Socio-economic development assessment by analysis of financial statements of the economic entities

There are many different methods for analyzing the socio-economic development of the region, which attract a fairly large range of indicators. It is noted that the studied methods have little use for indicators related to the activities of enterprises in the region. In addition, regional development strategies do not pay enough attention to the analysis of financial performance of organizations. Due to the development of information disclosure systems, access to indicators of financial statements of economic entities is expanding. The article proposes a hypothesis about the possibility of grouping economic entities depending on their contribution to the regional socio-economic development. A methodology for assessing the socio-economic development of the region using official reports of economic entities, based on the methods of portfolio analysis, has been developed. The information base of the study was the results of the activities of companies of the Novosibirsk region in 2018, disclosed in public reports, which were obtained using the integrated information disclosure and news system "SCREEN". The paper also uses official statistical data presented on the information resources of Rosstat. The study shows that this method allows identifying promising industries and specific enterprises for the region, and quantifying their contribution to the socio-economic development of the region.