Statistics Norway

Publicly owned enterprises, structural business statistics

5   Local government-owned enterprises, by organizational structure. 2001-2006. Number and per cent
Organizational structure Absolute figures
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total 1 366 1 407 1 390 2 050 2 114 2 075
General Partnership 13 10 8 6 7 7
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company  866  941  918 1 576 1 636 1 588
Company with limited liability 35 23 20 12 11 11
General Partnership with shared liability 34 30 26 17 18 17
Association/ club/ organisation 11 13 12 8 8 8
Intermunicipal company 17 34 50 73 80 86
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company 55 82  126  147  155  163
Limited Partnership 1 2 2 5 5 4
Municipal unit1  301  242  198  176  163  160
Foundation 32 29 29 29 30 30
Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
  Per cent
  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
General Partnership 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company 63.4 66.9 66.0 76.9 77.4 76.5
Company with limited liability 2.6 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5
General Partnership with shared liability 2.5 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.9 0.8
Association/ club/ organisation 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.4
Intermunicipal company 1.2 2.4 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.1
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company 4.0 5.8 9.1 7.2 7.3 7.9
Limited Partnership 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2
Municipal unit1 22.0 17.2 14.2 8.6 7.7 7.7
Foundation 2.3 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.4
Other 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1  Unit organized by municipal act §11 and §27 etc.

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