Statistics Norway

Publicly owned enterprises, structural business statistics

5 Local government-owned enterprises, by organizational structure. Number and per cent. 2002-2007
Organizational structure Absolute figures
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
General Partnership 10 8 6 7 7 5
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company  941  918 1 576 1 885 1 939 1 859
Company with limited liability 23 20 12 12 12 11
General Partnership with shared liability 30 26 17 18 17 17
Association/ club/ organisation 13 12 8 8 8 8
Intermunicipal company 34 50 73 80 85 95
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company 82  126  147  156  167  173
Limited Partnership 2 2 5 5 4 4
Municipal unit1  242  198  176  163  159  155
Foundation 29 29 29 30 30 30
Other 1 1 1 1 2 2
Total 1 407 1 390 2 050 2 365 2 430 2 359
Per cent
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
General Partnership 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company 66.9 66.0 76.9 79.7 79.8 78.8
Company with limited liability 1.6 1.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5
General Partnership with shared liability 2.1 1.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Association/ club/ organisation 0.9 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Intermunicipal company 2.4 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 4.0
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company 5.8 9.1 7.2 6.6 6.9 7.3
Limited Partnership 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Municipal unit1 17.2 14.2 8.6 6.9 6.5 6.6
Foundation 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3
Other 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1
Total  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0  100.0
1  Unit organized by municipal act §11 and §27.

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