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Starting a companyUpdated 30.08.2026

Can I run an Uzbek company in English?

Short answer

You can own and decide in English. The state speaks Uzbek and Russian.

FilingsThe state’s side is not in English — tax returns and registry filings run through the electronic cabinet in Uzbek or Russian, on Uzbek accounting standards
Filed in UzbekThe founding documents reach the registrar in the state language — the requirement is on the filed document, not on how the company then operates (Registration Regulation, Para. 12 — lex.uz ↗)
CharterYour documents can run bilingually — foreign-owned companies commonly draft the charter and minutes article-by-article with English beside the official language
On the recordA foreign-language name is carried by the register — where the founding documents give one (State Register Regulation, Para. 5 — lex.uz ↗)
ContractsPrivate contracts choose their language — parties agree it; banks and authorities receiving a document want the official language or a translation
What the law provides

Nothing stops a foreign owner deciding, corresponding and keeping management records in English — and the founding documents are commonly drafted bilingually so the owner reads what they sign. What the registration act requires is that the version reaching the registrar is in the state language, on the first filing and on every later one; the register then holds a foreign-language company name too where the founding documents give one. The rest of the state’s side does not switch: statutory filings go to the tax authority in the official language, the taxpayer cabinet runs in Uzbek and Russian, and the books behind the returns follow Uzbek accounting standards. (Registration Regulation, Paras. 12, 21 — lex.uz ↗)

The practical division of labour follows from that: English is workable as the language of ownership and decisions, while whoever prepares the filings reads the law and the cabinet in the original. Documents crossing the border — powers of attorney, registry extracts — are translated into Russian or Uzbek on the way in.

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Accounting keeps the books and makes every filing on time, with monthly reports in English.

See accounting

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