The purpose of enterprise classification and forming of the Register is determination and selection of the enterprises, having the highest potential to further development and forming of the Kazakhstan Republic economy, and also creation of the discount mechanism and inventory of region business.

The register was formed by the principle of determination of really operating enterprises in regions and the cities of republican value.

Sources of Register forming (departmental and public sources):

·               Committee on statistics of the RK Ministry of national economy;

·               Government database "Legal entities";

·               Data of the website JSC “Samruk-Kazyna”;

·               Data of the enterprise websites (the acting business);

·               Contact information of the Internet portal “Electronic State Procurements”.

Stages of the Register forming:

·               Data collection from sources;

·               Verification of large and medium-sized business (KP and SP) RPP region-wise by local knowledge of entrepreneurship;

·               The update information and data from entrepreneurs have been received by polling and, thus, records in the Register are updated.

When forming the Register of the enterprise, relating to the following kinds of activity, have been excluded:

-              state enterprises (State institution, Republican state enterprise, Republican state budget-supported enterprise and their subdivisions);

-              national companies, their filiations and affiliated organizations;

-              universities, colleges (both state, and private);

-              banks and their filiations;

-              state insurance and saving funds.

Selection of the enterprises is carried out by kinds of economic activity and administrative and territorial units in the following directions:

-              calculated enterprise dimension;

-              enterprise stability;

-              enterprise efficiency;

-              enterprise activity.