Based on Presidential Regulation No. 2 of 2022, an entrepreneur is a person who runs, creates, and/or develops a business.
This Presidential Regulation categorizes entrepreneurs into two types: "starting entrepreneurs" and "established entrepreneurs".
"Starting entrepreneurs" are business owners working independently, and those assisted by non-permanent/unpaid workers.
"Established entrepreneurs" are business owners assisted by permanent/paid workers.
Based on this definition, as of August 2023, there were approximately 56.5 million entrepreneurs in Indonesia.
Approximately 52 million of them were starting entrepreneurs (an accumulation of 32.2 million working independently, and 19.8 million assisted by non-permanent/unpaid workers).
Meanwhile, approximately 4.5 million were classified as established entrepreneurs (those assisted by permanent/paid workers).
Therefore, the ratio of starting entrepreneurs reached 35.21%, while the ratio of established entrepreneurs was 3.04% of the total national workforce in August 2023.