Almost half (46%) of small and medium-sized companies in Russia expect their annual gross sales to fall in need of their targets.
Supply: The Moscow Instances, an unbiased Amsterdam-based information outlet
Particulars: This determine comes from an August survey performed by Opora Rossii (Russia’s Stronghold), the affiliation of medium-sized companies, along with Promsvyazbank, the NAFI assume tank and Magram Market Analysis.
Solely 11% of companies are planning to exceed their targets, whereas the remainder are both on monitor or don’t have any gross sales plan in any respect.
Buying and selling and manufacturing firms have reported dangers of not assembly gross sales targets extra typically than others (48%).
The RSBI SME enterprise exercise index, based mostly on survey outcomes, stays close to the 50-point threshold that separates progress from decline. It stood at 50.4 in August, up barely from 50 in July.
The small enhance within the index was pushed by the "loans" element, whereas others, together with "gross sales", remained deeply destructive.
Surveys have lengthy recorded points with gross sales: in latest months, almost half of firms have reported income declines. In August, 45% of companies reported falling revenues, down barely from 47% in July. Solely 14% reported income progress (13% in July).
Background: As of 1 September 2025, the Unified State Register of Authorized Entities in Russia listed 3.17 million companies, down from 3.29 million in 2023.
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