17.08.2018, 19:54 3500

Small businesses rapidly increase in Kazakhstan - survey

Alone in Astana, their number has increased by 47%.
The number of active small enter proses in Kazakhstan has increased over the year by 9%, Finprom reports.

The number of active enterprises by the end of Juky 2018 has reached 147.6 thousand, that is more than that of the last year by 8.7% or 11.8 thousand enterprises.

In addition to the increase of active small enterprises, also the increase can be observed in their share in the total number of registered small legal entities - 35.1% against 34.7% a year ago. The total number of registered small legal entities is 420.8 thousand (a year ago - 391.4 thousand).

In dynamics of the last five years the number of small enterprises has significantly increased by 43.4 (the number was 102.9 thousand).

As for regions, the most concentration of active small businesses remains in Almaty - 33.2 thousand, that is by 22.5% of the total active small legal entities.

The next after the southern capital city is Astana - 23.9 thousand of small companies (a year ago - 16.3 thousand). The third one is Karaganda region - 10.4 thousand of active enterprises, the same as in a year ago.

The leader in the increase of the number of active small legal entities is Astana - 46.7% year-to-year.

At the same time, the most potential is focused in the sphere of wholesale and retail trade and car and motorbike repairs. In this direction, 35.2 thousand of small companies ate involved in active business - that is by 11.3% more that a year ago.

The second active sphere of activity is education - 14.8 thousand of small legal entities provide products and services in this sphere (a year ago - 13.9 thousand). The third leader in terms of activity of small enterprises is construction. This sphere has 13.7 legal entities operating (a year ago - 13.6 thousand).

At the same time, the most fast-growing sector is accommodation and food services with the increase by 17.7% year-to-year.

Source: BNews.kz

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