As the ministry explains, this concerns areas where the risk is considered low, and entrepreneurs will be able to independently assess their compliance with established requirements.
The Ministry of Economy expects that the necessary regulatory legal acts will be adopted by the fourth quarter of 2027 and will begin to regulate the new declarative procedure.
Reference:
The Law "On the Licensing and Permitting System in the Kyrgyz Republic" was adopted on October 19, 2013, and includes 66 types of activities that require licensing [doing business without a license is considered a violation - ed.].
The complete list of activities requiring a license
The following types of activities are subject to licensing:
1) production, transmission, distribution, sale, export, and import of electric energy (excluding the production of electric energy from renewable sources and for own needs up to 1000 kW);
2) production, transmission, distribution, and sale of thermal energy (excluding the production of heat from renewable sources for own needs);
3) processing of oil and natural gas, except for bioethanol produced in industrial volumes;
4) production, transmission, distribution, and sale of natural gas;
5) production and circulation of ethyl alcohol;
6) production and circulation of alcoholic products;
7) medical activities carried out by private organizations and individual entrepreneurs (excluding hired employees);
8) pharmaceutical activities: production, wholesale, and retail sale of medicinal products and medical devices;
9) production and sale of veterinary medicinal products;
10) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated February 28, 2025, No. 49);
11) activities of telecommunications operators;
12) postal communication;
13) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated July 31, 2025, No. 180);
131) identification of mobile communication devices and their authenticity;
14) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated May 4, 2017, No. 75);
15) urban planning and design of facilities;
16) construction work, except for individual residential construction;
17) passenger transportation by car;
18) international freight transportation by road;
19) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated January 21, 2022, No. 11);
20) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated January 21, 2022, No. 11);
21) water passenger and cargo transportation;
22) banking operations;
23) activities of credit unions;
24) microfinance companies;
25) pawnshops;
26) currency exchange operations with cash foreign currency;
261) credit bureaus;
262) housing savings credit companies;
27) services for receiving and processing payments;
28) processing of financial information;
29) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated April 8, 2015, No. 74);
30) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated February 28, 2025, No. 49);
301) gambling activities;
31) work with radioactive and toxic materials;
32) development and implementation of military products;
33) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated February 28, 2025, No. 49);
34) sale of explosives;
35) production and trade of weapons;
36) work with narcotic substances;
37) legal activities;
38) notarial activities;
39) voluntary life insurance savings;
40) voluntary personal insurance;
41) voluntary property insurance;
42) mandatory types of insurance;
43) reinsurance;
44) activities of pension funds;
45) organization of trading on the securities market;
46) brokerage activities;
47) maintenance of the register of securities holders;
48) depository activities;
49) dealer activities;
50) activities of investment funds;
51) trust management of assets;
52) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated November 29, 2021, No. 143);
53) bankruptcy administrators;
54) design and installation of fire safety systems;
55) educational activities (excluding state institutions and certain types of private activities);
56) import and export of weapons and military equipment;
57) import, export of goods from the control list;
58) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated January 21, 2022, No. 11);
59) (invalidated according to the law of the Kyrgyz Republic dated January 21, 2022, No. 11);
60) temporary licensing of goods;
61) activities of virtual asset providers;
62) leasing;
63) Islamic takaful insurance;
64) imputed insurance;
65) annuity insurance.
