Analysis of the Results of the State Policy Implementation to Support Small and Medium-sized Businesses in the Stavropol Territory in 2018-2023

The study examines the main measures to support small and medium entrepreneurship at the federal level, and their direct implementation at the regional level on the example of the Stavropol Territory. The study provides statistical data of the Unified Register of Small and Medium Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation, reflecting the dynamics of changes in the region’s population involved in small and medium entrepreneurship: individual entrepreneurs, employees of small and medium businesses, self-employed. The conclusion is drawn that the policy pursued at the federal and regional level regarding the development of entrepreneurship in the Stavropol Territory is not very effective.