Small and medium-sized business in the Orenburg region

The article analyzes small and medium business and its development in the Orenburg region. At present, entrepreneurship, being one of the most effective forms of organization of production and non-productive activities, has a significant impact on the economic development of the Orenburg region in the following areas: saturation of the consumer market with quality goods and services of local production, addressing the problems of raising living standards and employment issues, tax payments to the budget system. In this regard, the further development of small and medium-sized businesses, as a market institution that ensures the formation of a competitive environment, the very employment of the population and the stability of tax revenues, is considered by the city of Orenburg as one of the priority strategic tasks.