Key Findings

• Social enterprises in Pakistan are run by people who are on average young and many ventures are newly established.
• Over 50% of social enterprises are seeking to develop new products and services, indicating that there is also considerable impetus for innovation.
• Social enterprises are far more likely to be run by women than mainstream businesses and have four times as many female staff as their mainstream counterparts.
• Most survey respondents said that financial constraints are a barrier in their growth plans.