The total number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) registered in Oman’s Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Development till January 2021 stood at 49,337, compared to 43,134 in January 2020, an increase by 14.4 per cent.

Among the governorates, the Governorate of Muscat topped the list with 33.6 per cent, followed by the Governorate of North Al-Batinah with 15.7 per cent, the Governorate of A'Dakhiliyah with 12.6 per cent, the Governorate of Dhofar with 8.3 per cent, and the rest of governorates with 29.8 per cent, reported Oman News Agency (ONA), citing data released by the National Centre for Statistics and information (NCSI).

The number of SMEs registered in the Governorate of Muscat stood at 16,583, followed by the Governorate of North Al-Batinah with 7,750, the Governorate of A'Dakhiliyah with 6,214, the Governorate of Dhofar with 4,111, the Governorate of South Al-Batinah with 3,704, the Governorate of North A'Sharqiah with 3,309, the Governorate of South A'Sharqiah with 2,938, the Governorate of A'Dhahira with 2,839 and the Governorate of Al-Buraimi with 1,052.