Anyone launching a business in Uzbekistan or rebuilding a website eventually asks the same question: how many domains are in the .uz zone, are all the good names gone, and is the zone still growing? Answering it requires official data rather than guesswork. This article explains where to get .uz statistics, how to read them and what practical conclusions to draw. We deliberately avoid quoting specific figures here, because they change every month and the zone administrator remains the most reliable source.
The official source of .uz statistics
The organisation that manages the national .uz zone publishes open statistics on its website. Typically you will find the total number of active domains, new registrations over a period, deleted domains and the split between accredited registrars. The data comes straight from the registration system, so it is far more trustworthy than numbers circulating on social media. Always check the date and the period: comparing a monthly figure with an annual one leads to wrong conclusions.
The second useful source is WHOIS. It gives no totals, but it shows whether a specific name is taken, when it was registered and when it expires. If you are researching competitors in your niche, WHOIS tells you how long their domains have been active, which helps a new clinic, for example, understand the market it is entering.
How to read the numbers
The total count alone says little. More important is net growth: new registrations minus domains deleted after expiry. If many names are registered but almost as many are deleted, the zone is churning rather than expanding, and plenty of names become free again every month. Renewal rate matters too. A high share of domains abandoned after the first year points to many small experimental projects, while established companies renew for several years ahead and enable auto-renewal.
| Metric | What it means | Why it helps you |
|---|---|---|
| Total active domains | Overall size of the zone | Rough estimate of market size |
| New registrations | How active demand is | Knowing when names get taken fastest |
| Deleted domains | Names not renewed | Watching for good names being released |
| Registrar shares | Market competition | Guidance when choosing a provider |
Trends visible in 2026
Short and dictionary names are scarce
Two- and three-letter names and plain dictionary words such as "non", "kitob" or "taksi" were taken in .uz long ago. New projects therefore choose brand names, two-word combinations or variants with a city name. A new flower shop in Tashkent might register "gulbozor-toshkent.uz" or "misolgul.uz" instead of "gul.uz". That is not a bad thing: a distinctive brand name is easier to remember and advertise over time.
Local and international zones used together
Many companies run their main site on .uz and also register the same name in .com or another international zone to protect the brand, redirecting the second domain to the main site. This is especially common among exporters and businesses with foreign customers.
A domain is more than a website
Today a domain carries corporate email, Telegram bot webhooks, mobile app APIs and internal subdomains. A single example.uz can host mail.example.uz, api.example.uz and shop.example.uz, so losing the domain now means losing email and integrations, not just the website.
A practical example
Imagine a private school in Samarkand that wants a short name containing "maktab". Statistics and WHOIS show the simple variants are taken, though some expire in the coming months. The sensible choice is to register a brand name such as "misolmaktab.uz" now and start working, because the site and email are needed today and the owner of the expiring name may well renew it. You can check a domain from the terminal:
whois example.uz
dig +short NS example.uzThe first command shows registration and expiry dates; the second shows which name servers the domain uses. A registered domain with no NS records is often just being held in reserve.
Keeping your own domain out of the "deleted" column
Monthly deletions include working business sites that were simply not renewed, usually because the employee who registered the domain left, reminders went to an old mailbox or a card expired. Keep contact details current, enable auto-renewal and top up your balance in advance. In the sayt.uz cabinet you can renew, enable auto-renewal and manage NS settings in one place. For a domain that is your main sales channel, renewing for several years is a sensible habit. Checking the zone statistics once a quarter is enough for most owners, and if anything looks wrong, the sayt.uz support team can check your domain's status through a ticket.