The development of small and medium-sized businesses is a priority area of the state economic policy.
According to the results of 2020, the number of registered small and medium-sized businesses amounted to 3,042 units, or 99.2% by 2019. The number of people employed in the business amounted to 5,579 people, or 94.8%, the volume of products produced amounted to 20.6 billion tenge, or 94.8% by 2019 (as of 01.10.2021).
At the same time, the number of operating small and medium-sized businesses increased by 1.9%, to 2,715 units.
In the field of trade, the volume of retail trade decreased to 98%, and amounted to 6,695 million tenge. The physical turnover index was 97.9%.
The decline in business and trade in 2020 as a whole is due to the introduction of a state of emergency from March 15 to May 11, as well as temporary restrictions during the quarantine period.
At the same time, the pace of construction and opening of new business facilities is increasing in the district. As part of the implementation of the Action Plan to Ensure Economic Growth in 2020, 33 new business facilities were opened, with the creation of 150 jobs.
In particular, in November 2020, the first shopping and entertainment center "Abay City" was opened in Abay, with a total area of 10 thousand square meters. The total number of jobs created was 80 people. In the future, the opening of children's playgrounds and a cinema, with the creation of additional jobs.
Also, in 2020, the construction of a new shopping and entertainment center with a hotel complex with 15 rooms, with a total area of 15 thousand square meters. m. The completion date is 2022.
In order to provide support for entrepreneurship in 2020, 4 projects worth 102.7 million tenge were supported in the district under the "Business Roadmap - 2025" Program. Including:
In the direction of subsidizing the % interest rate on the loan-2 projects for "Development of activities for the provision of special equipment services" and "Expansion of current activities".
In the direction of guaranteeing through the Fund "Damu" - 2 projects for "Purchase of special equipment" (loader) and "Replenishment of working capital".
To increase permanent employment in the framework of the second direction of the Program "Development of productive employment and mass entrepreneurship "Enbek" for 2019-2021 years" through FFSA issued 39 microloans totaling 138,1 million tenge, including 2 credits in mono Abay 6.4 million tenge.