Record business registrations in Kazakhstan are driven by foreign ownership

Highest number of newly registered legal entities in nearly three years was recorded in Kazakhstan. As the Data Hub Telegram channel reports, around 4,500 new companies were registered in June alone by the justice authorities. It is the highest monthly figure since November 2022.
The number of newly registered entities increased by 31%, compared with May 2026. Meanwhile, calculations based on data from Kazakhstan’s Bureau of National Statistics show that the year-on-year increase attained 44%.
Much of the growth was created by companies with foreign ownership. Compared with June last year, their number demonstrated a 49% increase month-on-month. Comparatively, only 16, or 0.4% all legal entities registered in June, were wholly state-owned.
Around 2,500 legal entities, or 55.7% of newly registered companies, were privately owned. Meanwhile, around 1,960 entities, or 44%, had foreign ownership.
Almaty demonstrated the most notable business activity, with around 2,400 new legal entities registered. It is more than half of all registrations nationwide in June. They established around 1,700 of those entities with foreign capital.
Then followed Astana (777 new entities registered during the month, around 17% of the total).
The majority of all newly registered legal entities were classified as small businesses. 4,400 belonged to small enterprises category.

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