Number of businesses growing

The National Statistics Office reports that the number of registered business in Georgia has increased since 2006. That year there were 162 000 registered enterprises; by 2010, that number doubled to approximately 321 000. However, this increase in businesses was not reflected in the labour market. In 2006, there were 361 000 employees in those 162 000 enterprises, whereas five years later the number of workers had only grown to 397 000.