It became known how many enterprises and organizations work in the construction sector in Uzbekistan
According to preliminary data from the Statistics Agency, as of November 1, 2023, the total number of enterprises and organizations engaged in construction activities in the Republic of Uzbekistan amounted to 35,127 units.
There are 7,261 construction enterprises in Tashkent (20.7% of the total number in the republic), Fergana region - 2,988 (8.5%), which is more than in other regions.
In January-October 2023, the volume of construction work completed in Uzbekistan amounted to 119,589.0 billion soums, which, in relation to the same period in 2022, is 106.2%.
In January-October 2023, high volumes of construction work were noted in the regions, in particular in Tashkent (29,560.3 billion soums), Tashkent (10,987.9 billion soums) and Samarkand (8,093.1 billion soums) areas.
Construction work in the Republic of Uzbekistan for January-October 2023 is distributed by type of economic activity as follows:
- the share of construction of buildings and structures reached 69.0%, which, compared to the same period in 2022, amounted to 103.1%;
-share of construction of facilities civil purposes was recorded at 21.6% and, if compared with the corresponding period in 2022, this amounted to 108.7%;
- the share of specialized construction work is 9.4% and, compared to the same period in 2022, this amounted to 126.2%.
A significant part of the work was carried out on the construction of new buildings and structures. Thus, 70.1% of their total volume, or 83,779.9 billion soums, were aimed at creating new production capacities in the economic sphere, housing and communal services and other social facilities.
Large construction organizations carried out construction work on new construction worth 24,767.9 billion soums, or 29.6% of their total volume.
Small enterprises and micro-firms completed construction work on new construction worth 39,917.9 billion soums, or 47.6% of their total volume.
In the informal sector, construction work on new construction was completed for 19,094.1 billion soums, or 22.8% of the total volume.
In January-October 2023, high volumes were noted for new construction work by region, in particular in Tashkent city (17,394.5 billion soums), Tashkent region (6,972.6 billion soums), Samarkand region (5,482 .6 billion soums) and Bukhara region (5,320.3 billion soums).
According to the Statistical Classifier of Products (goods, works, services) by type of economic activity of the Republic of Uzbekistan (SKP), starting from January 1, 2015, the indicator “Volume of work performed on its own” is applied for the type of activity “Construction”.
The share in the total volume of construction work performed by large construction organizations in the overall structure of buildings and structures amounted to 25.2% and, compared to the same period in 2022, it decreased by 1.0 percentage points.
The share of small enterprises and microfirms in this type of activity, when compared with the same period in 2022, increased by 0.5 percentage points. and amounted to 49.0%. The share of the informal sector, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 0.5 percentage points. and amounted to 25.8%.
Civil construction includes the construction of heavy structures, such as highways, streets, bridges, tunnels, railways, airfields, harbors and other water projects, irrigation systems, industrial structures, pipelines, power lines, outdoor sports complexes and etc.
The share of the volume of construction work carried out by large construction organizations for the construction of civil facilities amounted to 25.3% and decreased, compared to the corresponding period in 2022, by 2.9 percentage points. The share of small enterprises and microfirms in the construction of facilities amounted to 72 .3% (increase by 0.6 p.p.).
The share of the informal sector, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 2.3 percentage points. and amounted to 2.4%.
For reference: the highest shares of construction work performed by type of activity construction of civil facilities were noted in the Samarkand region (79.7% of the total volume of construction work, performed in this region), Syrdarya region (37.2%) and Bukhara region (26.8%).
Specialized construction work includes work related to finishing, such as polishing, plastering, painting, tiling floors and walls or covering with finishing materials such as parquet, carpet, wallpaper, etc., as well as sanding floors, finishing, carpentry or soundproofing work, cleaning of external areas, etc.
The share of the volume of construction work performed by large construction organizations for specialized construction work amounted to 22.6% and, compared to the corresponding period in 2022, decreased by 9.2 percentage points. Also, the share of small enterprises and micro-firms in the construction of facilities amounted to 77.4% (increased by 9.2 percentage points).
For reference: the highest shares of construction work performed by type of activity, specialized construction work, were noted in the Namangan region (17.4%), Tashkent city (15.5% of the total volume of construction work performed in this region) and Tashkent region (12.8%).
The volume of construction work performed by large construction organizations in January-October 2023 amounted to 29,876.8 billion soums. Compared to the same period in 2022, during the period under review, the volume of construction work amounted to 98.6%, and their share in the total volume decreased by 2.1% and amounted to 25.0%.
For reference: the highest share in the volume of construction work performed by large construction organizations was noted in Tashkent (28.7% of the total volume of construction work in this region), Kashkadarya region (24.6%) and Tashkent region (20. 2%).
For reference: the largest volume of construction work performed by small enterprises and microfirms during the period under review was noted in Tashkent (18,404.0 billion soums), Samarkand (6,049.2 billion soums) and Tashkent (5,815.6 billion soums) regions.
The share of construction work in the informal sector amounted to 18.4%, or 21,961.9 billion soums and, in relation to the same period in 2022, it reached 104.6%.
In the informal sector, work on individual housing construction reached 16,156.5 billion soums and, in relation to the same period in 2022, this amounted to 107.4%, also for the construction of non-residential facilities by individuals - 2,772.6 billion soums and, in relation to the same period in 2022 - 85.2%, for individual repairs - 3,032.8 billion soums and, in relation to the same period in 2022 - 111.6%.
For reference: the largest volumes of construction work carried out by the informal sector during the period under review were noted in the Tashkent region (2,958.1 billion soums), Tashkent city (2,664.7 billion soums) and Bukhara region (2,094.7 billion soums).