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Based on the data of September 1, 2017, there are 664,057 registered business entities in Georgia, out of which only 173,629 are active.
The economic unit is active if it meets one of the following criterias:
- Turnover > 0 (VAT, income and other declarations)
- Number of Employees > 0 (VAT, income and other declarations)
- Salary or number of employees> 0 (Salary announcements)
- Has a profit or loss (profit declaration)
- Pays any tax except for property taxes
The table below shows the business entity destribution in Georgia by kind of activity.
| kind of activity | Number of entities | Active | % |
| TOTAL | 664,057 | 173,629 | 100 |
| Agriculture, hunting and forestry | 6,464 | 1,582 | 1 |
| Fishing, Fish-breeding | 382 | 121 | 0.1 |
| Mining and quarrying | 1,389 | 631 | 0.2 |
| Manufacturing industry | 29,818 | 12,247 | 4.5 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 474 | 142 | 0.1 |
| Construction | 16,397 | 6,603 | 2.5 |
| Trade; repair of motor vehicles and personal and household goods | 131,653 | 61,868 | 19.7 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 12,693 | 5,880 | 1.9 |
| Transport and communication | 18,385 | 9,057 | 2.8 |
| Financial intermediation | 3,714 | 1,849 | 0.6 |
| Real estate, renting and consumer services | 25,927 | 13,432 | 3.9 |
| Public administration | 1,785 | 419 | 0.3 |
| Education | 6,554 | 4,211 | 1 |
| Health and social work | 5,491 | 2,971 | 0.8 |
| community, social and personal service activities | 19,249 | 5,384 | 2.9 |
| Activity unknown | 383,682 | 47,232 | 57.7 |
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The source of the article is geostat.ge (National Statistics Office of Georgia).
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