MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The number of companies and individual entrepreneurs registered in Russia in the first half of 2026 rose by 3.3% to 614,000, according to data from the Rusprofile counterparty verification service seen by TASS.
"From January through June, almost 614,000 new companies and individual entrepreneurs were registered in Russia, of which about 580,000 are currently active. This is 3.3% more than in the same period last year, when about 594,000 business entities were registered," Rusprofile said.
The Kemerovo Region led growth in new companies and individual entrepreneurs. From January through June, 8,607 organizations were opened in the region, up 20% from the first half of 2025. The top five also included the Kirov Region, up 19.1%; the Irkutsk Region, up 19%; the Kaliningrad Region, up 18.8%; and the Pskov Region, up 18.2%. The Republics of Karelia and Mari El shared sixth and seventh place, each up 17.7%. They were followed by the Kursk Region and the Chuvash Republic, each up 17.5%. The Yaroslavl Region rounded out the top 10, up 17.2%.
Overall, 65 regions showed positive dynamics in the first half of the year. At the bottom of the list were the Nenets Autonomous District, down 20.7%; the Donetsk People's Republic, down 24.9%; the Lugansk People's Republic, down 27.1%; the Kherson Region, down 40.4%; and the Zaporozhye Region, down 45%.
