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# Kyrgyzstan's markets collect over 1 billion som in stall fees in Q3
- URL: https://economist.kg/en/kyrgyzstans-markets-collect-over-1-billion-som-in-stall-fees/
- Published: 2026-11-11T05:08:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T05:08:57.000Z
- Description: In Q3 2026, markets across Kyrgyzstan collected over 1 billion som in stall fees. Bishkek accounted for 656.76 million som, or 65.5% of the total. A stall in the capital cost an average of 335.1 som per day, compared to 208.2 som nationwide.
- Author: Александр Канунников
- Tags: Экономика, #en

**In the third quarter of 2026, total fees collected for the use of retail stalls in Kyrgyzstan's markets reached 1 billion 3.21 million som. Bishkek accounted for 656.76 million som, or 65.5% of this total, according to data published by the National Statistical Committee in its bulletin on market operations for July–September.**

According to [data](https://stat.gov.kg/ru/publications/o-deyatelnosti-rynkov-kyrgyzskoj-respubliki/?ref=economist.kg) from the National Statistical Committee, **316 markets** operate in Kyrgyzstan, offering a total of **86,344 trading spaces**. Of these, 80,924 were actively used, representing 93.7% of the total capacity.

> In Bishkek, there are **66 markets with 30,140 active trading stalls**, accounting for 37.2% of the national total. At the same time, the capital generates almost two-thirds of all market stall fees collected nationwide.

By comparison, fee collections in the Chui region amounted to **96.81 million som**, and in the Jalal-Abad region to **91.57 million som**.

Disparities are also pronounced in the cost of trading infrastructure. The average daily cost of a market stall across Kyrgyzstan is **208.2 som**, compared to **335.1 som** in Bishkek. The capital's rate is 61% higher than the national average.

> Among the regions, the highest average fee after Bishkek was recorded in the Jalal-Abad region at **278.1 som per day**.

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