<p>The study aims to investigate the level of individual learning in small and medium scale enterprises/SMEs as an essential element in organizational knowledge, which will further determine the competitive advantage in SMEs. Using qualitative methodology, the study was empirically undertaken as a case study research with four SMEs in two primary business sectors in Padang, West Sumatra - Indonesia. Owners-managers and employees were the informants of the study. Bloom’s taxonomy of individual learning was used as the cornerstone, and thematic analysis to the result of an in-depth interview was operated as the method of analysis. The study found that the level of learning in SMEs in the context of the study is low. In affective and cognitive domains of individual learning, the study found that owners-manager and employees in SMEs in the context of study reached the level 1 (affective domain) and the level 2 (cognitive domain). This paper has value and originality in terms of the detailed empirical description of the level of learning in SMEs, which is based on the interview with informants. Practically, the results of this study can be used as an essential academic consideration to assist the formulation of government interventions in the personal capacity building for SMEs.</p>