The greatest number of enterprises and institutions (excluding private farms) was registered in trade and catering (26.8% of total registered enterprises), agriculture (20.3%), industry (12.6%) and construction (7.8%).

In the total number of registered enterprises the share of enterprises with non-state form of ownership was 92.4%, of which 51.1% - private and dekhkan farms, 21.3% - private enterprises, 0.9% - enterprises with participation of foreign capital, 0.2% - joint-stock companies, 18.9% – other enterprises.

The number of newly registered enterprises and institutions made up 14,300 in January-March 2011. Their significant number was registered in Tashkent city (14.2% of total registered enterprises in the republic), Kashkadarya region (15.6%), Ferghana region (9.2%), Tashkent region (6%) and Samarkand region (7.2%).

In the sectoral structure of newly registered enterprises, about 21.3% were founded in trade and catering sector, 33.2% - in agriculture sector and 17.5% - industry.

In the reporting period, some 4,900 enterprises and institutions were liquidated. Out of them 1,520 were liquidated voluntarily.

In the sectoral structure of liquidated enterprises, some 30.1% fell to share of trade and catering sector, 27% - to agriculture and 12.5% – to industry.