As of June 1, 2021, there are 43,133 units of operating small and medium-sized businesses in the region, which is 1.1% more compared to the corresponding period of 2020 (42,658 units).
For January - December 2020:
- the volume of production by small and medium-sized businesses - 1 264.9 billion tenge (a decrease of 27.1%);
(For reference: the volume of production by SMEs for the same period last year amounted to 1,617.5 billion tenge).
- the number of people employed in small and medium-sized businesses amounted to 107.1 thousand people (a decrease of 11.1%).
(For reference: the number of people employed in SMEs for the same period last year amounted to 119.4 thousand people.)
The decrease in the volume of production was due to the decrease in the production volumes of the operators of KPO b.v. (BG Karachaganak Limited, Chevron, Lukoil), which are SMEs. Also, the transition of 8 companies (Neftestroyservice LTD LLP, QHSE-Akbarys LLP, Syrlasu LLP, KazProjectOperating LLP, Uniserv-Trans LLP, RT Alliance LLP ”, LLP“ Service company “BMS”, LLP “Zhaiyk Press”) from a medium-sized enterprise to the category of large ones.