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Interest in SME Houses as an innovative model in the field of business services is increasing Additional 55 people were engaged in training within the framework of the “Karabakh SME 2026” project More than 312,000 services were provided to entrepreneurs in SME Houses in the first half of 2026 Applications of entrepreneurs were considered at KOBİA In the first half of 2026, the KOBİA Call Centre via number 131 responded to approximately 5,000 enquiries The next meeting within the framework of the "Investment Journey" project was held in the city of Aghsu Business projects that have received the "Startup" Certificate are developing More than 50 meetings with entrepreneurs were organised in the first half of 2026 Another meeting with entrepreneurs was organised in the city of Mingachevir A production enterprise for test kits and medical plastic packaging products will be established

What are the eligibility criteria to classify entrepreneurs as micro, small, medium, or large? 17.07.24

According to the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated December 21, 2018, on "New Criteria for the Classification of Micro, Small, Medium, and Large Enterprises, " entrepreneurs are classified into micro, small, medium, and large enterprises based on the average number of employees and annual income. The classification of SME is determined by the highest of these criteria. For example, if a business entity has 5 employees and an annual revenue of 250 000 manat. Here, the number of employees corresponds to a micro-enterprise, while the annual revenue corresponds to a small enterprise. In this case, the primary criterion is annual income, and the enterprise is considered a small enterprise.