This is a non-exhaustive world-wide list of government-owned companies. A government-owned corporation (GOCs) is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder. 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. By presidential decree, the APPF is mandated to replace all non-diplomatic private security companies by 20 March 2013 to become the sole provider of pay-for-service security contracts within Afghanistan.
Albania Air Albania (51%; 49% Turkish Airlines) Albgaz KESH OSHEE Posta Shqiptare
Algeria Air Algérie 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) Mobilis Naftal Office national algérien du tourisme Public Establishment of Television (ENTV) Radio Algeria (ENRS) Sonatrach 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 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 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 Fondo de Capital Social S.E INTERCARGO S.A.C INTESA Investigaciones Aplicadas INVAP S.E Líneas Aéreas del Estado 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 Special Broadcasting Service NBN Co Western Sydney Airport Clean Energy Finance Corporation Australia Post Tourism Tasmania
Austria ÖBB (national railway system of Austria, administrator of Liechtenstein's railways) ASFINAG (Autobahn and highway financing, building, maintaining and administration) Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International: Austria nationalised this bank in 2009, and in 2014 its then-Chancellor feared its insolvency might have a similar effect to the Creditanstalt event of 1931. Verbund 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: postal service 100% of ÖIAG-Bergbauholding 100% of Finanzmarkt Beteiligungs AG (FIMBAG) Oesterreichische Nationalbank (central bank of Austria)
Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Airlines Azerenerji Azərpoçt Azerbaijan Railways Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company Baku Metro SOCAR AzTV Medeniyyet TV Idman Azerbaijan TV
Bangladesh Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited Gas Transmission Company Limited Karnaphuli Paper Mills Petrobangla Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangladesh Bank Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation Bangladesh Ordnance Factory Bangladesh Steel and Engineering Corporation Bangladesh Shipping Corporation Bangladesh Television 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 Bpost Brussels Airport (25%) Elia System Operator (5.37%) (25%) - (SFPI-FPIM) Fluxys (2.1%) Infrabel National Railway Company of Belgium National Bank of Belgium (50%) Proximus (53.3%) RTBF Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie
The Region of Wallonia owns: Brussels South Charleroi Airport Liège Airport
Belize National Bank of Belize
Bolivia
Agencia Boliviana Espacial Corporación Minera de Bolivia 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 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 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, Correios, Embrapa and BNDES 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 and usually have their shares traded on stock exchanges. Banco do Brasil, Petrobras, Sabesp, and Eletrobras are examples of mixed-economy companies.
Beginning in the 1990s, the central government of Brazil launched a privatization program inspired by the Washington Consensus. 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 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
Canada
In Canada, 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 Canada Post Bank of Canada Telefilm Canada Via Rail
Ministers of the Crown often control the shares 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"Redford's trip to China highlights petrochemical potential", edmontonjournal.com, 17 Sep 2013. 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 [needs] to exercise its judgement" over SOEs.
Crown corporations of British Columbia include: BC Hydro BC Transit BC Housing Management Commission British Columbia Lottery Corporation Liquor Distribution Branch
Saskatchewan has maintained the largest number of Crown corporations, including: Saskatchewan Government Insurance SaskEnergy SaskPower SaskTel SaskWater
In Ontario: GroupeMédia TFO Independent Electricity System Operator Ontario Educational Communications Authority Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation Ontario Power Generation Liquor Control Board of Ontario
In Quebec: Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Hydro-Québec Investissement Québec 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
Privatization, or the selling of Crown corporations to private interests, has become common throughout Canada over the past 30 years. Petro-Canada, Canadian National Railway, and Air Canada are examples of former federal Crown corporations that have been privatized. Privatized provincial Crown corporations include Alberta Government Telephones (which merged with privately owned BC Tel to form Telus), BCRIC, Manitoba Telecom Services, 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 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 Zofri
China