Table

Limited companies, nominal share capital and dividend payments, by main industry
	2014			2015¹
	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	256 622	1 109 159	329 525	265 313	928 928	358 648
Agriculture, forestry and fishing	3 412	10 518	7 059	3 610	10 976	4 174
Mining and quarrying	1 176	312 595	89 338	1 161	120 664	52 628
Manufacturing	11 911	108 739	50 987	11 949	105 929	47 200
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply	1 403	95 641	9 971	1 416	93 412	18 204
Water supply, sewerage, waste	682	2 408	448	695	2 650	597
Construction	34 561	30 581	13 476	36 004	33 968	19 894
Wholesale and retail trade: repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles	40 458	61 223	24 169	40 626	59 436	38 180
Transportation and storage	8 953	87 797	22 045	9 074	85 906	18 457
Accommodation and food service activities	8 090	8 390	1 384	8 337	8 413	1 624
Information and communication	11 259	39 208	25 225	11 806	38 249	33 226
Financial and insurance activities	16 618	152 204	30 028	16 057	160 842	38 309
Real estate activities	58 377	135 277	33 121	59 764	137 955	45 809
Professional, scientific and technical activities	29 549	37 631	12 557	30 773	40 331	22 708
Administrative and support service activities	10 689	17 176	5 699	11 020	17 682	11 102
Education	2 869	678	346	3 084	655	443
Human health and social work activities	7 267	1 983	1 701	7 648	2 188	3 236
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3 554	3 821	345	3 727	3 948	583
Other service activities	3 672	2 227	752	3 889	1 813	881
Missing	2 122	1 064	873	4 673	3 911	1 392