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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 services did entrepreneurs most frequently request at the “Baku House of SMEs”? 03.08.24

Approximately 89% of the services were rendered by 10 government agencies.

The entrepreneurs sought the following services at the “Baku House of SMBs” for the period of January - June 2024: obtaining permission blanks for additional freight transport, distinction signs, tachograph cards, certificates of origin, as well as permits for scientific-research and experimental and design work related to tax and customs issues, and the use of ionizing radiation sources. There were also numerous requests from entrepreneurs for licenses and permits, food safety certificates, auction documentation for the commissioning premises, and individual accounting within the state social security system.

The relevant services are rendered to entrepreneurs by: Ministry of Digital Development and Transport – 121,122 (76.69%), State Service for Antimonopoly Regulation and Consumer Market Control – 13,196 (8.36%), State Tax Service – 2,793 (1.77%) State Customs Committee – 1,113 (0.70%), Ministry of Emergency Situations – 586 (0.37%), Small and Medium Business Development Agency (KOBİA) – 473 (0.30%), Ministry of Economy – 434 (0.27%), State Agency for Mineral Resources – 288 (0.18%), Food Safety Agency – 141 (0.09%), Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population – 70 (0.04%), The services rendered by these 10 government agencies accounted 88.8% (140,216) of the total requests received by the “Baku House of SMBs".

It is noteworthy that about 50 public and private organizations provide entrepreneurs with “G2B” and “B2B” services necessary for business operations. The "Baku SMB House" rendered 157,940 services to entrepreneurs, of which 140,556 were provided by public entities and 17,384 by private entities only from January to June 2024