Table 5 Local government-owned enterprises, by organizational structure. Number and per cent. 2003-2008

5 Local government-owned enterprises, by organizational structure. Number and per cent. 2003-2008
Organizational structure	Absolute figures

Organizational structure	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

General Partnership	8	6	7	8	6	6
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company	918	1 576	1 885	2 002	2 037	2 038
Company with limited liability	20	12	12	12	11	11
General Partnership with shared liability	26	17	18	18	18	18
Association/ club/ organisation	12	8	8	8	8	8
Intermunicipal company	50	73	80	84	94	97
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company	126	147	156	172	178	184
Limited Partnership	2	5	5	4	4	4
Municipal unit (1)	198	176	163	156	155	155
Foundation	29	29	30	30	30	30
Other	1	1	1	1	1	1
Total	1 390	2 050	2 365	2 495	2 542	2 552

	Per cent

	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008

General Partnership	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Private limited Company/ Public limited Company	66.0	76.9	79.7	80.2	80.1	79.9
Company with limited liability	1.4	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4
General Partnership with shared liability	1.9	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.7
Association/ club/ organisation	0.9	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Intermunicipal company	3.6	3.6	3.4	3.4	3.7	3.8
Municipal enterprise/ County municipal company	9.1	7.2	6.6	6.9	7.0	7.2
Limited Partnership	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Municipal unit¹	14.2	8.6	6.9	6.3	6.1	6.1
Foundation	2.1	1.4	1.3	1.2	1.2	1.2
Other	0.1	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 organized by municipal act §11 and §27.