Ownership in private and public limited companies

54 per cent of limited companies had one shareholder

Fifty-four per cent of all private and public limited companies had one shareholder as per 1 January 2008. Only 7 per cent of all shareholders were the sole shareholder in the enterprise. A total of 62 per cent of the persons who were shareholders owned shares in only one enterprise.

Tables

Table 1 Number of enterprises and shareholders, by shareholder type. 1st January 2008
Table 2 Number of enterprises and shareholders by share and number of shareholders in enterprise. 1st January 2008. Per Cent
Table 3 Number of enterprises where shareholder has a role, type of role and number of shareholders in enterprise. 1st January 2008
Table 4 Number of shareholders by number of enterprises they have shares in. 1st January 2008
Table 5 Number of shareholders by number of enterprises they are the major shareholders in. 1st January 2008