This is a non-exhaustive world-wide list of government-owned companies. The paragraph that follows was paraphrased from a 1996

GAO Gao (or Gawgaw/Kawkaw) is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley. For much of its history Gao was an imp ...

report which investigated only the 20th-century American experience. The GAO report did not consider the potential use in the international forum of SOEs as extensions of a nation's foreign policy utensils. A

government-owned corporation A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity created or owned by a national or local government, either through an executive order or legislation. SOEs aim to generate profit for the government, prevent private sector monopolies, provide goo ...

is a legal entity that undertakes

commercial Commercial may refer to: * (adjective for) commerce, a system of voluntary exchange of products and services ** (adjective for) trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or money * a dose of advertising ...

activities on behalf of an owner

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

. Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular

stockholder A shareholder (in the United States often referred to as stockholder) of corporate stock refers to an individual or legal entity (such as another corporation, a body politic, a trust or partnership) that is registered by the corporation as the l ...

. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), although the two terms can be used interchangeably. The defining characteristics are that they have a distinct legal form and that they are established to operate in commercial affairs. While they may also have public policy objectives, GOCs should be differentiated from other forms of government agencies or state entities established to pursue purely non-financial objectives.

Afghanistan

In 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan formed the Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) as a "state owned enterprise" subordinate to the

Ministry of the Interior An interior ministry or ministry of the interior (also called ministry of home affairs or ministry of internal affairs) is a government department that is responsible for domestic policy, public security and law enforcement. In some states, the ...

. By presidential decree, the APPF is mandated to replace all non-diplomatic

private security companies A private security company is a business entity which provides armed or unarmed security services and expertise to clients in the private or public sectors. Overview Private security companies are defined by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic ...

by 20 March 2013 to become the sole provider of pay-for-service security contracts within Afghanistan.

Albania

* Air Albania (51%; 49%

Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Türk Hava Yolları''), or legally Türk Hava Yolları Anonim Ortaklığı, is the flag carrier of Turkey. , it operates scheduled services to 352 destinations (including cargo) in Europe, Asia, Oce ...

) * Albgaz * KESH * OSHEE *

Posta Shqiptare Posta Shqiptare is the national postal service of Albania. ''Posta Shqiptare sh.a.'' is a public limited company owned by the Albanian Government. As of 2017 its CEO was Laert Duraj. History Beginnings in the Ottoman Empire Albania's postal ser ...

Algeria

Air Algérie Air Algérie SpA (, ) is the flag carrier of Algeria, with its head office in the El-Djazair office block in Algiers. With flights operating mostly from Houari Boumedienne Airport in Algiers and Ahmed Ben Bella Airport in Oran, Air Algérie op ...

* Anesrif * Agence algérienne pour le rayonnement culturel * Agence nationale des autoroutes * Agence nationale pour la promotion et la rationalisation de l'utilisation de l'énergie * Algérie Télécom * Algérie Poste * Entreprise Métro d’Alger * Entreprise de transport algérien par câbles * Entreprise de transport urbain et suburbain d'Alger * Groupe Cosider * TRANSTEV *

GCB (entreprise) GCB may refer to: * Gaming control board * GCB (TV series), ''GCB'' (TV series), American television series * GCB (McDonald's), a Malaysian product of McDonald's * GCB Bank, formerly Ghana Commercial Bank * Generator circuit breaker * Gilmore City� ...

* Mobilis * Naftal * Office national algérien du tourisme * Public Establishment of Television (ENTV) * Radio Algeria (ENRS) *

Sonatrach Sonatrach (; ) is the national state-owned oil company of Algeria. Founded in 1963, it is known today to be the largest company in Africa with 154 subsidiaries, and often referred as the first African oil "major". In 2021, Sonatrach was the seven ...

* Sonelgaz * Société nationale des véhicules industriels * Société nationale de sidérurgie * Société algérienne des ponts et travaux d'arts * Société d'exploitation des tramways * Société d’Exploitation des Gares Routières d’Algérie * Tassili Airlines

Argentina

* Administración de Infraestructura Ferroviaria *

Aerolíneas Argentinas Aerolíneas Argentinas, formally ''Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A.'', is the state-owned flag carrier of Argentina and the country's largest airline. The airline was created in 1949, from the merger of Aeroposta Argentina (AA), Aviación del Lito ...

* Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos * Astilleros DOMECQ GARCÍA * Astilleros TANDANOR * Austral Líneas Aéreas - Cielos del Sur * Banco de Inversiones y Comercio Exterior *

Banco de la Nación Argentina Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA; ) is a large bank in Argentina, and the largest in the country's banking sector. History The Bank of the Argentine Nation was founded on 18 October 1891 by President Carlos Pellegrini, with the purpose of st ...

* Banco Hipotecario * Casa de la Moneda * Combustibles Nucleares Argentinos CONUARSA * Compañía Nacional del Mercado Mayorista de Electricidad CAMMESA * Construcción de Viviendas de la Armada COVIARA * Contenidos Públicos * Corporación del Mercado Central de Buenos Aires * Corporación Interestadual Pulmarí * Corporación Puerto Madero * Corredores Argentinos * Correo Argentino * * * Emprendimientos Energéticos Binacionales * Empresa Argentina de Navegación Aérea * Empresa de Cargas Aéreas del Atlántico Sud * Empresa Neuquina de Ingeniería Nuclear * Energía Argentina S.A ENARSA * Fábrica Argentina de Aviones * Fabricaciones Militares *

Ferrocarriles Argentinos Ferrocarriles Argentinos (abbreviated as FA; ) was a government-owned corporation, state-owned company that managed the entire Rail transport in Argentina, Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private r ...

* Fondo de Capital Social S.E * INTERCARGO S.A.C * INTESA * Investigaciones Aplicadas INVAP S.E *

Líneas Aéreas del Estado Líneas Aéreas del Estado (LADE, ) is an airline based in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina. It is owned by the government of Argentina and operated by the Argentine Air Force. It provides domestic scheduled services, mainly in Patagonia. Histor ...

LADE * Nucleoeléctrica Argentina * Operadora Ferroviaria * Polo Tecnológico Constituyentes * Radio de la Universidad Nacional del Litoral * Radio y Televisión Argentina * Radio y Televisión de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba * Soluciones Satelitales Argentinas ARSAT * Télam * Yacimientos de Agua de Dionisio * Yacimientos Carboniferos Río Turbio * YPF * YPF GAS * YPF Tecnología

Australia

* Defence Housing Australia * Australian Rail Track Corporation * Snowy Hydro * Red Energy * Australian Submarine Corporation *

Australian Broadcasting Corporation The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia’s principal public service broadcaster. It is funded primarily by grants from the federal government and is administered by a government-appointed board of directors. The ABC is ...

Special Broadcasting Service The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is an Australian hybrid-funded public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. About 80 percent of funding for the company is derived from tax revenue. SBS operates six TV channels (SBS (Australian TV chann ...

* NBN Co * Western Sydney Airport * Clean Energy Finance Corporation *

Australia Post Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation and also known as AusPost, is an Australian Government-State-owned enterprise, owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia. Australia Post's head office is loca ...

* Tourism Tasmania

Austria

* ÖBB (national railway system of Austria, administrator of

Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (, ; ; ), officially the Principality of Liechtenstein ( ), is a Landlocked country#Doubly landlocked, doubly landlocked Swiss Standard German, German-speaking microstate in the Central European Alps, between Austria in the east ...

's railways) * ASFINAG (Autobahn and highway financing, building, maintaining and administration) *

Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International Heta Asset Resolution A.G. is a " bad bank" that was the residual asset of the original Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International A.G., which was dismantled in 2014. It was owned by the Government of Austria. The bad bank contained the leasing subsidi ...

: Austria nationalised this bank in 2009, and in 2014 its then-

Chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

feared its insolvency might have a similar effect to the Creditanstalt event of 1931. *

Verbund Verbund AG, formerly known as Verbundgesellschaft or Österreichische Elektrizitätswirtschafts-AG, is Austria's largest electricity provider. Verbund covers around 40 percent of electricity demands in Austria and generates 90 percent thereof fro ...

51% SOE (electricity generator and provider) * Volksbank 43.3% SOE (retail banking group, with additional operations in Hungary, Romania and Malta) * ORF: funded from television licence fee revenue, dominant player in the Austrian broadcast media * Österreichische Industrieholding (ÖIAG): Austrian industry-holding stock corporation for partially or entirely nationalized companies, as of 2005: ** 31.50% of the oil producer OMV: an integrated international oil and gas company ** 28.42% of Telekom Austria: fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services ** 52.85% of

Austrian Post The Austrian Post (German: ''Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft'') is a company that provides mail, postal service in Austria. It was established in 1999 after a split-off from the state-owned Postal, telegraph and telephone service, PTT age ...

: postal service ** 100% of ÖIAG-Bergbauholding ** 100% of Finanzmarkt Beteiligungs AG (FIMBAG) *

Oesterreichische Nationalbank The (, , abbr. ) is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Austria within the Eurosystem. It was the Austrian central bank from 1923 to 1938 and from 1945 to 1998, issuing the Austrian schilling, shilling. It star ...

(central bank of Austria)

Azerbaijan

* Azerbaijani Airlines * Azerenerji * Azərpoçt * Azerbaijan Railways * Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company *

Baku Metro Baku Metro () is a rapid transit system serving Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. First opened on 6 November 1967 when Azerbaijan was part of the Soviet Union, its features are typical of former Soviet Union, Soviet systems, including very deep ...

* SOCAR * AzTV * Medeniyyet TV * Idman Azerbaijan TV

Bangladesh

Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation () (BPC) is a government agency in Bangladesh to import, distribute and market oil and petroleum products. Amin-Ul-Ahsan is the chairperson of Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation. History Founded in 1976 by Presi ...

* Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited * Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited * Gas Transmission Company Limited * Karnaphuli Paper Mills * Petrobangla * Biman Bangladesh Airlines *

Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Bank (BB; ) is the central bank of Bangladesh and is a member of the Asian Clearing Union. It is fully owned by the Bangladesh, Government of Bangladesh. The bank is active in developing green banking. and financial inclusion poli ...

Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC, ) is a public corporation that manages all government-owned jute factories and industries in Bangladesh. The corporation is located in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. In addition to the jute mills ...

* Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation * Bangladesh Ordnance Factory *

Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation () or BSEC, is a government owned corporation in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation was founded on 1 July 1976. It is in charge of Pragoti, which assembles Mahindra & ...

* Bangladesh Shipping Corporation *

Bangladesh Television Bangladesh Television (), commonly known by its acronym BTV (), is the state-owned television network of Bangladesh. The network was originally established as the East Pakistan branch of Pakistan Television Corporation, Pakistan Television in 1 ...

* Bangladesh Betar * BCIC * North-West Power Generation Company Limited * Ashuganj Power Station Company Limited * Electricity Generation Company Bangladesh Limited * West Zone Power Distribution Company Limited * Dhaka Power Distribution Company

Belgium

* Belfius (100%) *

Belgischer Rundfunk Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) (''Belgian Broadcasting'') is the public-service broadcasting organisation serving the German-speaking Community of Belgium. Its headquarters are based in Eupen. With additional studio facilities in Sankt Vith and Bruss ...

* Bpost *

Brussels Airport Brussels Airport is the main international airport of Belgium. It is located in the municipality of Zaventem in Flemish Brabant, northeast of Brussels. Also informally known as Brussels-National Airport or Brussels-Zaventem Airport, Brussels ...

(25%) * Elia System Operator (5.37%) * (25%) * - (SFPI-FPIM) * Fluxys (2.1%) * Infrabel *

National Railway Company of Belgium The National Railway Company of Belgium (, NMBS; , SNCB; ) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Ve ...

National Bank of Belgium The National Bank of Belgium (NBB; , NBB; , BNB; , BNB) is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Belgium within the Eurosystem. It was the Belgian central bank from 1850 until 1998, established by law of and issuin ...

(50%) *

Proximus Proximus (formerly known as Belgacom Mobile) is the largest of Belgium's three mobile telecommunications companies and is a part of Proximus Group (previously Belgacom Group). It competes with Orange Belgium and Base. History Proximus was f ...

(53.3%) *

RTBF The ("Belgian Radio-television of the French Community"), shortened to RTBF (branded as rtbf.be), is a public broadcasting, public service broadcaster for the French Community of Belgium, French-speaking Community of Belgium. Its counterpart i ...

Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie The Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie ("Flemish Radio and Television broadcasting organisation"), shortened to VRT (), is one of the national public service broadcasters for the Flemish Community of Belgium. Its counterpart in the Fr ...

The Region of

Wallonia Wallonia ( ; ; or ), officially the Walloon Region ( ; ), is one of the three communities, regions and language areas of Belgium, regions of Belgium—along with Flemish Region, Flanders and Brussels. Covering the southern portion of the c ...

owns: * Brussels South Charleroi Airport * Liège Airport

Belize

* National Bank of Belize

Bolivia

* Agencia Boliviana Espacial *

Corporación Minera de Bolivia The Corporación Minera de Bolivia (Mining Corporation of Bolivia), also known as COMIBOL, is a major Bolivian state company that oversees the nation's mining operations. In the decades after the Bolivian National Revolution, it became the countr ...

and subsidiaries * Corporación de las Fuerzas Armadas para el Desarrollo Nacional and most subsidiaries * Empresa Boliviana de Alimentos y Derivados * Empresa Boliviana de Industrialización de Hidrocarburos * Empresa de Apoyo a la Producción de Alimentos * Empresa Estatal de Televisión Bolivia TV * Empresa Estratégica Boliviana de Construcción y Conservación de Infraestructura Civil * Empresa Estratégica de Producción de Abonos y Fertilizantes * Empresa Estratégica de Producción de Semillas * Empresa Nacional de Electricidad (central) * Empresa Pública Nacional Estratégica Boliviana de Aviación * Empresa Pública Nacional Estratégica Depositos Aduaneros Bolivianos * Empresa Pública Nacional Estratégica Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos * Empresa Pública Productiva Cartones de Bolivia * Empresa Pública Productiva Cementos de Bolivia * Empresa Pública Productiva Envases de Vidrio de Bolivia * Empresa Pública Productiva Papeles de Bolivia *

Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos Transportes Aéreos Bolivianos (abbreviated ''TAB'' and also known as TAB Airlines or TAB Cargo) is a cargo airline which operates civil cargo flights between Bolivia and the United States. History TAB was set up in 1977 as a sub-division of the ...

* Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos

Brazil

State-owned enterprises are divided into public enterprises (''empresa pública'') and mixed-economy companies (''sociedade de economia mista''). The public enterprises are subdivided into two categories: individual – with its own assets and

capital Capital and its variations may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** Capital region, a metropolitan region containing the capital ** List of national capitals * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Econom ...

owned by the Union – and plural companies – whose assets are owned by multiple government agencies and the Union, which have the majority of the voting interest.

Caixa Econômica Federal The Caixa Econômica Federal (, ''Federal Savings Bank''), also referred to as Caixa or CEF, is a state-owned Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. It is the fourth largest banking institution in Brazil, as ...

Correios The Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (, abbr. ECT), also known as Correios (), is a state-owned company that has operated the national Mail, postal service of Brazil since the 17th century. The ECT created and manages the Brazilian ...

, Embrapa and

BNDES The National Bank for Economic and Social Development or NBESD (, abbreviated: BNDES) is a development bank structured as a federal public company associated with the Ministry of the Economy of Brazil. The stated goal is to provide long-term f ...

and are examples of public enterprises. Mixed-economy companies are enterprises with the majority of stocks owned by the government, but that also have stocks owned by the

private sector The private sector is the part of the economy which is owned by private groups, usually as a means of establishment for profit or non profit, rather than being owned by the government. Employment The private sector employs most of the workfo ...

and usually have their shares traded on

stock exchange A stock exchange, securities exchange, or bourse is an exchange where stockbrokers and traders can buy and sell securities, such as shares of stock, bonds and other financial instruments. Stock exchanges may also provide facilities for ...

Banco do Brasil Banco do Brasil S.A. (, ) is a Brazilian financial services company headquartered in Brasília, Brazil. The oldest bank in Brazil, and among the oldest banks in continuous operation in the world, it was founded by John VI, King of Portugal, on ...

Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by and Trade name, trading as the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a Brazilian state-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. ...

Sabesp Sabesp is a Brazilian water and waste management company headquartered in São Paulo. It provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial users in São Paulo and in 363 of the 645 municipalities in São Paulo State, ty ...

, and

Eletrobras Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. (commonly referred to as Electrobras, ) is a major Brazilian electric utilities company. The company's headquarters are located in Rio de Janeiro. It is Latin America's biggest power utility company, tenth la ...

are examples of mixed-economy companies. Beginning in the 1990s, the central government of Brazil launched a privatization program inspired by the

Washington Consensus The Washington Consensus is a set of ten economic policy prescriptions considered in the 1980s and 1990s to constitute the "standard" reform package promoted for Economic crisis, crisis-wracked developing country, developing countries by the Was ...

. State-owned enterprises such as Vale do Rio Doce, Telebrás, CSN, and Usiminas (most of them mixed-economy companies) were transferred to the private sector as part of this policy. Brazil State Owned Companies Fact Sheet / Download from the planejamento.gov.br website.

Brunei

* Brunei Investment Agency * Radio Television Brunei

Bulgaria

* Bulgarian Energy Holding * State Enterprise "Radioactive Waste" (DP RAO) * Bulgarian Posts *

Bulgarian State Railways The Bulgarian State Railways (, abbreviated as БДЖ, BDZ or BDŽ) are Bulgaria's state railway company and former largest railway carrier in the country, established as an entity in 1888. The company's headquarters are located in the capital So ...

* LB Bulgaricum * National Railway Infrastructure Company * Kintex * Sofia Airport * Plovdiv Airport * Port of Varna EАD * Port Burgas EАD * Bulgarian Maritime Training Centre *

Bulgarian National Television The Bulgarian National Television ( Bulgarian: Българска национална телевизия, ''Balgarska natsionalna televizia'') or BNT (БНТ), stylized as ·Б·Н·Т· since 2018, is a public television broadcaster of Bulgaria ...

Canada

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

, state-owned corporations are referred to as ''Crown corporations'', indicating that an organization is established by law, owned by the sovereign (either in right of Canada or a province), and overseen by parliament and cabinet. Examples of federal Crown corporations include: * the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian Public broadcasting, public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its E ...

Canada Post Canada Post Corporation (, trading as Canada Post (), is a Canadian Crown corporation that functions as the primary postal operator in Canada. Originally known as Royal Mail Canada (the operating name of the Post Office Department of the Can ...

Bank of Canada The Bank of Canada (BoC; ) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and Canada's central bank. Chartered in 1934 under the ''Bank of Canada Act'', it is responsible for formulating Canada's monetary policy,OECD. OECD Economic Surve ...

Telefilm Canada Telefilm Canada is a Canadian Crown corporation that supports Canada's audiovisual industry. Headquartered in Montreal, Telefilm Canada provides services to the Canadian audiovisual industry with four regional offices in Vancouver, British Colu ...

Via Rail Via Rail Canada Inc. (), operating as Via Rail or Via (stylized as VIA Rail), is a Canadian Crown corporation that operates intercity passenger rail service in Canada. As of December 2023, Via Rail operates 406 trains per week across eight ...

Ministers of the Crown Minister of the Crown is a formal constitutional term used in Commonwealth realms to describe a minister of the reigning sovereign or viceroy. The term indicates that the minister serves at His Majesty's pleasure, and advises the sovereign o ...

often control the

shares In financial markets, a share (sometimes referred to as stock or equity) is a unit of equity ownership in the capital stock of a corporation. It can refer to units of mutual funds, limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts. Sha ...

in such public corporations, while parliament both sets out the laws that create and bind Crown corporations and sets their annual budgets. Foreign SOEs are welcome to invest in Canada: in fall 2013, British Columbia and Alberta signed agreements overseas to promote foreign direct investment in Canada. The Investment Canada Act governs this area federally. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper stated in 2013 that the "government eedsto exercise its judgement" over SOEs. Crown corporations of British Columbia include: *

BC Hydro The British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, trade name, operating as BC Hydro, is a Canadian electric utility in the province of British Columbia. It is the main electricity distributor, serving more than 4 million customers in most areas, wi ...

BC Transit BC Transit is a provincial Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation responsible for coordinating the delivery of public transportation within British Columbia, Canada, outside Greater Vancouver. BC Transit is headquartered in Victoria, Bri ...

* BC Housing Management Commission * British Columbia Lottery Corporation * Liquor Distribution Branch Saskatchewan has maintained the largest number of Crown corporations, including: *

Saskatchewan Government Insurance Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is a Canadian insurance company and a Crown corporations, Crown corporation wholly owned by the Government of Saskatchewan. SGI's operations consist of the Saskatchewan Auto Fund, the compulsory public auto ...

* SaskEnergy *

SaskPower Saskatchewan Power Corporation, trade name, operating as SaskPower, is the principal electric utility in Saskatchewan, Canada. Established in 1929 by the Saskatchewan#Government and politics, provincial government, it serves more than 550,000 cu ...

SaskTel Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, operating as SaskTel, is a Telecommunications in Canada, Canadian Crown corporations of Canada, crown-owned telecommunications firm based in the province of Saskatchewan. Owned by the provinci ...

* SaskWater In Ontario: * GroupeMédia TFO * Independent Electricity System Operator * Ontario Educational Communications Authority *

Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, known for corporate branding purposes simply as OLG since 2006, is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario, Canada. OLG conducts and manages gaming on behalf o ...

Ontario Power Generation Ontario Power Generation Inc. (OPG) is a Crown corporations of Canada, Crown corporation and "government business enterprise" that is responsible for approximately half of the electricity generation in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is w ...

* Liquor Control Board of Ontario In Quebec: *

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (, CDPQ; ) is an institutional investor that manages several public and parapublic pension plans and insurance programs in the Canadian province of Quebec. It was established in 1965 by an act of the ...

Hydro-Québec Hydro-Québec () is a Canadian Crown corporations of Canada#Quebec, Crown corporation public utility headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It manages the electricity generation, generation, electric power transmission, transmission and electricity ...

Investissement Québec Investissement Québec () is a company established in 1998 under an act passed by the National Assembly of Quebec to favour investment in Quebec by Quebec-based and international companies. Its registered office is located in Quebec City. In Decem ...

* Loto-Québec * Société de la Place des Arts de Montréal * Société des alcools du Québec * Société des Traversiers du Québec * Société Québécoise des Infrastructures *

Télé-Québec The (; ), branded as () (formerly known as ), is a Canadian French-language public educational television network in the province of Quebec. It is a provincial Crown corporation owned by the Government of Quebec. The network's main studios an ...

Privatization, or the selling of Crown corporations to private interests, has become common throughout Canada over the past 30 years.

Petro-Canada Petro-Canada (colloquially known as Petro-Can) is a retail and wholesale marketing brand subsidiary of Suncor Energy. Until 1991, it was a federal Crown corporation (a state-owned enterprise). In August 2009, Petro-Canada merged with Suncor En ...

Canadian National Railway The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States. CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...

, and

Air Canada Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and cha ...

are examples of former federal Crown corporations that have been privatized. Privatized provincial Crown corporations include

Alberta Government Telephones Alberta Government Telephones (AGT) was the telephone provider in most of Alberta from 1906 to 1991. AGT was formed by the Liberal Party of Alberta, Liberal government of Alexander Cameron Rutherford in 1906Wilson, Kevin G., Deregulating Teleco ...

(which merged with privately owned

BC Tel British Columbia Telephone Company, later known as BC Tel, was the telephone company operating throughout the province of British Columbia, Canada. For most of its history, BC Tel was one of several regional monopolies in Canada. In 1985, the Ca ...

to form Telus), BCRIC,

Manitoba Telecom Services Bell MTS Inc. (formerly Manitoba Telecom Services) is a subsidiary of BCE Inc. that operates telecommunications services in Manitoba. Originally established as Manitoba Government Telephones after the Government of Manitoba purchased the Manito ...

, Saskatchewan Oil & Gas Corporation and Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.

Chile

* ASMAR * BancoEstado * Casa de Moneda de Chile * Cimm (Centro de Investigación Minera y Metalúrgica) * Cimm Tecnologías y Servicios S.A. * Comercializadora de Trigo S.A. * Codelco (Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile) * Econssa Chile S.A. * CorreosChile *

EFE Agencia EFE, S.A. () is a Spanish international news agency, the major Spanish language, Spanish-language multimedia news agency and the world's fourth largest wire service after the Associated Press, Reuters, and Agence France-Presse. EFE was ...

* Empresa de Servicios Sanitarios Lago Peñuelas S.A. * Metro S.A. * ENAER * ENAMI (Empresa Nacional de Minería) * Empresa Nacional del Petróleo * Empresa Portuaria Antofagasta * Empresa Portuaria Arica * Empresa Portuaria Austral * Empresa Portuaria Chacabuco * Empresa Portuaria Coquimbo * Empresa Portuaria Iquique * Empresa Portuaria Puerto Montt * Empresa Portuaria San Antonio * Empresa Portuaria Talcahuano San Vicente * Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso * FAMAE * Polla Chilena de Beneficencia S.A. * Puerto Madero Impresores S.A. * Sociedad Agrícola Sacor Ltda. * Sasipa (Sociedad Agrícola y Servicios Isla de Pascua Ltda.) *

Televisión Nacional de Chile Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) is a Chilean Public broadcasting, public service broadcaster. It was founded by order of President Eduardo Frei Montalva and it was launched nationwide on 18 September 1969. Since then, the company has been re ...

* Zofri

China

After 1949, all business entities in the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

were created and owned by the government. In the late 1980s, the government began to reform the state-owned enterprise, and during the 1990s and 2000s, many mid-sized and small sized state-owned enterprises were privatized and went public. There are a number of different corporate forms which result in a mixture of public and private capital. In PRC terminology, a state-owned enterprise refers to a particular corporate form, which is increasingly being replaced by the

listed company A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange ( ...

. Some of the largest state-owned enterprises have been floated on the

Shanghai Stock Exchange The Shanghai Stock Exchange (, SSE) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shanghai, China. It is one of the three stock exchanges operating independently in mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Exchange and the Shenzhen Stock ...

and the

Shenzhen Stock Exchange The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE; ) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shenzhen, in the People's Republic of China. It is one of three stock exchanges operating independently in Mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Excha ...

, but in actuality, the state maintains total control of these corporations, always holding majority interest and voting rights. State-owned enterprises are mostly governed by both local governments' SASAC and, in the central government, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council. However, some state-owned enterprise were governed by

China Investment Corporation China Investment Corporation (CIC) is a sovereign wealth fund that manages part of China's foreign exchange reserves. China's largest sovereign fund, CIC was established in 2007 with about US$200 billion of assets under management. In Mar ...

(and its domestic arm Central Huijin Investment), as well as under the governance of

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

for the university-run enterprises, or some financial institutes that were under the governance of the

Ministry of Finance A ministry of finance is a ministry or other government agency in charge of government finance, fiscal policy, and financial regulation. It is headed by a finance minister, an executive or cabinet position . A ministry of finance's portfoli ...

. As of 2011, 35% of business activity and 43% of profits in the People's Republic of China resulted from companies in which the state owned a majority interest. Critics, such as ''The New York Times'', have alleged that China's state-owned companies are a vehicle for corruption by the families of ruling party leaders who have sometimes amassed fortunes while managing them. China had more than 350 individual entries in the ''

Government-owned companies of China State ownership, also called public ownership or government ownership, is the ownership of an industry, asset, property, or enterprise by the national government of a country or state, or a public body representing a community, as opposed ...

'' category page.

Hong Kong

In the postwar years, Hong Kong's colonial government operated under a laissez-faire economic philosophy called positive non-interventionism. Hence Crown corporations did not play as significant a role in the development of the territory as in many other British territories. The

MTR Corporation MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong K ...

(MTR) was formed as a Crown corporation, mandated to operate under "prudent commercial principles", in 1975. The Kowloon-Canton Railway, operated under a government department, was corporatised in 1982 to imitate the success of MTR (see

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State-owned enterprise, wholly government-owned railway and land Asset management, asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railw ...

). MTR was privatised in 2000 although the Hong Kong Government is still the majority shareholder. KCR was operationally merged with MTR in 2007. Examples of present-day statutory bodies include the

Airport Authority An airport authority is an entity responsible for the operation and oversight of an airport or group of airports. The Airports Council International is the world trade association of airport authorities. In some countries, when the authority of an ...

, responsible for running the

Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...

, or the

Housing Authority A housing authority or ministry of housing is generally a governmental body that governs aspects of housing or (called in general " shelter" or "living spaces"), often providing subsidies and low rent or free public housing to qualified people. ...

, which provides housing to about half of Hong Kong residents.

Colombia

* Ecopetrol * Empresas Públicas de Medellín * ETB
Las Ceibas - Empresas Públicas de Neiva E.S.P
*

INDUMIL INDUMIL (a portmanteau of the Spanish language, Spanish words ''Industria'' ''Militar'', Military Industry) is a Colombian-based military weapons manufacturer. The company is run by the Government of Colombia, Colombian government. History Indum ...

* COTECMAR * RTVC Sistema de Medios Públicos

Cuba

* Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba S.A. * Union de Industrias Militares *

Cuban Institute of Radio and Television The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (; ICRT) was the government agency responsible for the control of radio and television broadcasters in Cuba. On August 24, 2021, the institute ceased to operate and was replaced by the Institute of In ...

* Central Bank of Cuba

Czech Republic

Budweiser Budvar Brewery Budweiser Budvar ( ) is a brewery in the Czech Republic, Czech city of České Budějovice (), best known for its original Budweiser or Budweiser Budvar pale lager brewed using Artesian aquifer, artesian water, Moravian barley and Saaz hops. Bud ...

* ČEPS, a.s. * ČEZ Group *

České dráhy České dráhy (English: ''Czech Railways''), often shortened to ČD, is the major Rail transport, railway operator in the Czech Republic providing regional and long-distance services. The company was established in January 1993, shortly after ...

Czech Radio Czech Radio (, ČRo) is the public radio broadcaster of the Czech Republic operating continuously since 1923. It is the oldest national radio broadcaster in continental Europe and the second-oldest in Europe after the BBC. Czech Radio was esta ...

Czech Television Czech Television ( ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting six channels. Established after breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslovak Television founded in 1953. H ...

Denmark

* Banedanmark * Danske Spil * DR * DSB * Energinet.dk * Ørsted (50.1%) * PostNord Danmark Municipal * Aarhus Vand A/S * Kalundborg Forsyning A/S * Middelgrunden offshore electricity generation wind farm * Samsø offshore electricity generation wind farm and district heating plants * Vandcenter Syd as

East Timor

* Bee Timor Leste * Eletricidade de Timor-Leste * Hotel Timor * Radio-Televisão Timor Leste * Tatoli * Timor GAP * Timor Telecom

Ecuador

* Ecuadorian Naval Shipyards ASTINAVE EP * Banking for Rural and Urban Productive Development BANECUADOR BP * Development Bank of Ecuador BDE * Pacific Bank BDP (currently on sale) * Electricity Corporation of Ecuador CELEC EP * National Electricity Corporation CNEL EP * National Telecommunications Corporation CNT EP (currently on sale) * Ecuadorian Railways (defunct) * Post Office of Ecuador CDE * EMELNORTE SA * Regional Electric Company Ambato Centro Norte SA EEASA * Electric Company Azogues CA EEA * Electric Company CENTROSUR * Electric Company Provincial Cotopaxi SA EEPC * Galápagos Provincial Electric Company EEPG * Quito Electric Company EEQ * Southern Regional Electric Company SA EERSSA * Riobamba Electric Company SA EERSA * National Mining Company ENAMI * Public Water Company EPA * Public Media EPMPCE (many medias are behind this entity such as TC Television, Gamavision, Ecuadorian Public Radio and Ecuador TV) * Ecuadorian Petroleum Fleet Public Company FLOPEC * PETROECUADOR EP * Ecuador Airline TAME EP (defunct) * PETROAMAZONAS EP * Santa Barbara EP SBEP * Ecuadorian Shipping Transport TRANSNAVE * Storage Unit UAE

Egypt

Transportation

* Egyptian Holding Company for Airports and Air Navigation (EHCAAN) * EgyptAir * Egyptian National Railways (ENR) *

Suez Canal Authority Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is an Egyptian state-owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by the Egyptian government to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis. After ...

* Alexandria Shipyard * Superjet Lines

Media & Communication

* Egypt Post * National Media Authority (former ERTU) ** Egyptian Media Production City Co SAE ** Sono Cairo ** Egyptian Satellites Co SAE (Nilesat) ** Nile Radio Network ** Nile Television Network *

Telecom Egypt Telecom Egypt (), is Egypt's primary telephone company. It started in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. In 1998, it replaced the former Arab Republic of Egypt National Telecommunication Organization (ARENTO). The company has a fixed- ...

Petroleum, Chemicals & Mining

* Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) * Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) ** Egyptian Natural Gas Company (GASCO) * South Valley Egyptian Petroleum Holding Company * Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Co (ECHEM) * Holding Company for Chemical Industries

Contracting & Real Estate

* New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA) * Holding Company for Construction and Development (HCCD) *

Arab Contractors The Arab Contractors, known locally as Al Mokawloon Al Arab (), is an Egyptian regional construction and contracting company. History It was established in 1955 by Osman Ahmed Osman, an Egyptian entrepreneur and politician who served as Egypt's ...

Banking & Insurance

* National Bank of Egypt * Banque Misr * Banque du Caire * Bank of Alexandria * Housing and Development Bank *Misr Insurance Company

Pharmaceuticals

* Holding Company for Pharmaceuticals (Holdipharma) * Egyptian Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (Vacsera)

Manufacturing & Retail

*Holding Company for Cotton, Spinning, Weaving and Garments ** Misr Spinning and Weaving Company *Metallurgical Industries Holding **

El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company Nasr (, long form: El Nasr Automotive Manufacturing Company) is Egypt's state owned automobile company. It was founded in 1960 in Helwan, Egypt. Since, the company has produced licensed versions of the Fiat 1100 R, Fiat 1100 R, Fiat 1300, Fi ...

** Egyptalum * Omar Effendi

Utilities

* Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) *Holding Company for Water and Wastewater (HCWW) *Egypt Gas

Tourism

Holding Company for Tourism and Hotels (HOTAC)

Finland

* Alko * Altia * CSC – IT Center for Science * Destia * Hansel Ltd. * Laatumaa * Metsähallitus * National Land Survey of Finland * Omaisuudenhoitoyhtiö Arsenal * Patria * Senate Properties * Veikkaus *

VR Group VR-Group Plc (, ), commonly known as VR, is a government-owned railway company in Finland. VR's most important function is the operation of Finland's passenger rail services with 250 long-distance and 800 commuter rail services every day. With ...

Yle Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock comp ...

France

Gabon

* Société Nationale Petrolière Gabonaise

Germany

Ghana

* Ghana National Petroleum Corporation * Ghana Oil Company * Volta River Authority * Electricity Company of Ghana *Cocoa Processing Company Limited * Ghana Water Company Limited

Greenland

Greenland Airport Authority Greenland Airports () is the national airport operator of the airports in Greenland, in charge of airport upgrades and associated fees and taxes in all airports in Greenland.

Hungary

Hungarian State Railways The Hungarian State Railways (, , formally MÁV Magyar Államvasutak Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság (MÁV Zrt.). The full official name of the company is MÁV-csoport () now commonly known as MÁV) is the Hungary, Hungarian natio ...

* Kossuth Rádió *

Magyar Posta Magyar Posta Zrt. (, ) or Hungarian Post is the postal administration of Hungary. Besides normal mail delivery, Magyar Posta also offers logistics, banking, and marketing services. History The origin of the Magyar Posta was the independent nati ...

* Magyar Rádió *

Magyar Televízió Magyar Televízió (, ''Hungarian Television'') or MTV is a nationwide public television broadcasting organization in Hungary. Headquartered in Budapest, it is the oldest television broadcaster in Hungary and today airs five channels: M1 HD, ...

MVM Group MVM Group (Magyar Villamos Művek Zártkörűen működő Részvénytársaság, literally: ''Hungarian Electrical Works Private Limited Company'') is a Hungary, Hungarian electricity, power company, and has a Hungarian monopoly for the production ...

* Paks Nuclear Power Plant * State Printing Company

India

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

, state-owned enterprise is termed a

Public Sector Undertaking Public Sector Undertakings (PSU) in India are State-owned enterprise, government-owned entities in which at least 51% of stake is under the ownership of the Government of India or State governments of India, state governments. These types of f ...

(PSU) or a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE). These companies are owned by the Union Government, or one of the many state or territorial governments, or both. The company equity needs to be majority owned by the government to be a PSU. Below are some Examples. *

Life Insurance Corporation of India The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is an Indian Public Sector Undertakings in India, public sector life insurance company headquartered in Mumbai. It is India's largest insurance company as well as the largest institutional investor ...

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) is an Indian central public sector undertaking which is the largest government-owned oil and gas explorer and producer in the country. It accounts for around 70 percent of India's domestic pro ...

* Engineers India Limited * India Trade Promotion Organization * GAIL * Indian Oil Corporation Limited * Power Grid Corporation of India Limited * BSNL *

Food Corporation of India The Food Corporation of India (FCI) is a public sector company. It is under the ownership of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, formed by the enactment of Food Corporation Act, 1964 by the Parliament of India. Its t ...

* Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Indonesia

Iran

* Iran Air * National Iranian Oil Company * National Iranian Gas Company * National Iranian Petrochemical Company * National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company *

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB; ) or Seda va Sima () for short, formerly called National Iranian Radio and Television until the Iranian revolution of 1979, is an Iranian state-controlled media corporation that holds a monopo ...

Iraq

* General Company for Ports of Iraq * Iraq National Oil Company * Iraqi Airways * Iraqi Post * Iraqi Republic Railways * Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company * Defence Industries Commission

Ireland

Bank of Ireland Bank of Ireland Group plc () is a commercial bank operation in Ireland and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks. Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, the bank occupies a unique position in Irish banking history. At ...

(15%)

Israel

* Amidar *

Israel Aerospace Industries Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI; ), is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage. It has 14,000 employees as of 2021. IAI is state-owned by the government ...

* Israel Aerospace Industries Tamam Division *

Israel Airports Authority The Israel Airports Authority (IAA, , ''Reshut Sdot HaTe'ufa BeYisra'el''; ) was founded in 1977 as a Government-owned corporation, public corporation mandated by the Israel Airports Authority Law. The authority is responsible for the management ...

Israel Broadcasting Authority The Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA; ) was Israel's public broadcaster from 1948 to 2017, succeeded by the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation. History The Israel Broadcasting Authority was an outgrowth of the radio station '' Kol Yi ...

(including Israel Radio) *

Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation The Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation is the national broadcaster of Israel. It carries the blanket branding Kan in Hebrew () and Makan in Arabic (). Its news division, Kan News, is the third biggest brand in Israeli newscasting, after Ha ...

* Israel Electric Corporation * Israel Port Authority *

Israel Postal Company The Israel Postal Company (), formerly called the Israel Postal Authority and currently doing business as Israel Post, is a government-owned corporation that provides postal services in Israel. Israel Post has 5,000 employees,

* Israel Railways * Mekorot * National Roads Company of Israel *

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. () is an Israeli Defense contractor, defense technology company. It was founded as Israel's National R&D Defense Laboratory for the development of weapons and military technology within the Ministry of Defens ...

Italy

Companies owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finances: * Alitalia - Linee Aeree Italiane S.p.A. in a.s. (49,90%) * ANAS S.p.A. (100%) * ARCUS S.p.A. (100%) * Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. (70%) ** Fintecna S.p.A. (100%) ** CDP Reti * Cinecittà Luce S.p.A. (100%) * Coni Servizi S.p.A. (100%) * Consap S.p.A. (100%) * Consip S.p.A. (100%) * Expo 2015 S.p.A. (40%) * ENAV S.p.A. (100%) * Enel S.p.A. (31,24%) * Eni S.p.A. (3,93%) ( Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. holds 26,40%) * Leonardo S.p.A. (30,20%) * Invitalia S.p.A. (100%) * EUR S.p.A. (90%) * Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. (100%) * Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR S.p.A. (12,50%) * GSE S.p.A. (100%) * Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato S.p.A. (100%) * Italia Lavoro S.p.A. (100%) * Poste Italiane S.p.A. (64.696%) * Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A. (99,56%) * Rete Autostrade Mediterranee S.p.A. (100%) * SACE S.p.A. (100%) * Sicot S.r.l. (100%) * Società per lo Sviluppo del Mercato dei Fondi Pensione S.p.A. (56,01%) * SOGEI S.p.A. (100%) * SOGESID S.p.A. (100%) * SOGIN S.p.A. (100%) * STMicroelectronics Holding N.V. (50%) * Studiare Sviluppo S.r.l. (100%)

Japan

State-owned enterprises in

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

are commonly divided into and . ''Tokushu hōjin'' are the Japanese equivalent to

statutory corporation A statutory corporation is a corporation, government entity created as a statutory body by statute. Their precise nature varies by jurisdiction, but they are corporations owned by a government or controlled by national or sub-national government ...

s; ''tokushu gaisha'' are

kabushiki gaisha A or ''kabushiki kaisha'', commonly abbreviated K.K. or KK, is a type of defined under the Companies Act of Japan. The term is often translated as "stock company", "joint-stock company" or "stock corporation". The term ''kabushiki gaisha'' in ...

owned wholly or majorly by the government.

Japan Post was a Japanese statutory corporation that existed from 2003 to 2007, offering postal and package delivery services, Retail banking, banking services, and life insurance. It is the nation's largest employer, with over 400,000 employees, and ru ...

was reorganized into Japan Post Group in 2007 as a material step of the Japanese

postal service privatization Several countries have undergone or are in various stages of privatizing their national postal service: Germany * Deutsche Post :Privatized in 2000. As of early 2005, 20% of outstanding shares were owned by the German government through the K ...

. It ceased to be wholly owned by the government on November 4, 2015 when the government listed 11% of its holdings on the

Tokyo Stock Exchange The , abbreviated as Tosho () or TSE/TYO, is a stock exchange located in Tokyo, Japan. The exchange is owned by Japan Exchange Group (JPX), a holding company that it also lists (), and operated by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., a wholly owned sub ...

. Parts of the

Japan Railways Group The Japan Railways Group, commonly known as the or simply JR, is a network of railway companies in Japan formed after the Corporate spin-off, division and privatization of the government-owned Japanese National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. ...

(JR) were formerly owned by the government.

J-Power The , operating under the brand name J-POWER, formerly , is an electric utility in Japan. It mainly produces electricity from coal and hydroelectric power stations. It also has a few wind farms and is currently building a nuclear plant in Ohma, ...

was also state-owned before being privatized.

Tokushu hōjin

NHK , also known by its Romanization of Japanese, romanized initialism NHK, is a Japanese public broadcasting, public broadcaster. It is a statutory corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television licence, television license fee. NHK ope ...

Japan Racing Association The Japan Racing Association () is a public company established in Japan under a law to operate Chūō Keiba (中央競馬 Central horse racing) and to manage racecourses, betting facilities, and horse-training facilities in the country. It was ...

Japan Pension Service The is a government organization administered by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. On January 1, 2010, it replaced the Social Insurance Agency.International Social Security Association websitEstablishment of the "Japan Pension Service ...

* Okinawa Development Finance Corporation * Promotion and Mutual Service Corporation for Private Schools of Japan

Tokushu gaisha

Hokkaido Railway Company The is one of the constituent companies of the Japan Railways Group (JR Group), and is often referred to by its official abbreviation: . It operates intercity and local rail services in Hokkaido, Japan. The company introduced Kitaca, a smart ...

** Shikoku Railway Company **

Japan Freight Railway Company , or , is one of the seven constituent companies of Japan Railways Group (JR Group). It provides transportation of cargo nationwide throughout Japan. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo near Shinjuku Station. The Japan Railways Group was foun ...

Expressways of Japan The of Japan make up a large network of controlled-access toll expressways. History Following World War II, Japan's economic revival led to a massive increase in personal automobile use. However the existing road system was inadequate ...

** East Nippon Expressway Company Limited (100%) ** Central Nippon Expressway Company Limited (100%) ** West Nippon Expressway Company Limited (100%) ** Metropolitan Expressway Company Limited (49.99%) **

Hanshin Expressway The is a network of expressways surrounding Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, Japan. History Operated by , it opened in 1962. Portions of the Hanshin Expressway about east of Fukae Station collapsed during the Kobe earthquake on 17 January 1995 ...

Company Limited (50%) **

Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company The , abbreviated as in Japanese or HSBE in English, operates the Kobe-Awaji-Naruto Expressway, Kobe-Awaji-Naruto, Nishiseto Expressway, Nishiseto, and Seto-Chūō Expressway, Seto-Chūō Expressways of Japan, expressways and Honshū-Shikoku Bri ...

Limited (JB Honshi Kōsoku) (66.63%) * Japan Alcohol (J.alco) (33.3%; the rest are owned by Japan Alcohol Trading Company/Nihon Alcohol Hanbai KK, a private company) *

Narita International Airport Corporation , abbreviated NAA, is a parastatal company responsible for the management of Narita International Airport in Japan. It is the successor to the which was established on 30 July 1966. NAA was privatized on April 1, 2004. Operations NAA has opera ...

(

MLIT The , abbreviated MLIT, is a ministry of the Japanese government.国土交通省設置法

90.01%, MOF 9.99%) * Nippon Automated Cargo Clearance Systems (NACCS) (50.01%) *

Tokyo Metro The Tokyo Metro () is a major rapid transit system in Tokyo, Japan, operated by the #Organization, Tokyo Metro Co. With an average daily ridership of 6.52 million passengers (as of 2023), the Tokyo Metro is the larger of the Tokyo subway, two s ...

Company, Limited (53.42%) * The government is mandated by law to own one-thirds of all

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) is a Japanese telecommunications holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Ranked 55th in ''Fortune'' Global 500, NTT is the fourth largest telecommunications company in the world in terms of revenue, as well as the third largest pu ...

Japan Tobacco The (JT) is a Japanese diversified tobacco company and parent company to Japan Tobacco International, one of the three largest international Big Tobacco product manufacturers in the world. It was established in 1985 as a that inherited the ri ...

, and

Japan Post Holdings is a Japanese publicly traded Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. It is mainly engaged in postal and logistics business, financial window business, banking business and life insura ...

Company stocks * Owned by JOGMEC: ** JAPEX (34%) ** Inpex (18.96%)

Kazakhstan

* KazMunayGas * Qazaqstan Radio and Television Corporation

Kenya

Parastatals in Kenya, partly from a lack of expertise and endemic corruption, have largely inhibited economic development. In 1979, a presidential commission went as far as saying that they constituted "a serious threat to the economy", and, by 1989, they had still not furthered industrialization or fostered the development of a Black business class. Several Kenyan SOEs have been privatized since the 1980s, with mixed results. * Kenya Broadcasting Corporation * Kenya Electricity Generating Company * Kenya Pipeline Company *

Kenya Railways Corporation Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977, KR is a state corporation. History The original Uganda Railway was transformed into the East African Railways and Harbours Cor ...

* National Oil Corporation of Kenya

Kuwait

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (; KPC) is Kuwait's major national oil company, headquartered in Al Kuwait. The activities of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation are focused on petroleum exploration, production, petrochemicals, refining, marketing, a ...

* Kuwait Television

South Korea

There are many state-owned enterprises in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

. * Educational Broadcasting System *

Incheon International Airport Incheon International Airport is the main international airport serving Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It is also one of the largest and busiest airports in the world. This airport opened for business on 29 March 2001, to replace the old ...

Korail The Korea Railroad Corporation () is the national railway operator in South Korea. It is branded as KORAIL () and changed its official Korean name () in November 2019. Currently, KORAIL is a public corporation, managed by Ministry of Land, ...

* Korea Electric Power Corporation * Korea Land and Housing Corporation * Korea National Oil Corporation *

Korean Broadcasting System The Korean Broadcasting System (KBS; ) is the public broadcasting, national broadcaster of South Korea. Founded in 1927, it is one of the leading South Korean television and radio broadcasters under the government of South Korea. The KBS ope ...

* Seoul Metro * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

Latvia

* VAS

Latvijas Pasts VAS Latvijas Pasts () is the main state-owned postal service provider in Latvia headquartered in Riga. It was founded on 2 January 1992, following shortly after the restoration of independence of the country. History Latvia Post was founded o ...

- 100% owned by the

Ministry of Transport A ministry of transport or transportation is a ministry responsible for transportation within a country. It usually is administered by the ''minister for transport''. The term is also sometimes applied to the departments or other government a ...

*AS Latvian State Forests ''(Latvijas Valsts meži)'' - 100% owned by the Ministry of Agriculture *VAS

Latvian Railways Latvijas dzelzceļš (', abbr. LDz) is the state-owned company responsible for managing public railway infrastructure in Latvia. It is fully owned by the Government of Latvia, Latvian government, with 100% of its shares held by the state. The com ...

(''Latvijas dzelzceļš'') - 100% owned by the

*AS Latvenergo - 100% owned by the Ministry of Economics *VSIA Latvian Television *VSIA Latvian Radio *AS Air Baltic Corporation - 80.05% owned by the

*VSIA Latvian National Opera and Ballet *VSIA Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital *VSIA Latvian National Theatre *VSIA

Latvijas Vēstnesis ''Latvijas Vēstnesis'' is the official publisher of the Republic of Latvia, which publishes official government announcements of new legislation and other legal acts, founded in 1993. The name in English means ''Latvian Messenger'' or ''Latvia ...

- 100% owned by the

Ministry of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...

*VSIA

Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre The Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre (; LVĢMC) is a governmental service under the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Regional Development of Latvia. The main objectives of the center are to collect and process envir ...

Libya

* Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation *

National Oil Corporation The National Oil Corporation (NOC; ) is the national oil company of Libya. It dominates Libya's oil industry, along with a number of smaller subsidiaries, which combined account for the vast majority of the country's oil output. It is led by Fa ...

Lithuania

* Lietuvos paštas *

Lithuanian Mint Lithuanian Mint () is the state-owned Company, enterprise, responsible for the mintage of Coins of the Lithuanian litas, coins and Orders, decorations, and medals of Lithuania, decorations of Lithuania. The shareholding is managed by the Bank of ...

* Lithuanian National Radio and Television * Lithuanian Railways

Luxembourg

* Banque et Caisse d'Épargne de l'État * Central Bank of Luxembourg * Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg *

Luxair Luxair, legally , is a flag carrier of Luxembourg with its headquarters in Munsbach, Luxembourg, and Airline hub, hub at Luxembourg Airport. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle ...

* Post Luxembourg * Société Nationale de Crédit et d'Investissement *

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois (; Luxembourg National Railway Company; abbr. CFL ) is the national railway company of Luxembourg. In 2024, it carried approximately 31.3 million passengers. As of 2023, the compan ...

Madagascar

* Air Madagascar * Jirama * Télévision Malagasy

Malaysia

* 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) * Agro Bank Malaysia * Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) * Indah Water Konsortium (IWK) * Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) *

Khazanah Nasional Khazanah Nasional Berhad (; Trade name, traded as Khazanah Nasional or simply Khazanah) is the sovereign wealth fund of the Government of Malaysia. One of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world, it was established to invest surplus ...

* Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) * Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL) * Mass Rapid Transit Corporation (MRTC) * Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) * Pos Malaysia *

Prasarana Malaysia Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) (English: Malaysian Infrastructure Limited) is a government-owned company which was set up by Ministry of Finance (Malaysia) as a corporate body established under the Minister of Finance (Incorporation) A ...

* Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) *

Sabah Electricity Sabah Electricity Sdn. Bhd. or Sabah Electricity is Sabah's utility company that generates, transmits and distributes electricity mainly in the state of Sabah and the Federal Territory of Labuan. It supplies electrical power to over 600,000 cu ...

* TV Sarawak (TVS) *

SIRIM Berhad SIRIM Berhad, formerly known as the Standard and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (SIRIM), is a corporate organization owned wholly by the Malaysia, Malaysian Government, under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (Malaysia), Ministry of ...

* Telekom Malaysia (TM) * Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB)

Mauritius

* Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation

Mexico

* Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares *

Comisión Federal de Electricidad The Comisión Federal de Electricidad () is the Government-owned company, state-owned electric utility of Mexico, widely known as CFE. The Mexican Constitution of Mexico, constitution states that the government is responsible for the control and ...

* Tren Interoceánico *

Pemex Pemex (a portmanteau of Petróleos Mexicanos, which translates to ''Mexican Petroleum'' in English; ) is the Mexico, Mexican State ownership, state-owned Petroleum industry, petroleum corporation managed and operated by the government of Mexico, ...

* Ferrocarriles Chiapas-Mayab * Sistema Público de Radiodifusión del Estado Mexicano * Aerolínea del Estado Mexicano

Namibia

* Bank of Namibia * NamWater * Otavi Mining and Railway Company *

TransNamib TransNamib Holdings Limited (TransNamib) is a List of state-owned enterprises in Namibia, state-owned railway company in Namibia. Organised as a holding company, it provides both rail and road freight services, as well as passenger rail services. ...

* Namibian Broadcasting Corporation

Netherlands

De Nederlandsche Bank De Nederlandsche Bank (, , abbr. DNB) is the national central bank for the Netherlands within the Eurosystem. It was the Dutch central bank from 1814 to 1998, issuing the guilder. Since 2014, it has also been the country's national competent au ...

* FMO * ABN AMRO * Gasunie * Holland Casino *

Nederlandse Spoorwegen (, , NS ) is the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. It is a Dutch state-owned company founded in 1938. The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight operato ...

* NS Railinfratrust * Royal Dutch Mint * SNS Reaal *

TenneT TenneT is a transmission system operator in the Netherlands and in a large part of Germany. ''TenneT B.V.'' is the national electricity transmission system operator of the Netherlands, headquartered in Arnhem. Controlled and owned by the Dutch ...

Nederlandse Publieke Omroep (organization) (; abbreviated to NPO ; literally "Dutch Public Broadcaster") or Dutch Foundation for Public Broadcasting () is a Dutch public broadcasting organisation that administers Dutch public broadcasting system, public broadcasting services in the Neth ...

* KLM

New Zealand

New Zealanders commonly refer to their state-owned enterprises as "SOEs", or as " crown entities".

Local government Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state. Local governments typically constitute a subdivision of a higher-level political or administrative unit, such a ...

councils and similar authorities also set up locally controlled enterprises, such as water-supply companies and "

local-authority trading enterprise A local authority trading enterprise (LATE) was an organisation established in New Zealand under the Local Government Act 1974. The 1989 legislation assigned regional councils planning and funding responsibilities, but not the transport supplier ...

s" (LATEs) as separate corporations or as

business unit A strategic business unit (SBU) in business strategic management, is a profit center which focuses on product offering and market segment. SBUs typically have a discrete marketing plan, analysis of competition, and marketing campaign, even thoug ...

s of the councils concerned. Government-owned businesses designated as crown entities include: *

Television New Zealand Television New Zealand (, "Te Reo Tātaki" meaning "The Leading Voice"), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a New Zealand state-owned media company and Crown entity. The company operates a television network, TVNZ+, streaming service, and 1N ...

Radio New Zealand Radio New Zealand (), commonly known as RNZ or Radio NZ, is a New Zealand public service broadcaster and Crown entity. Established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995, it operates news and current affairs station, RNZ National, and a classi ...

* Crown Research Institutes New Zealand's state-owned enterprises have included: *

New Zealand Post NZ Post (), shortened from New Zealand Post, is a state-owned enterprise responsible for providing most postal services in New Zealand. The New Zealand Post Office, a government agency, provided postal, banking, and telecommunications servi ...

Kiwibank Kiwibank Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise, state-owned bank and financial services provider. As of 2023, Kiwibank is the fifth-largest bank in New Zealand by assets, and the largest New Zealand-owned bank, with a market share of ...

* Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited *

Airways New Zealand Airways New Zealand (Airways Corporation of New Zealand Limited) is the sole Air Traffic Service provider in New Zealand. The company was created 1987 as a State-Owned Enterprise having formerly being a division of the Ministry of Transport, ...

* Transpower New Zealand Limited * Landcorp * Kordia ** Orcon Internet Limited (2007-2013) *

Mercury Energy Mercury NZ Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation and multi-product utility retailer of electricity, gas, broadband and mobile telephone services. All the company's electricity generation is renewable. Mercury has a pre-paid electrici ...

Meridian Energy Meridian Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generator and retailer. The company generates the largest proportion of New Zealand's electricity, generating 35 percent of the country's electricity in the year ending December 2014, and i ...

* Genesis Energy Limited *

Learning Media Limited Learning Media Limited ( Māori: ''Te Pou Taki Kōrero'') was a New Zealand state-owned enterprise. The company published most of the Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsi ...

* Solid Energy State-owned enterprises which have undergone privatisation and subsequent renationalisation: *

New Zealand Railways Corporation New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) is the state-owned enterprise that owns the land beneath KiwiRail's railway network on behalf of the Crown. The corporation has existed under a number of guises since 1982, when the old New Zealand Railwa ...

KiwiRail KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise (SOE) responsible for rail operations in New Zealand and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as KiwiRail and headquartered at 604 Great South Road, Ellerslie, New Zealand, Ell ...

Air New Zealand Air New Zealand Limited () is the flag carrier of New Zealand. Based in Auckland, the airline operates scheduled passenger flights to 20 domestic and 28 international destinations in 18 countries, primarily within the Pacific Rim. The airline h ...

* Quotable Value (QV - partially privatised)

Nigeria

* Garden City Radio 89.9 * Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund * Nigerian Coal Corporation *

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state-owned oil company in Nigeria. Still a fully-owned government company, it was transformed from a corporation into a limited liability company in July 2022. NNPC Limited is the on ...

* Power Holding Company of Nigerianow privatize * Nigeria Ports Authority * Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation * Nigeria Railway Corporation * Nigeria Television Authority(NTA) *National Aviation Handling Company(NACHO)

North Korea

Norway

Oman

* Oman Air *

OQ (company) OQ, formerly known as Oman Oil Company, is an energy investment company headquartered in Muscat, Oman. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Government of Oman through the Oman Investment Authority state-owned enterprise. OQ is involved in secto ...

Pakistan

Pakistan has a large list of government owned companies called State owned entities (SOEs). These played an important role in the development of the business and industry in Pakistan, but recently they are considered responsible for fiscal difficulties of the government due to corruption and bad governance. These SOEs, roughly 190 in number, operate in a wide range of economic areas including energy, communication, transport, shipping, trading, and banking & finance. Some of the most common examples of crown companies in Pakistan are Pakistan State Oil, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines,

Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan International Airlines, commonly known as PIA, is the flag carrier of Pakistan. With its primary hub at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the airline also operates from its secondary hubs at Allama Iqbal International Airport ...

, and Pakistan Steel Mills.

Panama

Panama Canal The Panama Canal () is an artificial waterway in Panama that connects the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. It cuts across the narrowest point of the Isthmus of Panama, and is a Channel (geography), conduit for maritime trade between th ...

Philippines

In the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

, state-owned enterprises are known as government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). They can range from the Social Security System (SSS) and the

Philippine Coconut Authority The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA or PHILCOA; ) is an agency of the Philippine government under the Department of Agriculture (Philippines), Department of Agriculture (from 2014 to 2018, under the Office of the President of the Philippines a ...

with no counterparts in the private sector, to Land Bank of the Philippines, a wholly government-owned bank that competes with private banks. A number of GOCCs, especially those that were nationalized by president

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, dictator, and Kleptocracy, kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled the c ...

during his time as the leader of the Fourth Republic of the Philippines, were returned to the private sector by the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, as with

Philippine Airlines Philippine Airlines (PAL) is the flag carrier of the Philippines. Headquartered at the Philippine National Bank, PNB Financial Center in Pasay, the airline was founded in 1941 and is the oldest operating commercial airline in Asia. Philippine ...

(PAL), Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT),

Philippine National Bank The Philippine National Bank (PNB, ; ; Hokkien in the Philippines, Hokkien ) is a major Filipino bank based in Pasay in the Philippines. It was established by the Philippine government on July 22, 1916, during the Insular Government, America ...

(PNB), and

ABS-CBN Corporation ABS-CBN Corporation is a Mass media in the Philippines, Filipino Media conglomerate, media company based in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines. It is the largest entertainment television and film production, Broadcast syndication, progra ...

(where the frequencies and facilities used by Banahaw Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) were returned to ABS-CBN in 1986 and the ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center were fully recovered by ABS-CBN from People's Television Network (PTV) in 1992), or fully or partially privatized as with National Power Corporation (NPC/NAPOCOR), National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), and Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC).

Poland

* Grupa Lotos * Huta Stalowa Wola * KGHM Polska Miedź * LOT Polish Airlines * Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine * PGNiG * PKN Orlen * PKO Bank Polski * PKP Group * Polska Grupa Energetyczna * Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń * Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacji Samochodowej * Tauron Group * Warsaw Stock Exchange * Zakłady Azotowe Kędzierzyn * Zakłady Azotowe Puławy * Telewizja Polska

Portugal

* Águas de Portugal: (100%) water supplier and wastewater sanitation manager * Infraestruturas de Portugal, IP: (100%) construction and management of railway and road infrastructure * Comboios de Portugal, CP: (100%) rail transport operator * :pt:Navegação Aérea de Portugal, NAV Portugal: (100%) air navigation service provider * idD Portugal Defence: (100%) state-owned holding, specialized in defense and development of technological systems * Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, RTP: (100%) public service broadcasting * Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, INCM: (100%) national Mint (facility), mint and print office * Transtejo & Soflusa: (100%) ferry operator in the city of Lisbon * Lisbon Metro, Metropolitano de Lisboa: (100%) rapid transit system in the city of Lisbon * Porto Metro, Metro do Porto: light rail transit system in the city of Porto * Metro Mondego: (100%) bus rapid transit system in the city of Coimbra * Banco Português de Fomento, BPF: (100%) investment financial institution * Caixa Geral de Depósitos, CGD: (100%) finance institution and banking corporation * TAP Air Portugal, TAP Portugal: (100%) flag carrier airline

Puerto Rico

Romania

* Căile Ferate Române * Compania Nationala a Uraniului S.A. (100%) * Complexul Energetic Hunedoara S.A. (100%) * Complexul Energetic Oltenia S.A. (77.15%) * Conpet S.A. (58.72%) * Hidroelectrica (80%) * Loteria Română * Metrorex * National Company "Bucharest Airports" S.A. (Henri Coandă International Airport & Aurel Vlaicu International Airport) * Nuclearelectrica (82.5%) * Oil Terminal S.A. (59.62%) * Poșta Română (75%) * Romgaz S.A. (70.01%) * Romsilva * S.N. de Inchideri Mine Valea Jiului S.A. (100%) * Societatea de Administrare a Participatiilor in Energie S.A. (100%) * Societatea Nationala de Radiocomunicatii * TAROM * Transelectrica * Transgaz * Uzina Termoelectrica Midia S.A. (56.58%) The state of Romania owns a minority stake in: * Electrica (48.78%) * Engie Romania S.A. (37%) * E.ON Energie Romania S.A. (31.82%) * E.ON Distributie Romania S.A. (13.51%) * Petrom, OMV Petrom S.A. (20.64%) * Petromidia Refinery, Rompetrol Rafinare S.A. (44.7%) * Telekom Romania (45,99%) * Romanian Television

Russia

Saudi Arabia

The Saudi government owns or has significant stakes in a vast number of companies spanning various industries such as energy, banking, telecommunications, infrastructure, healthcare, and more. There are well over 150 government-owned or partially state-owned companies in Saudi Arabia, reflecting the government's strategic role in the economy. These companies are managed by government agencies, sovereign wealth funds like the Public Investment Fund (PIF), and other state-owned entities. Some of the most prominent companies owned or controlled by the Saudi government include: # Saudi Aramco # SABIC, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) # Stc Group, Saudi Telecom Company (STC) # Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Electric Company # Ma'aden (company), Saudi Arabian Mining Company (Ma'aden) # Saudi National Bank, Saudi National Bank (SNB) # Saudia, Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) # King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre # Public Investment Fund, Public Investment Fund (PIF) # Riyadh Air

Serbia

* Air Serbia (51% share) * Elektroprivreda Srbije * HIP Petrohemija * Plovput (Serbia), Plovput * Pošta Srbije * RB Kolubara * Serbian Railways * Srbijagas * Tanjug * Telekom Srbija * Yugoimport SDPR * Zastava Arms * Radio Television of Serbia

Seychelles

* Seychelles Marketing Board

Singapore

Government-linked corporations play a substantial role in Singapore's domestic economy. These GLCs are partially or fully owned by a state-owned investment company, Temasek Holdings. As of November 2011, the top six Singapore-listed GLCs accounted for about 17% of total capitalization of the Singapore Exchange (SGX). Notable GLCs include Singapore Airlines, SingTel, ST Engineering, and Mediacorp. * CapitaLand * GIC Private Limited * Mediacorp * PSA International * Singapore Airlines * Singapore Pools * Singapore Post * Singapore Power * SingTel * SMRT Corporation * ST Engineering * Temasek Holdings

Slovakia

* Kremnica Mint * Radio and Television of Slovakia

Slovenia

Slovenia is an ex-Yugoslavian republic. As such, its economy was largely state-owned prior to dissolution of that federation. The state still owns many enterprises, such as the banks, which in turn own such businesses as supermarkets and newspapers. * Abanka, third largest bank * Nova KBM, second largest bank * Nova Ljubljanska banka, largest bank * Radiotelevizija Slovenija

South Africa

Spain

Spain has thousands of public companies owned by the central, regional and local administrations. This is a short list of some of the most relevant at national level: * Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias, ADIF: (100%) construction and management of rail infrastructure * Renfe Operadora: (100%) rail transport * ENAIRE: (100%) state-owned holding, specialized in the commercial aviation sector; owner of the air navigation service provider and of 51% of AENA ** Aena: (51% state-owned, 49% is being privatized): airport management * Navantia: (100%) shipbuilding * RTVE (100%) radio and television broadcasting * Correos: (100%) postal services, courier * Enagas: (5%) gas transmission network operator * Indra Sistemas: (25%) technology systems developer * Red Electrica de España: (20%) transmission network operator * Loterías y Apuestas del Estado: (100%) lottery * CaixaBank: (16%) banking * Airbus 4% (28% total with Germany and France)

Sri Lanka

Sweden

There are two types. Government-owned companies are legally normal companies but mainly or fully national owned. They are expected to be funded by their sales. A big customer might be the government or a government agency. The other type is government agencies which might also do activities competing with private owned companies. They usually are funded by tax money but can also sell services. The government has tried to avoid having agencies doing commercial activities, by separating out areas that compete with private companies into government-owned companies, for example within road construction. The reason is both to avoid unfair competition, and a wish to have market economy instead of plan economy as much as possible. Based on the tradition of avoiding "ministerstyre, ministerial rule", the government has avoided interfering with the business of the companies, and allowed them to go international.

Switzerland

* Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette * Hotel Bellevue Palace * RUAG * Skyguide * Swiss Federal Railways * Swiss National Bank * Swiss Post * Swisscom * Verkehrsbetriebe Glattal * Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

Syria

* Commercial Bank of Syria * Syrian Air * Syrian Petroleum Company * Syrian Railways * Syrian Telecom * Syrian-Qatari Holding Company * Syria TV * Syrian News Channel * Syrian Drama TV *

Taiwan

Tanzania

The Government of Tanzania owns a number of commercial enterprises in the country via the Treasury Registrar. It wholly owns the following corporations unless indicated otherwise: * Air Tanzania * Arusha International Conference Centre * Marine Services Company Limited * Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited * Tanzania Railways Limited * Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (65%) * TAZARA Railway (50%) * Tanzanian and Italian Petroleum Refining Company Limited (50%)

Thailand

Trinidad and Tobago

* Caribbean Airlines * Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago * National Infrastructure Development Company * Public Transport Service Corporation * Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago * TTPost * UDeCOTT

Tunisia

* Compagnie Tunisienne de Navigation * Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières * La Poste Tunisienne * Tunisian Railways * Établissement de la radiodiffusion-télévision tunisienne ** Radio Tunisienne ** Télévision Tunisienne

Turkey

* AnadoluJet * Aselsan * BOTAŞ * Borsa Istanbul (%80.60) * Central Bank of Turkey (%55.12) * Çaykur * TPAO * Turkish State Railways * Eti Maden * HAVELSAN * Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation * Turkish Airlines, THY/Turkish Airlines * Turkish Aerospace Industries * Türksat (company), Türksat * Turkcell (%26.2) * Turk Telekom (%86) * Halkbank * Halk Katılım * VakıfBank * Vakıf Katılım * Ziraat Bank * Ziraat Katılım * Turkish Radio and Television Corporation

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

* Agropatria * Alcasa * Banco Bicentenario * Banco de Venezuela * Banco Industrial de Venezuela, Banco del Tesoro * CANTV * Citgo * Corporación Venezolana de Guayana * Electricidad de Caracas, Corpoelec * FertiNitro, Pequiven * Ferrominera del Orinoco * Mission Mercal * Monte Ávila Editores * PDVAL * PDVSA * SIDOR * Venalum * VIT, C.A. * Ciudad CCS * Correo del Orinoco * Diario Vea * TeleSUR * Televisión Educativa (Venezuela), Colombeia * TVes * Venezolana de Televisión * ViVe

Vietnam

* Airports Corporation of Vietnam * Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam * Petrolimex * Petrovietnam * State Capital Investment Corporation * Vietnam Airlines * Vietnam Air Services Company * Vietnam Electricity * Vietnam Multimedia Corporation * Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group * Viettel Group * Vietnam Railways * Vietnam Television * Vinacomin * Vinatex

Zambia

* TAZARA Railway * Zambia Airports Corporation Limited * ZESCO * Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation

Zimbabwe

* ZimPost * Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation

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