{"id":194878,"date":"2026-07-08T13:28:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:28:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194878\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T13:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T10:28:40","slug":"belarus-saw-14-percent-decline-in-individual-entrepreneurs-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/194878\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus saw 14-percent decline in individual entrepreneurs in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The number of individual entrepreneurs in Belarus dropped by nearly 14 percent in 2025 to 204,350, according to <em>Pozirk\u2019s<\/em> analysis of the National Statistical Committee\u2019s (Bie\u0142stat) data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of late 2025, 135,009 small and medium-sized businesses operated in the country, 4.8 percent more than a year earlier. They focused on wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing, postal and courier services and construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Legislative amendments that came into force in late 2024 limited the range of activities for individual entrepreneurs. Many had to re-register as legal entities under a simplified procedure by late December 2025 to comply with the new rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their top economic activities also included wholesale and retail trade, vehicle repair, transportation, professional and technical services, construction and manufacturing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The average number of people employed by small and medium-sized businesses, including self-employed individuals and their hired workers, reached 1.7 million, up nearly 16 percent from 2024. Small and medium-sized enterprises accounted for 39.3 percent of the total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, Pozirk. 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