List of privatizations by country

This list of privatizations provides links to notable and/or major privatizations.

Privatisation by country

Argentina

• Aerolíneas Argentinas - the former national carrier; renationalized in 2009
• Agua y Energía Eléctrica - national electricity-production company; partitioned and sold
• Buenos Aires Metro - given under concession but still owned by the State
• Empresa Nacional de Correos y Telégrafos (ENCoTel) - given under concession as Correo Argentino. Re-nationalized in 2003
• ENTel (national telecommunications company) - partitioned and sold to France Télécom and to Spanish Telefónica
• Fábrica Militar de Aviones (FMA) - sold to Lockheed Martin
• Ferrocarriles Argentinos - railway-lines all over the country (some in the process of re-nationalization under the Kirchner administration)
• Gas del Estado - national gas company partitioned and sold, among others, to the Spanish Gas Natural company Naturgy
• Obras Sanitarias (water company), given as a concession to the French conglomerate Suez, which operates it under the name Aguas Argentinas; re-nationalized in 2006 as Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos (AySA)
• Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF) - national oil-company sold to the Spanish Repsol. The Argentinian government in 2004 set up a new state oil company (Enarsa) from scratch, which proved of no use. In 2012, the Argentine Government expropriated 51% of the shares of YPF owned by Repsol.

Australia

• Commonwealth Oil Refineries 1952 Under Liberal
• Optus 1985 Under Labor
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1991 Under Labor
• Qantas 1993 Under labor
• Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1994 Under Labor
• Electricity and natural gas supply companies in Victoria 1995 Under Liberal
• Telstra 1997 Under Liberal
• Public transport in Melbourne 1999 Under Liberal
• Electricity Trust of South Australia 1999 Under Liberal
• Sydney Airport 2002 Under Liberal
• Medibank 2014 Under Liberal
• Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• Government Cleaning Service in New South Wales
• Government Insurance Office in New South Wales
• Government Printing Service in New South Wales
• State-owned betting-agencies in most states Under Liberal and Labor
• Many long-distance and urban passenger railway services Under Liberal and Labor
• All freight railway services Under Liberal and Labor
• Most State-owned banks Under Liberal and Labor

Bahrain

• Bahrain Telecommunications Co. (Q1 2005, $800 million)

Bolivia

Brazil

• Banespa
• CSN
• Embraer
• Embratel
• RFFSA
• Telebrás
• Vale do Rio Doce
• VASP

Canada

• Teleglobe (1987) - an international telco carrier
• Air Canada (1988)
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (1989)
• Telus (1991), formerly Alberta Government Telephones
• Petro-Canada (1991)
• Nova Scotia Power (1992)
• Canadian National Railway (1995)
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (1996)
• Manitoba Telecom Services or MTS (1996)
• Highway 407 (1999) - leased to private operators
• Ontario Hydro (1999 - only partially privatized with Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation, a publicly owned company and crown corporation respectively
• Uranium industry in Saskatchewan

Chile

• CAP S.A.
• Chilectra
• Colbún S.A.
• CTC
• Enaex
• Empremar
• Endesa
• Entel
• Esval
• IANSA
• Lan Airlines
• Pension Funds (AFP)
• Soquimich

Czechoslovakia

• Virtually everything after the Velvet Revolution in 1989; see voucher privatization for details.

Egypt

• The Shebin spinning and weaving factory in Menoufia in the Nile Delta was on strike against/locked out by its new non-Egyptian owners in the wake of the 2011 revolution. Workers and maybe the military now in control of the state were favoring re-nationalization, according to one report. "[L] iberal economic policy is tarred with [the old regime's] corruption," said Michael Wahid Hanna, in Cairo for the U.S.-based Century Foundation.^[1] Indorama, the new Indonesian/Thai^[2] owner of Shebin,^[3] was not quoted in the report. Looking further back to 2000, "well considered public spinners" Shebin El Kom and STIA, were then considered to have a "redundant labor problem ... [but] would otherwise be attractive privatization buying or leasing opportunities for private investors."^[4] In 2011, STIA, also known as El Nasr Wool & Selected Textiles, of Alexandria, remained "one of the largest public sector textiles companies."^[5] See also Privatization#Notable examples.

Finland

• Finnair
• Sonera (former Telecom Finland)

France

1980s

• Compagnie Générale d'Electricité became Alcatel (1987)
• Havas (1987)
• Matra (1988)
• Paribas - privatized in 1987 and merged with BNP to form BNP Paribas
• Saint-Gobain - created in 1665 by minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert; privatized in 1986
• Société Générale privatized in 1987
• Suez - privatized and merged with the stated-owned Gaz de France (GDF) in 2008 to form GDF Suez
• TF1 - first TV channel of France, privatized in 1987

1990s

• France Télécom (1998)
• Arcelor (1995)
• Assurances Générales de France (1996)
• Groupe Bull (1997)
• CNP Assurances (1998)
• Compagnie générale transatlantique (1996) - merged with CMA to form CMA-CGM
• Crédit Industriel et Commercial (1998)
• Crédit local de France (1991)
• Le Crédit Lyonnais (1999)
• Elf Aquitaine - privatized in 1994; absorbed by Total
• Eramet (1999)
• Gan (1998)
• Pechiney (1995)
• Renault (1996) - the French state still have 15.01% of the shareholding
• SEITA (1995) - now Altadis
• Total
• Union des Assurances de Paris (1994)

2000s

• Aéroports de Paris - the French State remains the major shareholder: 52%
• Air France - opening shareholding open in 1999. Merged with KLM and merged to form: Air France-KLM (as 2004, the French State remain 44%). As of 2012, the French State remains 15.8%. ^[6]
• Credit Lyonnais (a bank ;– privatized in 2001)
• Électricité de France (EDF) (in December 2005 France sold 30% of EDF)
• French Highway Concession
  • A'lienor - sold to Eiffage (65%) and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (35%)
  • Alis - sold to Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
  • Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie - sold to Vinci
  • Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France - sold to Abertis (52,5%); the rest is owned by other investors
  • Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône - sold to Eiffage
  • Autoroutes du Sud de la France - sold to Vinci
  • Arcour - sold to Vinci
  • Atlandes - sold to Colas Group (subsidiaries of Bouygues) and other investors
  • Cofiroute - sold to Vinci
• Gaz de France (GDF) - Prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced a merger between GDF and Suez; since the state owns 80% of GDF, a privatization of GDF would require the passing of a new law; the state would control only 34% of the capital of the new group: see commentary.
• Orange S.A. (formerly France Télécom) (the French State has owned under 50% of Orange since September 2004) - the French State remains (including ERAP): 26,94%
• Pages Jaunes (Yellow Pages) (in 2004 France sold 32% of Pages Jaunes for €1.25 billion)
• Snecma (in 2004 France sold 35% of Snecma for €1.45 billion)
• Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale (2000) - merged with DASA and CASA to form the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
• Thomson Multimédia
  • Thomson Multimédia - now Technicolor
  • Thomson-CSF - now Thales Group; the French State remains 27%
• SNCM (Société Nationale Maritime Corse Méditerranée) - ferry-company; privatized at the end of 2005; the French State remains 25% in SNCM

Germany

• Deutsche Bundespost became in January 1995:
  • Deutsche Post - the state owns 20.5% through the KfW.^[7]
  • Deutsche Telekom - the state still owns 32%, partly direct and partly through the KfW.^[8]
  • Deutsche Postbank - in 2004 the state floated a minority stake for €2.5 billion
• Deutsche Bundesbahn became Deutsche Bahn in 1994, although it is 100% state owned.
• UFA underwent privatization in 1921

Ghana

Guinea

Greece

• DESFA - On 20 December 2018, a consortium formed by Snam (60%), Enagás (20%) and Fluxys (20%) completed the acquisition of a 66% stake in DESFA for an amount of €535 million.
• Hellenic Petroleum - Starting from the 1990s, the Greek Government gradually sold its shares in the company, and currently owns only 35.5% of the shares.
• Olympic Airways - at first, then Olympic Airlines; the Hellenic State attempted to privatise the ailing airlines five times, more or less, from 2004 onwards. The company was folded and re-created in 2009, and privatized in 2012, under the supervision of the EU and IMF, as it was part of the debt-restructuring process of 2012.
• OPAP (Lottery and Betting Monopoly) - privatization completed in 2013, when the last remaining government-owned stock was sold ^[9]
• OTE (Οργανισμός Τηλεπικοινωνιών Ελλάδος / Hellenic Telecommunications Company) - became partly privatised in the 1990s, when its only shareholder at the time, the Hellenic State, reduced its share of the company to 36%. Since May 2018, Deutsche Telekom owns 45% of the shares, and the Hellenic State has retained 5%.
• Piraeus Port Authority - In April 2016, HRADF sold 51% of Piraeus Port Authority to the COSCO Group.
• Thessaloniki Port Authority - In March 2018, an international consortium acquired 67% of the shares, with the Hellenic State retaining 7.27%.
• TrainOSE - It was acquired in September 2017 by the Italian railway company, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Mail Service
• Link REIT
• MTR Corporation

Honduras

Iceland

• Búnaðarbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
• Landsbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
• Landssími Íslands hf - privatized in 2005
• Skýrr hf - privatized in 1997–1998

India

• Bharat Aluminium Company - in 2005
• Cochin International Airport
• Delhi Airport
• Hindustan Zinc Limited - in 2001^[10]
• Hyderabad International Airport
• Trivandrum international airport
• Maruti Udyog
• Mumbai Airport
• VSNL

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

• (planned) most industries except oil, at the behest of the United States-sponsored government

Ireland

• ACCBank - sold to Rabobank
• Aer Lingus - floated on the stock market
• British and Irish Steampacket Company Limited - sold to Irish Continental Group
• Cablelink - sold to NTL Ireland; formerly held 50/50 by Telecom Éireann and Raidió Teilifís Éireann, both state-owned at the time
• ICC Bank - sold to Bank of Scotland
• Irish Life - sold to Irish Permanent
• Irish National Petroleum Corporation - all assets sold to ConocoPhillips, still exists in law
• Irish Steel - transferred ownership to Ispat, firm bankrupt, no longer exists
• Irish Sugar - floated on stock market as Greencore; state retains one share for veto purposes
• Nítrigin Éireann - sold to its other shareholder in Irish Fertiliser Industries, Richardsons, final firm called IFI, no longer exists
• Telecom Éireann - floated on the stock market
• TSB Bank - sold to info unknown

Israel

• Bezeq
• El Al
• Bank Hapoalim
• Bank Leumi (partial)
• Israel Chemicals
• Israel Discount Bank (partial)
• RAFAEL Armament Development Authority (partial)
• Zim Integrated Shipping Services

Italy

• INA Assitalia
• Enel S.p.A. (1999 32% €16.6 billion, 2003 6.6% €2.2 billion, 2004 20% €7.5 billion) ^[11]
• Eni
• IRI (among which are Autostrade s.p.a., Credito Italiano)
• Telecom Italia
• Terna (Enel sold 43.5% for €1.48 billion in June 2004) ^[12]

Japan

• Japan Airlines
• Japan Highway Public Corporation
• Japan Post (half-privatized)
• Japan Railways Group (formerly Japanese National Railways)
• Japan Tobacco
• New Tokyo International Airport Authority (Narita)
• Nippon Express
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

Jordan

• Aramex International (Q1 2005, 75% for $150–200 million)
• Jordan Telecom
• Queen Alia International Airport

South Korea

• Korea Electric Power (KEPCO; half-privatized)
• Korea Telecom
• KOGAS
• KT&G (Korea Tobacco & Ginseng)
• POSCO (Pohang Iron & Steel)

Kuwait

• Kuwait Finance House (November 2004, 25% of the company for $1 billion)

Malaysia

• Johor Water Corporation
• Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad - national railway company
• Malaysia Airlines
• Malaysia Airports Holdings
• Pasir Gudang Local Authority
• Pos Malaysia - national postal services
• Senai International Airport
• Telekom Malaysia
• Tenaga National Berhad - national electricity-generation and distribution

Mexico

1,150 public companies, including banks, railroads, the telephone company, mines, roads, TV stations, ports, airports, airlines, sugar mills, and retirement funds.

Morocco

Netherlands

• PTT, the mail and telecom company

New Zealand

• Air New Zealand - privatized in 1989, subsequently rescued by the Government of New Zealand in 2001
• Auckland Airport
• Bank of New Zealand - semi-privatized in 1987; rescued by the Crown in 1990; sold off in 1992
• Electricity Corporation of New Zealand (ECNZ) - part of which became privatized as Contact Energy in the period 1995 - 1998
• Government Print
• Ministry of Works and Development
• Natural Gas Corporation (NGC), ultimately absorbed into Vector Limited
• New Zealand Steel - privatized from 1987, now part of BlueScope
• The Post Office Savings Bank (POSB) - bought by the ANZ Bank in 1989
• Telecom New Zealand - privatized in 1990
• New Zealand Rail Limited - privatized in 1993, became Tranz Rail Limited in 1995; the government subsequently repurchased the track lease
• various council-controlled organisations formerly owned by territorial authorities: see also Local Authority Trading Enterprises (LATEs)

Norway

• Arcus (sold to Sucra in 2001)
• Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse (sold to Nordea in 2000)
• DnB NOR (floated on the stock market in 1995, government retains 34%)
• Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap (sold to Veolia Transport Norge in 2003)
• Fredrikstad Energi (49% sold to Fortum)
• Kongsberg Gruppen (floated on the stock market in 1993, government retains 50%)
• Norsk Medisinaldepot (sold to Celesio in 2001)
• NSB Gods (now CargoNet, partially sold to Green Cargo in 2002, NSB retains 55%)
• Oslo Energi (parts merged with Hafslund)
• Postbanken (merged with DnB NOR in 1999)
• Statkorn (floated on the stock market as Cermaq in 2000, government retains 44%)
• Statoil (floated on the stock market in 2001, government retains 71%)
• Telenor (floated on the stock market in 2000, government retains 54%)
• TrønderBilene (66% sold to Fosen Trafikklag in 1999)
• Østfold Energi (parts sold to Fortum in 2001)
• Årdal og Sunndal Verk (merged with Norsk Hydro in 1986)

Pakistan

• National Refinery Limited (acquired by Attock Group of Companies in July 2005)
• Pakistan Telecom sold out to Eitisalat in 2006.

Philippines

Poland

• Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.

Portugal

• ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal (Portuguese airports)
• CIMPOR
• CTT - Portuguese post
• EDP - Energia de Portugal
• Fidelidade - the insurance part of the CGD public bank
• GALP - national petroleum company
• Portugal Telecom - national telecommunications company
• REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional
• TAP - airline

Qatar

• Qatargas (Q1 2005, 50% for $600 million)

Romania

• Rompetrol - petroleum company (1993 & 1998)
• Ursus Breweries - beer brewer and distributor (1996)
• Romcim (now Lafarge Romania) - industrial materials company (1997)
• Casial Hunedoara (now HeidelbergCement Romania) - industrial materials company (1997)
• Romtelecom (now Telekom Romania) - telecommunications company (1998 & 2003)
• BRD – Groupe Société Générale - bank (1999)
• Automobile Dacia - car manufacturer (1999)
• Astra Rail Industries - rail vehicle manufacturer (1999 & 2000)
• Petromidia Refinery - oil refinery (2000)
• Sidex (now ArcelorMittal Galați) - steelworks (2001)
• Alro - aluminium company (2002)
• Petrom - petroleum company (2004)
• Banca Comercială Română - bank (2003 & 2006)
• Electrica - electricity distributor (2006, 2008 & 2014)
• Automobile Craiova (now Ford Romania) - car manufacturer (2007)

Russia

A wide-scale privatization program was launched in 1992-1994, using a voucher privatization scheme; from 1995, a monetary scheme was used.

• Gazprom (1994)
• LUKoil (1995)
• Mechel (1995)
• MMC Norilsk Nickel (1995)
• Novolipetsk Steel (1995)
• Surgutneftegaz (1995)
• YUKOS (1995)

Saudi Arabia

• Al-Bilad Bank (2008, 50%)
• Bank Al-Inma (2008, 70%)
• Government Hotels (2005, 100% of King Abdullah International Convention Centre in Jeddah and Ritz Carlton in Riyadh)
• Maaden (2008, 50%)
• National Commercial Bank (2014, 25%)
• Riyad Bank (2008, 58%)
• SABIC (1984, 30%)
• Saudi Arabian Airlines (2006, split into 10 business units, 5 of which were privatized)
• Saudi Electric Company (2000, 26%)
• Saudi Ports (1997, 27 management contracts were given out to various ports around the Kingdom)
• Saudi Real Estate Company (2003, 50%)
• Saudi Telecom Company (2002, 30%)

Singapore

• Port of Singapore Authority (1997)
• Post Office Savings Bank (bought by DBS Bank in 1998 and rebranded as POSBank)
• Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (1994, as the Television Corporation of Singapore; later renamed MediaCorp in 2001) - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Post - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Power - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Telecommunications (1992) - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms

Slovakia

South Africa

• Iscor - Now known as ArcelorMittal South Africa, the company was privatised in 1989.
• Telkom - Gradually privatised starting with the IPO in 2003. The government currently holds 39%, and is planning on selling its entire stake.

Spain

• Aceralia
• Argentaria
• ENDESA (1988-1998)
• Gas Natural
• Iberia Airlines (2001)
• Indra
• Red Electrica de España
• Repsol (1989-1997)
• Retevision
• SEAT (1986)
• Tabacalera

Sweden

1980s

• ASEA-ATOM (1981) -
• Luxor AB (1984)
• SSAB (1986–1994)
• UV Shipping (1988)

1990s

• AssiDomän
• Celsius
• Cementa
• Enator
• Företagskapital
• Industrikredit AB
• Lantbrukskredit AB
• Nordbanken (partial)
• OK Petroleum
• Pharmacia
• Pharmacia & Upjohn
• SAKAB
• SAQ Kontrol
• SBL Vaccin
• SEMKO
• SSAB (wholly privatised in 1994)
• Stadshypotek AB
• Svalöf Weibull AB
• Svensk Fastighetsvärdering
• Svenska Statens Språkresor AB
• Swedish Real Estate Valuation Corp
• VPC AB

2000s

• Celsius AB
• Grängesbergs Gruvor
• Kurortsverksamhet
• Nordbanken
• OMX - stock exchange - shares sold to Borse Dubai for 2.1 billion SEK.^[13]
• SAKAB
• SGAB
• Svenska Lagerhus
• Svenska
• Vin & Sprit - sold to Pernod Ricard for 5.626 billion euro^[14]

2010s

• Nordea (19.5% owned by Swedish government)^[15]

Planned privatisations

• Apoteket (partial, 2009)^[16]
• SBAB
• SAS (50% owned by Swedish, Danish, Norwegian governments)^[17]
• Telia Sonera^[18] (37.3% owned by the Swedish government)

^[19]

Tanzania

Turkey

(Listing Scope >US $ 10 M.)^[20]

1980s

• Ankara Çimento
• Ansan-Meda
• Balikesi̇r Çimento
• Pinarhi̇sar Çimento
• Söke Çimento

1990s

• Adiyaman Çimento
• Anadolubank
• Aşkale Çimento
• Bartin Çimento
• Bozüyük Seramik
• Çİnkur
• Çorum Çimento
• Denİzbank
• Denİzlİ Çimento
• Elaziğ Çimento
• Erganİ Çimento
• Etİbank
• Fİlyos
• Gazİantep Çimento
• Güneş Sigorta Spor Kulübü
• Havaş
• Ipragaz
• İskenderun Çimento
• Kars Çimento
• Konya Krom Man.A.Ş.
• Kümaş
• Kurtalan Çimento
• Ladİk Çimento
• Lalapaşa Çimento
• Metaş
• Petlas
• Ray Sigorta
• Şanliurfa Çimento
• Sİvas Çimento
• Sümerbank
• Trabzon Çimento
• Türk Kablo
• Tofaş S.K.
• Van Çimento Sanayii
• Yarimca Porselen T.A.Ş.

2000s

• Adapazarı Sugar Fac.
• Asİl Çelİk
• Ataköy Hotel
• Ataköy Marina
• Ataköy Tourism
• Başak Insurance
• Başak Retirement Fund
• Bet Kütahya Şeker
• Bursagaz
• Çayelİ Bakir İşl.A.Ş.
• Cyprus Turkish Airlines
• Denİz Naklİyati T.A.Ş.
• Esgaz
• Eti Aluminium
• Etİ Bakir
• Etİ Elektrometalurji
• Etİ Gümüş A.Ş.
• Etİ Krom A.Ş.
• Güven Sİgorta
• Dİv-Han
• Taksan
• Türk Telekom

Ukraine

• Kryvorizhstal

United Arab Emirates

• Damas Jewelry (November 2004, 55% of the company for $224 million)

United Kingdom

1970s

• British Petroleum (1977, 1979, 1981, 1987)
• International Computers Limited (1979)
• Lunn Poly (1971)
• Rolls-Royce Motors (1973)
• State Management Scheme (1973)
• Thomas Cook (1972)

1980s

• British Aerospace (1981, 1985)
  • Alvis (1981)
  • Coventry Climax (1982)
• Amersham International (1982)
• Associated British Ports (1983, 1984)
• Sealink (1984)
  • Jaguar (1984)
• Trustee Savings Bank (1985)
• British Airways Helicopters (1986)
• British Gas (1986)
• Rolls-Royce (1987)
• Royal Ordnance (1987)
• British Airports Authority (1987)
  • Danish Automobile Building (1987)
  • ISTEL (1987)
  • Leyland Bus (1987)
• British Airways (1987)
• British Leyland
  • Leyland Tractors (1982)
  • Leyland Trucks (1987)
  • Rover Group (1988)
  • Unipart (1987)
• British Rail Engineering Limited (1989)
• British Shipbuilders (1985-1989, shipbuilder companies sold individually)
• British Steel plc (1988)
• British Sugar (1981)
• British Telecom (1984, 1991, 1993)
• British Transport Hotels (1983)
• Britoil (1982, 1985)
• Cable and Wireless (1981, 1983, 1985)
• Council houses (1980–present, over two million sold to their tenants) - see main article Right to buy scheme
• Enterprise Oil (1984)
• Fairey (1980)
• Ferranti (1982)
• Harland and Wolff (1989)
• Inmos (1984)
• Municipal bus companies (1988–present, bus companies sold individually) - see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain
• National Bus Company (1986 - 1988, bus companies sold individually)
• National Express (1988)
• National Freight Corporation (1982)
• Passenger transport executive bus companies (1988 - 1994, bus companies sold individually)
• Travellers Fare (1988)
• Vale of Rheidol Railway (1989)
• Water companies - see main article Water privatisation in England and Wales
  • Anglian Water (1989)
  • North West Water (1989)
  • Northumbrian Water (1989)
  • Severn Trent (1989)
  • South West Water (1989)
  • Southern Water (1989)
  • Thames Water (1989)
  • Welsh Water (1989)
  • Wessex Water (1989)
  • Yorkshire Water (1989)

1990s

• AEA Technology (1996)
• Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (1997)
• Belfast International Airport (1994)
• Birmingham Airport (1993 - 51%)
• Bournemouth Airport (1995)
• Bristol Airport (1997, 2001)
• British Coal (1994)
• British Energy (1996)
• British Rail - see main article Privatisation of British Rail
  • 3 rolling stock companies:
    • Angel Trains (1996)
    • Eversholt Leasing (1996)
    • Porterbrook (1996)
  • 6 design office units (1995-1997, sold individually)
  • 6 freight operating companies
    • Freightliner (1995)
    • Loadhaul (1996)
    • Mainline Freight (1996)
    • Rail Express Systems (1996)
    • Railfreight Distribution (1997)
    • Transrail Freight (1996)
  • 6 track renewal units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
  • 7 infrastructure maintenance units (1995 - 1997, sold individually)
  • 25 train operating companies (1996, operations contracted out as franchises)
  • British Rail Research (1996)
  • British Rail Telecommunications (1995)
  • European Passenger Services (1996)
  • Railtrack (1996) (18 October 2002 went into voluntary liquidation), now in public ownership as Network Rail
  • Red Star Parcels (1995)
  • Union Railways (1996)
• British Technology Group (1992)
• Building Research Establishment (1997)
• Cardiff Airport (1995)
• Central Electricity Generating Board
  • National Grid (1990)
  • National Power (1991, 1995)
  • Powergen (1991, 1995)
• Chessington Computer Centre (1996)
• Department for National Savings (1999, back office functions contracted out)
• East Midlands Airport (1993)
• Girobank (1990)
• Humberside Airport (1999 - 82%)
• Kingston Communications (1999, 2007)
• Laboratory of the Government Chemist (1996)
• Liverpool Airport (1990, 2001)
• London Buses (1994, bus companies sold individually) - see main article Privatisation of London bus services
• London Luton Airport (1997)
• London Southend Airport (1993)
• National Engineering Laboratory (1995)
• National Transcommunications Limited (1990)
• Natural Resources Institute (1996)
• Northern Ireland Electricity (1993)
• Property Services Agency (1994)
• Regional electricity companies
  • East Midlands Electricity (1990)
  • Eastern Electricity (1990)
  • London Electricity (1990)
  • MANWEB (1990)
  • Midlands Electricity (1990)
  • Northern Electric (1990)
  • NORWEB (1990)
  • SEEBOARD (1990)
  • Southern Electric (1990)
  • SWALEC (1990)
  • SWEB Energy (1990)
  • Yorkshire Electricity (1990)
• Scottish Bus Group (1991, bus companies sold individually)
• Scottish Hydro-Electric (1991)
• Scottish Power (1991)
• Severn Bridge (1992)
• The Stationery Office (1996)
• Student loans portfolios (1998, 1999, 2013)
• Transport Research Laboratory (1996)
• Trust Ports (1992–1997, ports sold individually)

2000s

• Actis (2004, 2012)
• BBC Books (2006 - 85%)
• BBC Broadcast (2005)
• BBC Costumes and Wigs (2008)
• BBC Outside Broadcasts (2008)
• BBC Technology (2004)
• British Nuclear Fuels Limited
  • AWE Management Limited (2008)
  • BNG America (2007)
  • BNG Project Services (2008)
  • Reactor Sites Management Company (2007)
  • Westinghouse Electric Company (2006)
• East Thames Buses (2009)
• Leeds Bradford International Airport (2007)
• National Air Traffic Services (2001 - 51%)
• Newcastle Airport (2001 - 49%)
• Partnerships UK (2000, 2011)
• Qinetiq (2002, 2006, 2008)
• South Eastern Trains (2006)
• Teesside International Airport (2003 - 75%)
• UKAEA Limited (2009)

2010s

• BBC Audiobooks (2010 - 85%)
• BBC Magazines (2011)
• Behavioural Insights Team (2014 - 67%)
• Bio Products Laboratory (2013 - 80%)
• Constructionline (2015)
• Defence Support Group (2015)
• Dr Foster Intelligence (2015)
• East Coast Trains (2015)
• Eurostar International Limited (2015 - 40%)
• Fire Service College (2013)
• Food and Environment Research Agency (2015 - 75%)
• Government Pipelines and Storage System (2015)
• High Speed 1 (2010)
• Lloyds Banking Group (2013, 2014, 2015)
• Manchester Airports Group (2013 - 35%)
• NEC Group (2015)
• Northern Rock (2012)
• Remploy (2012, 2013, 2015, factory businesses sold individually)
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group (2015)
• Royal Mail (2013, 2015)
• The Tote (2011)

United States

• Conrail
• Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)
• Railway Express Agency
• Student Loan Marketing Association (SLM Corporation) (Sallie Mae)

See also

• Privatization

References

Further reading

• Parker, David (2009). The Official History of Privatisation Vol. I: The Formative Years, 1970-1987. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-46916-6.
• Parker, David (2012). The Official History of Privatisation, Vol. II: Popular Capitalism, 1987-97. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-69221-2.

External links

• Sample Firms Privatized Through Public Share Offerings, 1961-August 2000 - Appendix to Juliet D’Souza, William L. Megginson (1999), "The Financial and Operating Performance of Privatized Firms during the 1990s", Journal of Finance August 1999
• Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA) M&A - Academic research institute on mergers & acquisitions, including privatization