The article describes the approaches of foreign scientists to the concept of the creative economy and its constituent industries. The American and British approaches to the main sectors of the creative economy are compared. In 1900-2008 trends in the development of the creative working class in the structure of the US working class were studied. Based on the UK methodology, the state of development of the creative economy in Uzbekistan is analyzed from the point of view of its constituent industries and the number of employees. Scientific proposals and practical recommendations aimed at developing the creative economy in Uzbekistan have also been developed.