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Vol.05 Issue 08 2025
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Namangan Region Small Business and Private
Entrepreneurship Development Retrospective Analysis
Malikov Ulugbek Kholdarboevich
Namangan State University, Uzbekistan
Received:
14 June 2025;
Accepted:
10 July 2025;
Published:
12 August 2025
Abstract:
Small business and private entrepreneurship are the main locomotives of the modern economy. Their
organization and development is one of the main issues facing the government. This article provides a
retrospective analysis of the formation and development of small business and private entrepreneurship in the
Namangan region over the years, as well as its role in the development of sectors and industries.
Keywords:
Small business, private entrepreneurship, retrospective analysis, industry, sector, newly established
enterprises.
Introduction:
The development of small businesses is a
necessary condition for the existence and functioning
of a modern competitive model of a market economy.
World
experience
shows
that
without
the
entrepreneurial sector of the economy, the
harmonious development of the economy as a whole is
impossible, since it determines the rates of economic
growth, the structure and quality of up to 40-50
percent of the gross national product.
The formation of market relations, the qualitative
improvement of the business environment, the
emergence of a new approach to the development of
entrepreneurship require a new interpretation of the
concept of "entrepreneurial activity". Uncertainty in
the definition of this concept arises from differences in
the culture, politics and traditions of countries, as well
as in the practice of entrepreneurship development.
When considering the evolution of entrepreneurial
concepts, it is necessary to connect it, firstly, with the
development of economic thinking in general;
secondly, with science, technology, and the scientific
worldview; thirdly, with the self-creation of various
forms of entrepreneurship as forms of subjectivity of
social movement; and fourthly, with the understanding
of the unity of the subject-material and ideal-creative
principles of entrepreneurial activity.
Literature review
The
concepts
of
"entrepreneur"
and
"entrepreneurship" were first used by the French
economist R. Cantillon, one of the first "wave"
researchers. In his opinion, the mismatch between
supply and demand in the market allows individual
subjects of market relations to buy goods cheaper and
sell them more expensively than others. A slightly
different point of view on this concept was held by A.
Smith, one of the founders of the classical school of
political economy. By entrepreneur, he meant, first of
all, the owner of the enterprise. Accordingly, he
interpreted the goal of entrepreneurial activity as
receiving entrepreneurial income. This understanding
of these categories was historically justified, since the
main form of property operating at that time was a
small and medium-sized family firm, in which capital
was, as a rule, reproduced by the owner of production,
his relatives and friends. K. Marx, completing Smith's
research, proposed his own point of view. In his
opinion, entrepreneurship is a truly antisocial
mechanism for the exploitation of the working class,
which leads to the polarization of labor and capital,
poverty and wealth. That is why K. Marx recognizes that
a prosperous society can only be achieved through his
own labor, when the entrepreneur is given the
opportunity to accumulate capital and ensure
economic growth. JBSey (late 18th - early 19th
centuries), a representative of the French school of
physiocrats, emphasized the difference between
capital income and entrepreneurial income. He
believed that the functions of an entrepreneur consist
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in the ability to combine and integrate the factors of
production.
METHODOLOGY
Statistical analysis of changes in periods was carried out
by selecting data. Comparative analysis of the average
indicators of variables was carried out. In Excel and
graphs and diagrams using demonstrative analysis
done increased.
RESULTS
The population of Namangan region has always been
considered a highly entrepreneurial population. Each
region within the region has its own types of
entrepreneurship, developed according to its specific
characteristics. For example, in Namangan city,
services, gardening in Yangikurgan, Chartok and
Kasonsoy districts, and agricultural production in Chust,
Pop and Mingbulak districts are more developed than
in other sectors and areas. During the years of
independence, special attention began to be paid to
the continuation of professions and crafts passed down
from ancestors by generations. Chust hat-making and
knife-making, Shahand halva and wool, Uychi dried
fruits, and crafts and crafts of Namangan city now form
the basis of entrepreneurial areas.
The formation of small businesses and private
entrepreneurship in the Namangan region is closely
related to the conditions created in the region and the
rational policy pursued by the government. President
Sh. Mirziyoyev, at a meeting with entrepreneurs in the
Namangan region on February 3, 2023, noted that
“...Namangan has become, without any exaggeration, a
country of entrepreneurs, a center of small and
medium businesses” If we look directly at the analysis
of the formation of entrepreneurial activity in the
Namangan region, we can see the following data.
Retrospective analysis period The economic activities
of small businesses and private entrepreneurship
entities in Namangan region for 2010-2024 were
selected. First, the process of registration of small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities in the
selected period was analyzed. The data show that in
2010, a total of 11,872 small businesses and private
entrepreneurship
entities
were
registered
in
Namangan region. The main part of these registered
small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities,
namely 4,953 (41.7%) were registered in Namangan
city. After Namangan city, Chust, Namangan and
Kosansay districts were the next in terms of registration
of small businesses and private entrepreneurship
entities. Their share in the regional indicator is 21
percent. For 2015 arrived in the region small business
and private entrepreneurship of subjects r list for 2010
increased by 3250 (27%). Among the most active
districts after Namangan city in the share of registered
small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities,
the share of Namangan, Chust and Pop districts also
increased significantly. The share of registered small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities in
these regions in the regional indicator reached 22.8%.
By 2015, it can be seen that the registration of small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities has
also increased significantly in Turakurgan and Ukurgan
districts. (Table 2.1.1).
As a result of the reforms being implemented in our
country and a radical change in people's
entrepreneurial skills, in 2020 the number of registered
small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
in Namangan region almost doubled compared to
2010. By 2024, this indicator had increased by more
than 3 times compared to 2010. According to the data
obtained at the end of 2024, it can be seen that
compared to 2010, the number of registered small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
increased by 4 times in Mingblok district, 5 times in
Naryn district, 4 times in Uychi district, 4 times in
Chortok district, and 4 times in Yangikurgan district. In
terms of indicators after Namangan city, Chust,
Uchkurgan, and Uychi districts accounted for 21.4% of
the regional indicator in total (Table 2.1.1).
Table 2.1.1.
Small business and private business entities registered in Namangan region
2010
2015
2020
2024
Namangan
region
11,872
15 122
22,034
36,021
Namangan sh .
4,953
6 139
8 364
11,679
Mingbulak
458
488
856
1,640
Kasonsoy
726
884
1 320
2 196
Namangan city.
845
1 150
1,643
2 324
Narin
357
525
907
1,814
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Pop
688
983
1 145
2 213
Turaqurgan
588
902
1,316
2 275
Uychi
576
702
1,378
2 330
Uchkurgan
676
778
1 149
2 402
Chartak
597
647
1 120
2 304
Chust
915
1,309
1,816
2,975
Yangikurgan
493
615
1,020
1,869
Source: Compiled by the author based on the data of the Namangan Regional Statistics Office.
The above analysis shows that, as a result of the
increase in the forms and types of entrepreneurial
activity, the consistent reforms carried out in the
country, and the increasing peculiarities of the socio-
economic development of the regions, Namangan city
has consistently had a high indicator in the registration
of small businesses and private entrepreneurship
entities in the Namangan region, while in place of
Namangan and Kosansoy districts, which are in second
place, by 2024 we may see Chust, Uchkurgan, and Uychi
districts. The increase in the number of small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities in
these regions is also directly reflected in Graph 2.1.1.
Graph 2.1.1. Dynamics of registered small business and private business
entities in Namangan region.
If we turn to the next part of the analysis, which is
directly related to the data on small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities, it can be seen that in
2010, 9,904 (83.4%) of the registered small businesses
and private entrepreneurship entities in the region
were active. This indicator was 88.2% in Uchkurgan
district, and 74.8% in Chust district. The regions with
the highest activity in 2010 were Namangan city,
Namangan, Chust and Uchkurgan districts. In 2015, the
number
of
small
businesses
and
private
entrepreneurship entities operating was significant in
Chust, Namangan and Turakurgan districts. In general,
86.5% of registered small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities in Namangan region were
active. This year, the share of small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities operating in
Yangikurgan district was 95.1 percent, while in Chartok
district this figure was 81.0 percent. Despite the
pandemic conditions in 2020, 97.4 percent of
registered entrepreneurs in the cities and districts of
Namangan region were operating. In Mingblok district,
2 small businesses and private entrepreneurship
entities were not operating, and this figure was 99.8
percent. In Namangan city and Chust districts, 96.6
percent
of
small
businesses
and
private
entrepreneurship entities were operating. According to
2024 data, the share of small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities operating in the region has
4,
953
458
726
845
357
688
588
576
676
597
915
493
6,
139
488
884
1,
150
525
983
902
702
778
647
1,
309
615
8,
364
856
1,
320
1,
643
907
1,
145
1,
316
1,
378
1,
149
1,
120
1,
816
1,
020
11,
679
1,
640
2,
196
2,
324
1,
814
2,
213
2,
275
2,
330
2,
402
2,
304
2,
975
1,
869
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
14,000
2010 yil
2015 yil
2020 yil
2024 yil
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decreased sharply. Of the 36,021 small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities registered in the
region, only 23,136 (64.2%) were operating. In Naryn
district, 74.4 percent of registered small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities were active, while in
Uychi district, 59.4 percent of small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities were active (Tables
2.1.1 and 2.1.2).
Table 2.1.2
.
Small business and private business entities operating in Namangan region
2010
2015
2020
2024
Namangan
region
9,904
13,080
21,461
23 136
Namangan city
4 239
5 238
8,082
7 192
Mingbulak
352
456
854
1,048
Kasonsoy
569
744
1 280
1 351
Namangan
732
1,036
1,616
1 480
Narin
301
498
902
1 149
Pop
587
866
1 128
1,646
Turaqurgan
491
777
1 290
1,551
Uychi
442
627
1,352
1,385
Uchkurgan
596
668
1 126
1,646
Chartak
494
524
1,086
1,483
Chust
684
1,061
1,754
2,038
Yangikurgan
417
585
991
1 167
Source: Compiled by the author based on the data of the Namangan Regional Statistics Office.
If we look at the dynamics of small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities operating in the
Namangan region, we can see that in 2020, the city of
Namangan had the largest number of small businesses
and private entrepreneurship entities. In the following
places, it is indicated that in 2024, 2038 small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
operated in Chust district, and 1646 in Uchkurgan and
Pop districts (Graph 2.1.2).
Chart 2.1.2.
Dynamics of small business and private business entities operating in
Namangan region
4,
239
352
569
732
301
587
491
442
596
494
684
417
5,
238
456
744
1,
036
498
866
777
627
668
524
1,
061
585
8,
082
854
1,
280
1,
616
902
1,
128
1,
290
1,
352
1,
126
1,
086
1,
754
991
7,
192
1,
048
1,
351
1,
480
1,
149
1,
646
1,
551
1,
385
1,
646
1,
483
2,
038
1,
167
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
2 010
2 015
2 020
2 024
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The number of new small business and private
entrepreneurship entities in the regions of Namangan
region is one of the constantly growing indicators. In
particular, in 2010 alone, 2,187 new small business and
private entrepreneurship entities were established in
the region, which is 22.1 percent of the total number of
newly established small business and private
entrepreneurship entities. This year, the share of new
small business and private entrepreneurship entities in
Namangan city, Namangan and Uchkurgan districts was
high. The share of these regions in relation to the
regional indicator is 49.7 percent (Table 2.1.3).
By 2015, the number of newly established small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities had
decreased significantly compared to 2010. Although
the number of new small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities decreased significantly in
many regions this year, in Chust district this situation
remained almost the same as in 2010. Only 11.6
percent
of
small
businesses
and
private
entrepreneurship entities operating in Namangan
region started their activities in this year. In terms of
districts, the share of new small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities in Naryn, Chartok, and Uychi
districts was higher than in other regions (Table 2.1.3).
By 2020, it can be seen that the number of newly
established
small
businesses
and
private
entrepreneurship entities in Namangan region has
doubled compared to 2010. In general, 25.4 percent of
the operating small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities in Namangan region are
newly established small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities. In Mingbulak, Pop and
Naryn districts, the share of newly established small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities in the
total number of operating small businesses and private
entrepreneurship entities is more than 35%. In the city
of Namangan alone, the indicator of newly established
small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
was equal to 29.2 percent of the regional indicator.
According to the results of 2024, the share of newly
established
small
businesses
and
private
entrepreneurship entities in Namangan region
decreased slightly compared to 2020. In particular,
while the regional indicator was equal to 100%
compared to 2020, the creation of small businesses and
private entrepreneurship entities in Namangan city,
Kosonsoy, Namangan, Norin, Pop. Uychi, Chust and
Yangikurgan districts also significantly decreased
compared to the base period. 20 percent of small
businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
operating in Namangan region are newly established
small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities
in 2024. It can be seen that this indicator was 30.7
percent in Mingbulak district, and 16.2 percent in Chust
district directly from the regions (Table 2.1.3).
Table 2.1.3.
Newly established small businesses and private entrepreneurship entities in
Namangan region
2010
2015
2020
2024
Namangan
region
2 187
1,521
5 447
4 636
Namangan city
758
620
1,589
1 211
Mingbulak
123
51
303
322
Kasonsoy
126
67
341
261
Namangan
182
113
392
242
Narin
106
91
319
247
Pop
146
75
400
312
Turaqurgan
129
102
347
370
Uychi
120
83
362
283
Uchkurgan
147
57
386
449
Chartak
102
80
306
377
Chust
146
137
434
331
Yangikurgan
102
45
268
231
CONCLUSION
Namangan region has wide economic opportunities for
organizing
small
business
and
private
entrepreneurship. Compared to other regions of the
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republic, the share of small business and private
entrepreneurship in the production and service sectors
is high. Among the regions within Namangan region,
along with the city of Namangan and the adjacent
Namangan and Uychi districts, the development of
small business and private entrepreneurship in Chust
district is higher than in other regions. In general, small
business and private entrepreneurship play a
locomotive role in the development of the regional
economy.
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