In the Sverdlovsk region for five years the number of small businesses increased by 24.5 thousand, and individual entrepreneurs - by 2.4 thousand. This was reported by the deputy head of Rosstat of Russia Sergey Egorenko.

The total number of small enterprises is about 88 thousand, and individual enterprises - 86.

5 thousand people. So, per 1 thousand people of the region's population there were 20,3 legal entities.

"The proceeds from the sale of goods, works and services received by small enterprises for the year amounted to 2,166.8 billion rubles and increased by 2.6 times to the level of 2010, individual entrepreneurs - 296.1 billion rubles, 1.6 times, - told Sergey Egorenko.

Note that the study was conducted by Rosstat in 2015, and the results are summed up only now.