Small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow

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2023

Moscow has concluded 194 thousand transactions with small and medium-sized enterprises on the supplier portal

On the supplier portal, the city concluded 194 thousand transactions with small and medium-sized enterprises. This was announced on December 28, 2023 by the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Efimov. Read more here.

Every eighth subject of small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow received the support of the city

Every eighth subject of small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow received the support of the city.

More than 110 thousand companies and individual entrepreneurs received subsidies, grants, consultations on the launch and development of their business, Moscow Deputy Mayor Natalya Sergunina said on April 5, 2023.

As of April 2023, the number of SMEs in the capital exceeds 850 thousand, and it continues to grow.

The city pays significant attention to this segment: it helps to maintain positions. Grants, subsidies, soft loans and loan guarantees are provided to enterprises. You can consult with experts and use useful online services. Many support measures were introduced at the initiative of the Moscow business community, - said Natalya Sergunina.

Thus, at the request of exporters working with friendly countries, subsidies were approved for logistics, registration of patents and other documents, adaptation of goods and services to foreign markets, certification of products and management systems, as well as a grant. During consultations with the business community, more than 500 proposals were received to reduce the negative effect of sanctions.

In 2022, 13 thousand companies and individual entrepreneurs received financial support. More than 2.9 thousand SMEs issued subsidies and grants, about eight thousand more - soft loans, 2.7 thousand used the guarantee of the Moscow Guarantee Fund.

For example, 800 million rubles in 2023 was aimed at creating and developing import-substituting industries. Thus, IT a company specializing in the automation of production processes in industries received funds for. It has software development its own base for assembling and installing equipment. Suppliers of similar foreign solutions in 2022 left the Russian market.

The grant was also allocated to one of the capital's factories for digital printing on fabrics, which plans to expand production. The company, in particular, works with Russian designers and clothing brands, its products meet the highest quality standards. Now it will be able to offer customers more favorable conditions compared to foreign competitors.

In total, more than 200 services are available to metropolitan enterprises for opening, developing and doing business. In 2022, more than 98 thousand small and medium-sized enterprises used them.

Participants of the Moscow Innovation Cluster on the i.moscow portal can choose suitable TIN support measures, find premises for storing or producing products, partners, suppliers or co-executors of the order.

So, in 2022, 536 new projects were published on the Projects and Needs service, where you can place your request or respond to a task from another participant.

Thanks to the option to select the premises of the Moscow Innovation Cluster, the capacitor plant has found a new location to expand production. After the imposition of sanctions, the company's products became especially in demand in the field of engineering, metallurgy, medicine.

Useful online products are also available on the metropolitan portal for small businesses mbm.mos.ru. Among the most popular is the Counterparty Verification service, created to protect companies from unreliable cooperation. With its help, you can check potential and existing partners: study their accounting and financial statements, the presence of arbitration cases and other risk factors.

The Legislative Business Digest is also in demand among entrepreneurs. It informs about new support measures, changes in legislation and important events for the business community.

With the help of the online service "Marketplaces: From Start to Profit," the capital's toy store has placed products on one of the largest trading platforms. Under the guidance of a personal curator, the user learned to present his products on the Internet and promote them. In a short time, the company reached a high level of sales.

2022: Moscow allocated 30 billion rubles to support small and medium-sized businesses

In 2022 Government Moscow , it allocated about 30 billion to support the capital's small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs). rubles This was reported on December 15, 2022 on the official website of the mayor of Moscow.

As the deputy mayor of the capital Natalya Sergunina clarified, the deputy, in 2022, more than 11 thousand companies and individual entrepreneurs received support. In particular, we are talking about subsidies, grants, preferential loans and loan guarantees.

Moscow helps entrepreneurs to maintain and develop business in today's difficult conditions. The effectiveness of these measures, in particular, is evidenced by the increase in the number of small and medium-sized enterprises. Now the city pays special attention to those who are engaged in import substitution in various areas, expands production, creates new technologies and products, - said Sergunina.

The most popular program at the moment is soft loans. More than 65 percent of support recipients used them. In total, business rates were reduced by 7.2 thousand loans.

In addition, the city provides entrepreneurs with subsidies and grants for the purchase of equipment, patenting developments, testing innovative solutions, creating new catering points and other goals. More than 1.3 thousand such applications have already been approved this 2022.

In addition to financial assistance, individual entrepreneurs and companies can receive free consultations, take part in city educational programs or use online services to conduct business.

By the end of 2022, there are more than 820 thousand small and medium-sized enterprises in Moscow, which is 7% more than a year earlier. Along with the growth in the number of enterprises and jobs created by them, the contribution of small and medium-sized businesses to the city's economy also increased - in January-June 2022, it grew by 20% compared to a year ago.^[1]

2021: Small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow increased turnover by 41%, to 3.2 trillion rubles

In 2021, the turnover of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Moscow reached 3.2 trillion rubles, an increase of 41% compared to 2020. This was written on January 24, 2022 on the website of the capital's mayor.

In particular, the words of the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Efimov are quoted, who noted that in 2021 the share of SMEs in the total turnover of trade and services enterprises in the city reached 21.7%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points compared to a year ago. This is another confirmation of the post-crisis recovery of the sector, he stressed.

Small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow increased turnover by 41%, to 3.2 trillion rubles in 2021

It is noted that September became a record month for Moscow SMEs in 2021. Then the turnover of enterprises reached 356 billion rubles, exceeding the level of September 2019 by 64% and by 60% - 2020. In October and November 2021, which accounted for an additional 11 non-working days, the total revenue of the companies was significantly higher than the same months of 2020 and 2019. In October 2021, SME revenue amounted to 290 billion rubles, which is 40% more than October 2020 and 17% - October 2019. In November, turnover reached 273 billion rubles - more than November 2020 and 2019 by 35% and 21%, respectively.

According to Vladimir Efimov, small business is one of the most mobile areas of entrepreneurship due to the ability to flexibly and quickly respond to challenges and adapt to new circumstances. Significant support for small and medium-sized businesses was provided by the set of anti-crisis measures of the Moscow government adopted at the very beginning of the pandemic, including tax and rental benefits, subsidies, preferential loans, grants. In 2021, some of them were extended, and new measures were introduced.

By the beginning of January 2022, there were 778.5 thousand representatives of small and medium-sized businesses in Moscow, which is 7% more than a year earlier.^[2]

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