Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — Food production accounts for the largest number of industrial enterprises in Uzbekistan, with 13,300 businesses operating in the sector as of 1 October 2026.
According to the National Statistics Committee, these enterprises represented 20.2% of the country’s total industrial businesses. Uzbekistan had 66,000 industrial enterprises overall.
The production of other non-metallic mineral products ranked second, with 9,200 enterprises, or 13.9% of the total. Clothing manufacturing followed with 6,800 enterprises, accounting for 10.3%.
Other major industrial sectors included the manufacture of fabricated metal products, with 5,400 enterprises (8.2%); furniture production, with 4,500 (6.9%); and textile manufacturing, with 4,000 (6.1%).
Another 3,000 enterprises, or 4.6% of the total, specialised in the production of rubber and plastic products.
