Foreigners have registered about 45,000 companies in Russia since the beginning of the year

Foreigners opened about 45,000 companies in Russia in 2023. Every year, citizens of other countries open 1% of new commercial organizations in the country, and the statistics do not change, reported Izvestia General Director of the Corporation SME Alexander Isaevich.

“If we look at the registry statistics SME, then traditionally from year to year 1% of newly created companies are foreign. These numbers have not changed much: now there are about 45,000, last year there were 43,000,” Isaevich noted.

The head of the SME Corporation explained that the dynamics remain virtually unchanged due to the trend towards cooperation between companies, especially within the framework of logistics and the supply of industrial equipment. According to him, micro and small entrepreneurs, as well as small and medium-sized businesses with corporations, often strive to unite. Large businesses began to pay more attention to small market players after the departure of foreign brands from Russia, Isaevich noted.

He also added that with subjects SME The state began to cooperate more often. In his speech at the Eastern Economic Forum, he brought example: over the eight months of 2023, large state-owned companies entered into more than 26,300 contracts with almost 10,000 small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in the Far East.