List of privatizations by country
This list of privatizations provides links to notable and/or major privatizations.
Argentina
- Aerolíneas Argentina – former national carrier; renationalized in 2009.
- Agua y Energía Eléctrica – national electricity production company; partitioned and sold.
- Buenos Aires Underground – given under concession but still owned by the State.
- Empresa Nacional de Correos y Telégrafos – given under concession as Correo Argentino. Re-nationalized in 2003.
- ENTel – partitioned and sold to France Télécom and to Spanish Telefónica.
- Fábrica Militar de Aviones – sold to Lockheed Martin.
- Ferrocarriles Argentinos – railway lines all over the country.
- Gas del Estado – national gas company partitioned and sold, among others, to the Spanish Gas Natural company Naturgy.
- Obras Sanitarias de la Nación - given under concession to the French conglomerate Suez, which operated it under the name Aguas Argentinas; re-nationalized in 2006 as Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos.
- Segba - partitioned and given under concession to Edesur, Edenor and Edelap.
- Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales – national oil-company sold to the Spanish Repsol. The Argentinian government in 2004 set up a new state oil company 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 Commission of Victoria|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
Austria
Source:1950s
- Soviet Mineral Oil Administration
- Creditanstalt
- Länderbank
1970s
- Siemens AG Österreich
1980s
- Lenzing AG
- OMV
- Berndorfer Metallwarenfabrik
- Verbund
1990s
- Simmering-Graz-Pauker
- voestalpine
- *Voest-Alpine Eisenbahntechnik
- * VA Technologie
- *Böhler-Uddeholm
- *Voest-Alpine Stahl AG
- * VA Bergtechnik
- * Voest-Alpine Erzberg
- Austria Mikro Systeme International
- A.S.A. Abfall Service
- AT&S
- Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment
- Schoeller-Bleckmann Edelstahlrohr GesmbH
- Bernhard Steinel Werkzeugmaschinen GmbH
- Weiler Werkzeugmaschinen
- GIWOG-Wohnbaugruppe
- Vamed
- AMAG Austria Metall AG
- Salinen Austria
- Mobilkom Austria
- Wiener Boerse
- Bank Austria
- Austria Tabak
2000s
- Österreichische Postsparkasse
- Telekom Austria
- Vienna International Airport
- Österreichische Staatsdruckerei
- Dorotheum
- Österreichischer Bundesverlag
- Strohal Rotations Druck
- BMG Metall und Recycling
- BUWOG
- Austrian Post
- Bank Burgenland
- Austrian Airlines
2010s
- Funkhaus Wien
2020s
- EuroTeleSites
- Vamed
- Wiener Lokalbahnen Cargo
Bahrain
Brazil
- Banco do Estado do Maranhão S.A
- Banespa
- BB Turismo
- CEDAE
- CELMA
- CSN
- Eletrobras
- Embraer
- Embratel
- Light
- Petrobras Distribuidora
- RFFSA
- Sabesp
- Terminal Pesqueiro de Manaus
- Terminal Pesqueiro de Vitória
- Telebrás
- Usiminas
- Vale do Rio Doce
- VASP
Canada
- Teleglobe – an international telco carrier
- Air Canada
- Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
- Telus, formerly Alberta Government Telephones
- Petro-Canada
- Nova Scotia Power
- Canadian National Railway
- Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
- Manitoba Telecom Services or MTS
- Highway 407 – leased to private operators
- Ontario Hydro – 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. " iberal economic policy is tarred with corruption," said Michael Wahid Hanna, in Cairo for the U.S.-based Century Foundation. Indorama, the new Indonesian/Thai owner of Shebin, 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... would otherwise be attractive privatization buying or leasing opportunities for private investors." In 2011, STIA, also known as El Nasr Wool & Selected Textiles, of Alexandria, remained "one of the largest public sector textiles companies."
Finland
France
1980s
- Compagnie Générale d'Electricité became Alcatel
- Havas
- IN Groupe
- Matra
- 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 in 2008 to form GDF Suez
- TF1 – first TV channel of France, privatized in 1987
1990s
- France Télécom
- Arcelor
- Assurances Générales de France
- Groupe Bull
- CNP Assurances
- Compagnie générale transatlantique – merged with CMA to form CMA-CGM
- Crédit Industriel et Commercial
- Crédit local de France
- Le Crédit Lyonnais
- Elf Aquitaine – privatized in 1994; absorbed by Total
- Eramet
- Gan
- Pechiney
- Renault – the French state still have 15.01% of the shareholding
- SEITA – now Altadis
- Total
- Union des Assurances de Paris
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 of 2012, the French State remains 15.8%.
- Credit Lyonnais
- Électricité de France
- French Highway Concession
- * A'lienor – sold to Eiffage and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
- * 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 ; 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 and other investors
- * Cofiroute – sold to Vinci
- Gaz de France – 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 .
- Orange S.A. – the French State remains : 26,94%
- Pages Jaunes
- Snecma
- Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale – 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 – ferry-company; privatized at the end of 2005; the French State remains 25% in SNCM
2010s
- Française des Jeux – in 2019 the French State sold off around 50% of its shares retaining 20%
Germany
- 1921: UFA
- 1960: Volkswagen Group
- 1965-87: VEBA
- 1966-97: Lufthansa
- 1986-88: VIAG
- Deutsche Bundespost became in January 1995:
- * Deutsche Post – the state owns 16.45% through the KfW.
- * Deutsche Telekom – the state still owns 27.8%, partly direct and partly through the KfW.
- * Deutsche Postbank – in 2004 the state floated a minority stake for €2.5 billion
Greece
- DESFA – On 20 December 2018, a consortium formed by Snam, Enagás and Fluxys 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.
- Hellenic Vehicle Industry – In December 2020, 79% of the shares were acquired by an Israeli consortium formed by Plasan and SK Group. The Hellenic state continues to retains 21% 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 – privatization completed in 2013, when the last remaining government-owned stock was sold
- OTE – 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.
- Public Power Corporation – In 2001, PPC carried out a share flotation on the Athens Stock Exchange and consequently was no longer wholly owned by the government, although it was still controlled by it with a 51.12% stake until 2021. The company was privatised in November 2021, when the Greek government decreased its shareholding to 34.12% and transferred it to the Greek sovereign wealth fund, the Hellenic Corporation of Assets and Participations.
- 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
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
- Air India – sold to Tata Group in 2020
- Bharat Aluminium Company – sold to Vedanta Limited in 2000
- CMC Limited – sold to Tata Consultancy Services in 2001
- Lagan Engineering – in 2001
- Hindustan Zinc Limited – sold to Vedanta Limited in 2001
- Maruti Udyog Limited later became a joint venture between Suzuki and Government of India, now known as Maruti Suzuki
- Modern Food Industries – sold to Hindustan Unilever in 2000
- Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited – sold to Tata Group in 2002
- Jessop & Company – sold to Ruia Group in 2003
- Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited – sold to Reliance Industries
- Hindustan Petroleum - sold to Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in 2017
- IDBI Bank - 51% majority sold to LIC in 2019
- Following Airports:
- * Jaipur International Airport – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Cochin International Airport
- * Mangalore International Airport – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Thiruvananthapuram International Airport – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Indira Gandhi International Airport - Delhi – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by GMR Group
- * Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport - Lucknow – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - Hyderabad – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by GMR Group
- * Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport - Mumbai – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport - Ahmedabad – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
- * Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport - Guwahati – owned and operated by public–private consortium led by Adani Group
Indonesia
- Aneka Gas Industri
- Indosat
Iraq
- 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
- AIB – after the 2008 financial crisis, the bank was nationalised; he Irish Government still retains a 12.5 % stake.
- 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 – acquired by affiliates of Ispat Steel
- 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 – bought by Irish Life and Permanent from the Government of Ireland in 2001
Israel
- Bezeq
- El Al
- Bank Hapoalim
- Bank Leumi
- Israel Chemicals
- Israel Discount Bank
- RAFAEL Armament Development Authority
- Zim Integrated Shipping Services
Italy
- INA Assitalia
- ITA Airways acquired by Lufthansa Group
- Enel S.p.A.
- Eni
- IRI
- Telecom Italia
- Terna
Japan
- Japan Airlines
- Japan Highway Public Corporation
- Japan Post
- Japan Railways Group
- Japan Tobacco
- New Tokyo International Airport Authority
- Nippon Express
- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Jordan
- Aramex International
- Jordan Telecom
- Queen Alia International Airport
South Korea
Kuwait
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.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 – part of which became privatized as Contact Energy in the period 1995–1998
- Government Print
- Ministry of Works and Development
- Natural Gas Corporation, ultimately absorbed into Vector Limited
- New Zealand Steel – privatized from 1987, now part of BlueScope
- The Post Office Savings Bank – 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
Norway
- Arcus
- Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse
- DnB NOR
- Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap
- Fredrikstad Energi
- Kongsberg Gruppen
- Norsk Medisinaldepot
- NSB Gods
- Oslo Energi
- Postbanken
- Statkorn
- Statoil
- Telenor
- TrønderBilene
- Østfold Energi
- Årdal og Sunndal Verk
Pakistan
- National Refinery Limited
- Pakistan Telecom sold out to Eitisalat in 2006.
Peru
- AeroPeru – Peruvian Air Transport Enterprise
- ENATRU – National Urban Transport Enterprise
- Empresa Regional de Servicio Público de Electricidad del Sur Medio – ELECTRODUNAS
- SIDERPERU
- PESCAPERU – Fishing National Enterprise
- MINEROPERU – Peruvian National Mining Company
- Tintaya
- Ilo Mining
- Centromin – Mining of Central Peru
- Hierro Peru
- National Company of Gas – SOL GAS
- EDEGEL
- ENAFER
- CPT – ENTEL
- EDELNOR
- EDELSUR
- Banco Continental del Peru
- Inter bank
Philippines
- Manila Hotel – was acquired by the Insular Government through the Manila Railroad Company in 1919, re-privatized in 1995.
- Metro Manila Transit Corporation – split into four private companies in the 1990s.
- National Sugar Trading Corporation – Former state monopoly, split in 1986 into its various predecessors.
- Philippine National Bank – 1989–2005
- Radio Philippines Network – 80% privatized since 2014.
Poland
Portugal
- ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal
- CIMPOR
- CTT – Portuguese post
- EDP – Energia de Portugal
- Fidelidade – the insurance part of the CGD public bank
- Galp Energia – national petroleum company
- Portugal Telecom – national telecommunications company
- REN – Rede Eléctrica Nacional
- TAP – airline
Qatar
- Qatargas – liquefied natural gas company
Romania
- Rompetrol – petroleum company
- Ursus Breweries – beer brewer and distributor
- Romcim – industrial materials company
- Casial Hunedoara – industrial materials company
- Romtelecom – telecommunications company
- BRD – Groupe Société Générale – bank
- Automobile Dacia – car manufacturer
- Astra Rail Industries – rail vehicle manufacturer
- Petromidia Refinery – oil refinery
- Sidex – steelworks
- Alro – aluminium company
- Petrom – petroleum company
- Banca Comercială Română – bank
- Electrica – electricity distributor
- Automobile Craiova – car manufacturer
Russia
A wide-scale privatization program was launched in 1992–1994, using a voucher privatization scheme; from 1995, a monetary scheme was used.Saudi Arabia
- Al-Bilad Bank
- Bank Al-Inma
- Government Hotels
- Maaden
- National Commercial Bank
- Riyad Bank
- SABIC
- Saudi Arabian Airlines
- Saudi Electric Company
- Saudi Ports
- Saudi Real Estate Company
- Saudi Telecom Company
Singapore
- Port of Singapore Authority
- Post Office Savings Bank
- Singapore Broadcasting Corporation – 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 – owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
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
- Gas Natural
- Iberia Airlines
- Indra
- Red Electrica de España
- Repsol
- Retevision
- SEAT
- Tabacalera
Sweden
1980s
1990s
- AssiDomän
- Celsius
- Cementa
- Enator
- Företagskapital
- Industrikredit AB
- Lantbrukskredit AB
- Nordbanken
- OK Petroleum
- Pharmacia
- Pharmacia & Upjohn
- SAKAB
- SAQ Kontrol
- SBL Vaccin
- SEMKO
- SSAB
- 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.
- SAKAB
- SGAB
- Svenska Lagerhus
- Svenska
- Vin & Sprit – sold to Pernod Ricard for 5.626 billion euro
2010s
Planned privatisations
Turkey
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
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
1970s
- British Petroleum
- British Sugar
- Cambridge Instrument Company
- International Computers Limited
- Lunn Poly
- Rolls-Royce Motors
- Sinclair Radionics
- State Management Scheme
- Thomas Cook
1980s
- Alfred Herbert
- Amersham International
- Associated British Ports
- British Aerospace
- British Airports Authority
- British Airways
- British Airways Helicopters
- British Gas
- British Leyland
- * Alvis
- * Coventry Climax
- * Danish Automobile Building
- * ISTEL
- * Jaguar
- * Leyland Bus
- * Leyland Tractors
- * Leyland Trucks
- * Rover Group
- * Unipart
- British Rail Engineering Limited
- British Shipbuilders
- British Steel
- British Telecom
- British Transport Hotels
- Britoil
- Cable & Wireless
- Council houses – see main article Right to buy scheme
- Crown post offices
- Enterprise Oil
- Fairey
- Ferranti
- Harland & Wolff
- Inmos
- Johnson Matthey Bankers
- Municipal bus companies – see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain
- National Bus Company
- National Express
- National Freight Corporation
- Passenger transport executive bus companies
- Rolls-Royce
- Royal Ordnance
- Sealink
- Short Brothers
- Travellers Fare
- Trustee Savings Bank
- Vale of Rheidol Railway
- Water companies – see main article Water privatisation in England and Wales
- * Anglian Water
- * North West Water
- * Northumbrian Water
- * Severn Trent
- * South West Water
- * Southern Water
- * Thames Water
- * Welsh Water
- * Wessex Water
- * Yorkshire Water
1990s
- AEA Technology
- Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
- Belfast International Airport
- Birmingham Airport
- Bournemouth Airport
- Bristol Airport
- British Coal
- British Energy
- British Rail – see main article Privatisation of British Rail
- * 3 rolling stock companies:
- ** Angel Trains
- ** Eversholt Leasing
- ** Porterbrook
- * 6 design office units
- * 6 freight operating companies
- ** Freightliner
- ** Loadhaul
- ** Mainline Freight
- ** Rail Express Systems
- ** Railfreight Distribution
- ** Transrail Freight
- * 6 track renewal units
- * 7 infrastructure maintenance units
- * 25 train operating companies
- * British Rail Research
- * British Rail Telecommunications
- * European Passenger Services
- * Railtrack, now in public ownership as Network Rail
- * Red Star Parcels
- * Union Railways
- British Technology Group
- Building Research Establishment
- Cardiff Airport
- Central Electricity Generating Board
- * National Grid
- * National Power
- * Powergen
- Chessington Computer Centre
- Civil Aviation Authority
- Crown Agents
- Dairy Crest
- East Midlands Airport
- Export Credits Guarantee Department
- Girobank
- Humberside Airport
- Kingston Communications
- Laboratory of the Government Chemist
- Liverpool Airport
- London Buses – see main article Privatisation of London bus services
- London Luton Airport
- London Southend Airport
- Mersey Docks and Harbour Company
- Military houses
- National Engineering Laboratory
- National Savings Bank
- National Transcommunications Limited
- Natural Resources Institute
- Northern Ireland Electricity
- * Ballylumford power station
- * Belfast West power station
- * Coolkeeragh power station
- * Kilroot power station
- Property Services Agency
- Regional electricity companies
- * East Midlands Electricity
- * Eastern Electricity
- * London Electricity
- * MANWEB
- * Midlands Electricity
- * Northern Electric
- * NORWEB
- * SEEBOARD
- * Southern Electric
- * SWALEC
- * SWEB Energy
- * Yorkshire Electricity
- Royal Dockyards
- * Devonport Dockyard
- * Portsmouth Dockyard
- * Rosyth Dockyard
- Scottish Bus Group
- Scottish Hydro-Electric
- Scottish Power
- Severn Bridge
- The Stationery Office
- Student Loans
- Transport Research Laboratory
- Trust Ports
- * Clyde
- * Dundee
- * Forth
- * Ipswich
- * Medway
- * Tees and Hartlepool
- * Tilbury
2000s
- Actis
- BBC Books
- BBC Broadcast
- BBC Costumes and Wigs
- BBC Outside Broadcasts
- BBC Technology
- British Nuclear Fuels Limited
- * AWE Management Limited
- * BNG America
- * BNG Project Services
- * Reactor Sites Management Company
- * Westinghouse Electric Company
- East Thames Buses
- Leeds Bradford International Airport
- London Underground
- National Air Traffic Services
- Newcastle Airport
- Partnerships UK
- Qinetiq
- South Eastern Trains
- Teesside International Airport
- UKAEA Limited
2010s
- BBC Audiobooks
- BBC Magazines
- Behavioural Insights Team
- Bio Products Laboratory
- British Waterways
- Constructionline
- Defence Support Group
- Dr Foster Intelligence
- East Coast Trains
- Eurostar International Limited
- Fire Service College
- Food and Environment Research Agency
- Government Pipelines and Storage System
- High Speed 1
- Lloyds Banking Group
- Manchester Airports Group
- Marchwood Military Port
- NEC Group
- Network Rail
- Northern Rock
- Northern Rock (Asset Management)
- Remploy
- Royal Bank of Scotland Group
- Royal Mail
- Student Loans
- The Tote
- UK Green Investment Bank
- Working Links
2020s
| Date | Company | % of equity initially sold | Proceeds £m |
| Feb 1981 | British Aerospace | 51.6 | 150 |
| Oct 1981 | Cable & Wireless | 50 | 224 |
| Feb 1982 | Amersham International | 100 | 71 |
| Nov 1982 | Britoil | 51 | 549 |
| Feb 1983 | Associated British Ports | 51.5 | 22 |
| June 1984 | Enterprise Oil | 100 | 392 |
| July 1984 | Jaguar | 99 | 294 |
| Nov 1984 | British Telecom | 50.2 | 3,916 |
| Dec 1986 | British Gas | 97 | 5,434 |
| Feb 1987 | British Airways | 100 | 900 |
| May 1987 | Rolls-Royce | 100 | 1,363 |
| July 1987 | British Airports Authority | 100 | 1,281 |
| Dec 1988 | British Steel | 100 | 2,500 |
| Dec 1989 | Regional Water Companies | 100 | 5,110 |
| Dec 1990 | Electricity Distribution Companies | 100 | 5,092 |
| Mar 1991 | National Power and PowerGen | 60 | 2,230 |
| May 1991 | Scottish Power and Scottish Hydro Electric | 100 | 2,880 |