Table

Limited companies, nominal share capital and dividend payments, by main industry
	2016			2017¹
	Number of limited companies	Nominal share capital. NOK million	Dividend payments. NOK million	Number of limited companies	Nominal share capital. NOK million	Dividend payments. NOK million
¹Preliminary figures.
Total	286 505	940 128	348 768	300 432	932 632	413 506
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	4 070	11 849	5 911	4 380	12 328	10 824
Mining and quarrying	1 211	124 273	48 358	1 222	109 243	74 673
Manufacturing	12 460	105 599	43 714	12 603	103 448	60 778
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1 452	93 615	10 243	1 465	93 013	29 437
Water supply, sewerage, waste	753	2 868	946	778	2 984	629
Construction	39 487	34 299	20 734	41 291	35 441	21 158
Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	42 805	57 745	33 582	43 258	56 036	41 307
Transportation and storage	9 496	87 211	18 426	9 679	89 729	13 120
Accommodation and food service activities	9 213	8 989	1 573	9 528	9 156	1 911
Information and communication	13 353	38 885	27 565	14 307	37 034	32 984
Financial and insurance activities	18 635	165 829	56 137	17 987	170 466	42 813
Real estate activities	64 019	137 344	44 858	66 264	137 073	50 147
Professional, scientific and technical activities	33 910	41 005	22 841	35 618	41 226	17 769
Administrative and support service activities	12 161	20 774	8 908	12 679	20 731	9 283
Education	3 500	737	327	3 750	750	315
Human health and social work activities	8 381	2 580	2 562	8 796	2 636	2 546
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4 263	2 955	580	4 537	2 998	798
Other service activities	4 315	1 860	785	4 614	1 903	963
Missing	3 021	1 712	716	7 676	6 436	2 050