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Six out of ten limited companies have one shareholder
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Ownership and roles in business enterprise sector (discontinued), 1 January 2013

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Six out of ten limited companies have one shareholder

Six out of ten public and private limited companies had only one shareholder per 1 January 2013. Only 0.3 per cent of the companies had over 100 shareholders.

Number of shareholders, by number of enterprises they are the major shareholders in. 1st JanuaryPublished 12 September 2014
2013
Share of shareholdersShare of shareholders
Persons as shareholders653 568100.0
0 enterprises489 42674.9
1 foretak145 83222.3
2 enterprises15 8192.4
3 enterprises1 9980.3
4 enterprises3530.1
5-9 enterprises1360.0
10 or more enterprises40.0
 
Enterprises as shareholders93 914100.0
0 enterprises41 03143.7
1 foretak32 81634.9
2 enterprises10 53611.2
3 enterprises4 2094.5
4 enterprises2 0482.2
5-9 enterprises2 5902.8
10 or more enterprises6840.7

Source: Statistics Norway

The share of companies with only one shareholder has increased in recent years. In 2006, less than half of the companies had only one shareholder.

Many companies with only personal shareholders

Fifty-seven per cent of the companies had only personal shareholders. Thirty per cent were owned by companies. The remainder of the companies had other constellations of owners.