How much has the number of small businesses increased?

How much has the number of small businesses increased?

According to the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on statistics in our republic, as of October 1, 2022, the number of operating small businesses (excluding farms and dekhkan farms) amounted to 512,637, an increase of 2.0 times compared to the corresponding period of 2018.
 
The dynamics of their growth in recent years has been reflected in the following:
In 2018 - 258,736
In 2019 - 327,871
In 2020 - 398,771
In 2021 - 473,705
In 2022 - 512,637