More than 600 new SMEs open in Astana

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - 626 businesses started operation in July of the current year, reported astana.kz citing the Statistics Department.

609 new entities were registered as a limited liability companies, 5 are public associations and foundations, another 5 are various agencies, 4 registered as consumer cooperatives, 2 - as joint-stock companies, and 1 - as the union of legal entities. It can be noted that the number of small and medium-sized businesses, operating in Astana, is steadily growing. After all, as of July of the current year the number was 51,076. The majority of new businesses are related to construction, trade and services.