An adult with a rolling "r" problem or the aftermath of a stroke looks for a speech therapist the way the parent of a preschooler does, and almost never finds one. Of Kazakhstan's 825 speech therapy centers and offices, 104 declared adult appointments, which is 13%. 155 work online, which is 19%. The market is built around children: 43% of centers run after-school care, and 42% offer school preparation
| service | centers | share |
|---|---|---|
| After-school groups | 351 | 43% |
| School preparation | 345 | 42% |
| Speed reading | 204 | 25% |
| English | 202 | 24% |
| Speech pathologist (defectologist) | 171 | 21% |
| Online appointments | 155 | 19% |
| Kazakh language | 144 | 17% |
| Russian language | 106 | 13% |
| Speech therapist for adults | 104 | 13% |
A speech therapy center in Kazakhstan most often works as a children's development center: speech, after-school care, school, and languages in one place. A separate office with one service is rarer
A fifth of centers declare a speech pathologist (defectologist). If you need exactly that specialist and not a speech therapist, search for the word "defectologist" separately: they are different specialists, and confusing them is costly
| city | centers | school preparation | after-school care |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aktobe | 28 | 57% | 54% |
| Uralsk | 33 | 55% | 39% |
| Almaty | 212 | 51% | 49% |
| Astana | 163 | 44% | 55% |
| Shymkent | 82 | 40% | 38% |
| Atyrau | 31 | 39% | 39% |
| Karaganda | 31 | 35% | 39% |
| Kyzylorda | 34 | 18% | 24% |
Kyzylorda stands out: school preparation is offered by 18% of centers there, against half in Almaty. Parents in Kyzylorda will have to search for this service separately
727 centers listed a schedule. On Saturday 44% work, on Sunday 25%. This is the narrowest weekend of everything we counted: beauty salons are open on Sunday almost everywhere, dental clinics at 40%, here at a quarter
Sessions with a child are usually set on weekdays after school, and the market is built around that. Working parents should check Saturday in advance
The average rating is 4.85 across 720 rated centers. In our directory, only yoga centers rank higher, at 4.88. The market average is 4.57
Adults and online are the two emptiest shelves in the category. If you work with adults or see patients remotely but your listing doesn't say so, you won't be found for two queries where there is almost no competition
Saturday is free too: fewer than half of centers keep it, and Saturday is exactly when working parents are free
The open 2GIS directory, August 2026. There are 825 active speech therapy centers and offices in Kazakhstan, a schedule is listed for 727, a rating exists for 720. Services come from declared ones, and shares are calculated from all 825 listings. The city table shows cities with at least twenty-five centers