, million tenge | 28 791 406 | 23 416 338 |
| including: | ||
| small enterprises | 19 488 375 | 16 710 783 |
| medium enterprises | 5 361 255 | 4 311 548 |
| individual entrepreneurs | 3 576 709 | 2 080 150 |
| farms or farms | 365 067 | 313 857 |
The share of operating in the total number of registered SME entities amounted to 90.6%, which is 3.9 p.p. above the level of the previous year. The largest share in the regional context prevails in Turkestan (97.9%), Kyzylorda (93.9%) and Kostanay (93.3%) regions. The smallest share was recorded in Almaty (85.7%).
| On July 1, 2023 | On July 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 | 2 223 486 | 2 015 030 | 1 798 349 | 1 559 859 |
| Abai | 59 406 | 53 942 | 49 482 | 43 647 |
| Akmola | 63 670 | 58 306 | 56 650 | 50 755 |
| Aktobe | 97 662 | 88 548 | 80 868 | 71 977 |
| Almaty | 142 363 | 133 532 | 108 197 | 96 653 |
| Atyrau | 74 428 | 67 934 | 62 320 | 55 331 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 64 474 | 58 886 | 53 045 | 46 545 |
| Zhambyl | 119 717 | 106 122 | 92 479 | 77 193 |
| Zhetisu | 65 203 | 59 862 | 53 000 | 45 617 |
| Karagandy | 112 479 | 100 124 | 96 183 | 83 038 |
| Kostanai | 69 847 | 65 149 | 61 414 | 56 549 |
| Kyzylorda | 77 590 | 72 872 | 59 023 | 53 725 |
| Mangystau | 89 490 | 83 144 | 70 683 | 63 636 |
| Pavlodar | 62 058 | 55 351 | 54 416 | 47 517 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 38 461 | 34 759 | 34 748 | 30 890 |
| Turkistan | 216 020 | 211 477 | 158 974 | 155 073 |
| Ulytau | 20 545 | 19 109 | 16 189 | 14 619 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 72 400 | 64 599 | 64 214 | 55 859 |
| Astana city | 252 958 | 223 597 | 206 930 | 179 003 |
| Almaty city | 384 178 | 329 082 | 318 178 | 244 367 |
| Shymkent city | 140 537 | 128 635 | 101 356 | 87 865 |
| On July 1, 2023 | For January-June 2023 | On July 1, 2022 | For January-June 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 | 4 272 966 | 28 791 406 | 3 761 990 | 23 416 338 |
| Abai | 102 027 | 396 485 | 92 657 | 250 311 |
| Akmola | 144 408 | 646 252 | 136 453 | 560 777 |
| Aktobe | 181 460 | 861 883 | 166 481 | 640 171 |
| Almaty | 241 349 | 1 526 652 | 202 486 | 1 165 281 |
| Atyrau | 157 942 | 2 472 889 | 142 410 | 2 447 950 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 125 887 | 1 014 997 | 113 012 | 1 000 071 |
| Zhambyl | 164 746 | 444 912 | 133 315 | 311 259 |
| Zhetisu | 109 994 | 362 555 | 96 384 | 322 121 |
| Karagandy | 242 333 | 1 162 903 | 222 448 | 955 474 |
| Kostanai | 165 376 | 874 951 | 160 337 | 791 687 |
| Kyzylorda | 124 376 | 300 577 | 107 387 | 232 461 |
| Mangystau | 158 306 | 867 344 | 146 998 | 784 979 |
| Pavlodar | 140 000 | 613 439 | 133 681 | 503 461 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 105 971 | 386 646 | 104 876 | 428 739 |
| Turkistan | 288 555 | 565 393 | 231 539 | 417 299 |
| Ulytau | 31 567 | 92 466 | 27 626 | 66 959 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 165 435 | 715 742 | 151 780 | 558 117 |
| Astana city | 503 872 | 6 172 840 | 444 329 | 4 836 760 |
| Almaty city | 899 004 | 8 160 412 | 758 393 | 6 404 483 |
| Shymkent city | 220 358 | 1 152 068 | 189 398 | 737 978 |
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 Zhambyl region.
The number of registered SME entities as of July 1, 2023 amounted to 2223.5 thousand units and increased by 23.6% compared to the corresponding date in 2022 - 1798.3 thousand units.
The number of operating SME entities as of July 1, 2023 amounted to 2015 thousand units and increased by 29.2% compared to the same period in 2022 - 1559.9 thousand units.
The number of people employed in SME as of July 1, 2023 amounted to 4273 thousand people, which is 13.6% more.
The output of products by SME entities for January-June 2023 amounted to 28791.4 billion tenge and increased by 23% 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 July 1, 2023 | as of July 1, 2022 | as of July 1, 2023 | as of July 1, 2022 | as of July 1, 2023 | as of July 1, 2022 | for January-June 2023 | for January-June 2022 | |
| Total | 2 223 486 | 1 798 349 | 2 015 030 | 1 559 859 | 4 272 966 | 3 761 990 | 28 791 406 | 23 416 338 |
| Agriculture, forestry and fisheries | 314 227 | 276 177 | 300 370 | 259 320 | 483 954 | 445 259 | 1 189 272 | 924 187 |
| Industry | 136 428 | 91 049 | 123 076 | 76 597 | 438 958 | 385 509 | 5 972 845 | 5 413 309 |
| Mining industry and quarrying | 5 731 | 5 239 | 4 823 | 4 230 | 39 899 | 39 904 | 1 693 933 | 1 516 519 |
| Processing industry | 124 045 | 79 557 | 112 623 | 67 322 | 361 226 | 310 072 | 3 800 772 | 3 422 136 |
| Supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water and air conditioning | 2 295 | 2 102 | 1 947 | 1 655 | 16 877 | 15 353 | 358 519 | 377 810 |
| Water supply; collection, treatment and disposal of waste, activities for the elimination of pollution | 4 357 | 4 151 | 3 683 | 3 390 | 20 956 | 20 180 | 119 621 | 96 844 |
| Construction | 119 190 | 109 068 | 98 786 | 87 064 | 325 461 | 311 447 | 3 375 176 | 2 879 027 |
| Wholesale and retail trade; car and motorcycle repair | 798 506 | 604 931 | 723 015 | 520 536 | 1 290 272 | 1 097 294 | 8 060 293 | 7 051 571 |
| Transport and warehousing | 100 921 | 92 256 | 90 106 | 79 003 | 215 527 | 189 603 | 2 205 165 | 1 517 573 |
| Provision of accommodation and food services | 54 752 | 48 381 | 49 333 | 42 346 | 146 718 | 143 641 | 723 905 | 510 684 |
| Information and communication | 34 686 | 29 687 | 30 561 | 24 798 | 99 461 | 83 041 | 1 089 120 | 629 951 |
| Financial and insurance activities | 7 919 | 8 083 | 5 448 | 5 174 | 26 591 | 23 635 | 392 337 | 297 778 |
| Operations with real estate | 100 429 | 92 554 | 91 203 | 80 107 | 188 291 | 172 240 | 1 176 332 | 903 898 |
| Professional, scientific and technical activities | 64 306 | 61 600 | 55 302 | 50 805 | 163 947 | 154 367 | 1 224 446 | 882 992 |
| Activities in the field of administrative and support services | 60 703 | 50 941 | 54 148 | 43 259 | 201 832 | 179 910 | 1 041 151 | 746 654 |
| Education | 42 430 | 33 741 | 38 785 | 29 959 | 145 416 | 131 532 | 337 758 | 237 295 |
| Public health and social services | 19 102 | 15 624 | 17 659 | 14 088 | 88 941 | 88 982 | 356 038 | 335 000 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 19 562 | 16 764 | 17 417 | 13 976 | 39 117 | 35 194 | 782 443 | 507 315 |
| Provision of other types of services | 350 325 | 267 493 | 319 821 | 232 827 | 418480 | 320 336 | 865125 | 579 104 |
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-June 2023 in the republic amounted to 36.4% and increased by 0.7 percentage points compared to the corresponding period last year.
| for January-June 2023 | for January-June 2022 | |||
| GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | GVA SME, million tenge | share in GDP (GRP), in percent | |
| Republic of Kazakhstan | 17 213 262,1 | 36,4 | 14 288 143,5 | 35,7 |
| Abai | 216 361,9 | 18,7 | 139 966,9 | 16,1 |
| Akmola | 376 166,6 | 25,7 | 344 018,5 | 28,8 |
| Aktobe | 543 620,1 | 27,3 | 411 727,3 | 21,3 |
| Almaty | 896 928,9 | 47,0 | 689 411,6 | 39,7 |
| Atyrau | 1 645 872,3 | 24,7 | 1 477 708,4 | 23,3 |
| Batys Kazakhstan | 626 439,1 | 33,1 | 575 103,4 | 31,5 |
| Zhambyl | 267 393,9 | 20,7 | 189 850,4 | 18,0 |
| Zhetisu | 209 815,0 | 30,2 | 200 078,4 | 39,2 |
| Karagandy | 572 226,4 | 19,0 | 479 216,9 | 16,1 |
| Kostanai | 463 037,9 | 28,5 | 419 923,5 | 30,5 |
| Kyzylorda | 188 328,3 | 16,7 | 156 053,0 | 15,5 |
| Mangystau | 570 561,0 | 28,5 | 557 491,6 | 30,2 |
| Pavlodar | 311 837,2 | 18,0 | 258 643,6 | 16,8 |
| Soltustik Kazakhstan | 222 898,7 | 26,8 | 263 808,8 | 43,5 |
| Turkistan | 310 940,5 | 20,6 | 212 109,8 | 17,2 |
| Ulytau | 38 339,2 | 5,1 | 28 264,6 | 3,8 |
| Shygys Kazakhstan | 392 978,6 | 21,5 | 311 810,5 | 20,7 |
| Astana city | 3 469 192,6 | 73,0 | 2 932 237,5 | 81,5 |
| Almaty city | 5 133 140,8 | 54,1 | 4 157 938,5 | 60,3 |
| Shymkent city | 757 183,1 | 49,7 | 482 780,4 | 38,9 |
In the context of the categories of entities, 29.6% is the share of small business and 6.8% 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
