The number of legal entities exceeds 90,000
In the first half of this year were registered in Azerbaijan over 5 thousand legal entities, of which over 900 are public kindergartens, the State Statistics Committee told Turan.
Since the beginning of the year in Azerbaijan there were established 279 companies with 100% foreign capital and 71 joint ventures. During January-June 2013, the figures were 265 and 80 respectively.
According to the State Statistics Committee, as of July 1, registered in Azerbaijan were 90 218 legal entities, of which over 74,000 are commercial organizations. In addition, 488,219 individuals were engaged in business. For the year their number increased by about 40,000. ---08D
Economics
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On September 20, 2024, Volts Energy Ltd., an engineering company based in Abu Dhabi, and Azerbaijan’s Turan Energy LLC announced the creation of a new joint entity, TuranVoltsEnergy. This venture will focus on EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) projects in renewable energy and energy storage systems within Azerbaijan.
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