The greatest number of enterprises and institutions (excluding private farms) was registered in trade and catering (25.8% of total registered enterprises), agriculture (21%), industry (13.1%), and construction (7.4%).

In the total number of registered enterprises, the share of enterprises with non-state form of ownership was 92.5% of which 50.8% - private and dekhkan farms, 20.6% - private enterprises, 0.9% - enterprises with participation of foreign capital, and 20.2% – other enterprises.

The number of newly registered enterprises and institutions made up 40,800 in January-December 2011. Their significant number was marked in Tashkent city (16.5% of total registered enterprises in Uzbekistan), Kashkadarya region (14.2%), Ferghana region (8.5%), Tashkent region (8.8%), and Samarkand region (6.7%).

The State Statistics Committee of Uzbekistan said that 28.9% of newly registered enterprises operate in agriculture sector, 22.1% - in trade and catering and 18.9% - in industry.

In the reporting period, 25,000 enterprises and institutions were liquidated. Out of them 6,700 were liquidated voluntarily.

The committee said that 32.5% of liquidated enterprises fell to share of trade and catering, 22.4% - agriculture, and 14.4% – industry sectors.