Uzbekistan has 357,900 active individual entrepreneurs
The highest numbers are in Tashkent, Fergana, and Samarkand regions
According to data from the National Statistics Committee, as of October 1, 2026, there were 357,883 active individual entrepreneurs in the country.
In Tashkent, 56,858 individual entrepreneurs (IEs) were registered. The regions with the next highest numbers of entrepreneurs were Fergana Region with 36,981 and Samarkand Region with 36,037. In Tashkent Region, there were 34,719 active IEs, and in Andijan Region, 30,569.
Kashkadarya Region had 25,817 individual entrepreneurs, Namangan Region had 25,105. In the Republic of Karakalpakstan, 21,631 IEs were registered, in Bukhara Region — 21,214, in Surkhandarya Region — 19,130, and in Khorezm Region — 17,131.
In Jizzakh Region, the figure stood at 13,499 IEs, in Syrdarya Region — 9,864, and in Navoi Region — 9,328. Thus, the highest number of active individual entrepreneurs was in Tashkent, while the lowest was in Navoi Region.
