As of May 1, 2024, the number of registered small and medium-sized businesses amounted to 63,169 thousand units. (101.0% by April 2023).
The number of operating small and medium-sized businesses is 58,576 thousand units. (101.1% by April 2023).
The share of existing small and medium-sized businesses in the total number of registered ones was 92.7%.
Structure of small and medium-sized businesses as of May 1, 2024:
- small and medium-sized businesses – 9354 units.
- individual entrepreneurs - 42397 units.
- peasant (farm) farms - 6825 units.
For January-April 2024, SMEs received tax payments of 60.715 billion tenge (126.1% compared to the same period in 2023, 45.7% of total tax receipts).
The number of people employed in small and medium-sized businesses as of January 1, 2024 amounted to 142.704 thousand people (100.9% by January 2023).
The volume of production, work and services of small and medium-sized businesses for January - December 2023 is 1597.664 billion tenge (89.8% of the 2022 level).
The gross added value of small and medium-sized enterprises for January-December 2023 is 989,488.6 million tenge or 26.8%.
In January-April 2024, 2,571 new jobs were created in small and medium-sized businesses (according to district administration data).
In January-March 2024, loans to small and medium-sized businesses were issued in the amount of 34.9 billion tenge, which is 28.5% of the total volume of loans issued, incl. in the agricultural sector - 31.7%, in the processing industry - 2.0%.
Lending mechanism for priority projects
on the development of the “economy of simple things”
The portfolio of the “economy of simple things” consists of approved and financed 267 projects in the manufacturing industry, agro-industrial complex and services for 56.29 billion tenge.
In the manufacturing industry, 46 projects worth 36.49 billion tenge were approved, in agriculture - 210 projects worth 14.5 billion tenge, in the service sector - 11 projects worth 5.3 billion tenge. It is planned to create more than 1,300 jobs.
Since 2024, the “Economy of Simple Things” program has been included in the Unified Comprehensive Program as one of the areas for supporting and developing small and medium-sized businesses.
State program for business support and development “Business Road Map 2025”
During the period of operation of the State program for business support and development “Business Road Map” (since 2010), 6228 projects were approved for a total amount of 368.5 billion tenge, of which:
- for subsidizing interest rates (1,2,3 directions, portfolio) - 4035 projects for a loan amount of 299.49 billion tenge;
- to provide guarantees for SME loans, a total of 1,890 projects were approved for a loan amount of 55.167 billion tenge, the amount of guarantees is 27.353 billion tenge;
- for grant financing, only 244 projects were approved for a grant amount of 0.855 billion tenge;
- only 59 projects worth 13 billion tenge were approved to provide the missing infrastructure.
During the period of implementation of the program in 2010-2023, its participants produced products worth 6152.964 billion tenge, paid taxes in the amount of 429.1 billion tenge and created 28.4 thousand jobs.
In 2024, 10,340.881 million tenge were allocated for the support and development of small and medium-sized businesses (RB - 6932.0 million tenge, MB - 3408.881 million tenge), including:
- 9225.397 million tenge were allocated for subsidies, of which RB - 6564.0 million tenge, MB - 2661.397 million tenge.
subsidies for 107 new projects were started for a loan amount of 11635.7 million tenge, subsidies were paid in the amount of 3628.5 million tenge;
- 644.333 million tenge were allocated to guarantee loans, of which (RB-368.0 million tenge, MB-276.333 million tenge) 34 loan guarantees were issued for a loan amount of 2492.4 million tenge, the amount of guarantees is 1178.2 million tenge;
- for grant financing 189 million tenge (MB – 189.0 million tenge);
- 282.151 million tenge were allocated for the installation of engineering infrastructure (MB - 282.151 million tenge), 27.505 million tenge were disbursed for 2 projects of Makinsk Poultry Farm LLP:
water disposal - 165.668 million tenge (MB, estimated 27.505466 million tenge);
electricity supply – 116.483 million tenge (MB).