Abstract: The subjects of the research is the basic mechanisms of administrative-legal regulation in the sphere of standardization as well as methods of their use for improving the competitiveness of participants of domestic business. The author notes that standardization has a significant administrative impact on business activity. The establishment, implementation and control over mandatory requirements to products and processes of design, production, construction, installation, commissioning, operation, transportation, sales and recycling are the largest administrative-legal influence over the activities of entrepreneurs. In her research the author has applied general research methods (comparison, analysis, synthesis, abstraction and generalization) and specific research methods (formal dogmatic method, comparative law method, etc.). It is concluded that the adoption of the Federal law "On standardization" will encourage the development of the legal base for building the national system of standardization allowing to solve a wide range of public and socio-economic challenges to ensure the country's sovereignty, unity and integrity of the economic space.