Statistics Norway

Publicly owned enterprises, structural business statistics

5 Local government-owned enterprises, by organisational structure. 2005-2010. Number and per cent
Organizational structure Absolute figures
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
General Partnership 7 8 9 6 5 3
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company 1 885 2 002 2 060 2 135 2 154 2 064
Company with limited liability 12 12 18 12 11 9
General Partnership with shared liability 18 18 30 21 18 17
Association/ club/ organisation 8 8 10 9 9 8
Intermunicipal company 80 84 95 60 65 68
Municipal enterprise/ County authority company  156  172  183  130  139  138
Limited Partnership 5 4 4 3 2 2
Municipal unit1  163  156  159  148  151  145
Foundation 30 30 31 31 31 31
Other 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total 2 365 2 495 2 600 2 556 2 586 2 486
  Per cent
  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
General Partnership 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company 79.7 80.2 79.2 83.5 83.3 83.0
Company with limited liability 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.4
General Partnership with shared liability 0.8 0.7 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.7
Association/ club/ organisation 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Intermunicipal company 3.4 3.4 3.7 2.3 2.5 2.7
Municipal enterprise/ County authority company 6.6 6.9 7.0 5.1 5.4 5.6
Limited Partnership 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Municipal unit1 6.9 6.3 6.1 5.8 5.8 5.8
Foundation 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.2
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
1  Unit organised by municipal act § 11 and § 27.

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