Ladies and Gentlemen - investGDA - invest in Gdansk
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ENTREPRENEURIAL AND AMBITIOUS<br />
Table 10. Entities of the national economy, entered <strong>in</strong> the REGON register, operat<strong>in</strong>g from<br />
the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Poviat<br />
Total,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g:<br />
Commercial<br />
companies<br />
Co-operatives Proprietary<br />
bus<strong>in</strong>esses<br />
Gdańsk City 59 076 7566 319 39 782<br />
Gdynia 32 104 4024 97 23 213<br />
Sopot 7599 1288 36 4334<br />
Poviat of Gdańsk 9271 723 43 7274<br />
Kartuzy 8910 506 30 7235<br />
Nowy Dwór 3611 115 19 2916<br />
Puck 7857 359 36 6336<br />
Wejherowo 16 532 903 56 13 462<br />
TOTAL 144 960 15484 636 104 552<br />
Source: Own study based on the CSO data.<br />
Almost 145 thous<strong>and</strong> entities of the national economy entered <strong>in</strong> the REGON system<br />
operate from the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area. A vast majority, that is more than 104 thous<strong>and</strong>,<br />
represent bus<strong>in</strong>esses owned by natural persons who have taken their chances<br />
start<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>dependent bus<strong>in</strong>esses. The metropolis has been chosen domicile by over<br />
15 thous<strong>and</strong> equity-based companies, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g listed jo<strong>in</strong>t stock companies.<br />
Here are the companies based <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolis, quoted on the Warsaw Stock<br />
Exchange:<br />
• ATLANTA POLAND S.A.<br />
• BEST S.A.<br />
• PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWO PRODUKCYJNO-HANDLOWE BOMI S.A.<br />
• CENTROSTAL S.A.<br />
• EUROTEL S.A.<br />
• FOTA S.A.<br />
• GRAAL S.A.<br />
• GRUPA LOTOS S.A.<br />
• LPP S.A.<br />
• MERCOR S.A.<br />
• MULTIMEDIA POLSKA S.A.<br />
• NORDEA BANK POLSKA S.A.<br />
• PETROLINVEST S.A.<br />
• POLNORD S.A.<br />
• PROCAD S.A.<br />
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• TOWARZYSTWO FINANSOWE SPÓŁDZIELCZYCH KAS OSZCZĘDNOŚCIOWO-KREDY-<br />
TOWYCH S.A.<br />
• SWISSMED CENTRUM ZDROWIA S.A.<br />
• WILBO S.A.<br />
The several dozen top companies generat<strong>in</strong>g the highest <strong>in</strong>come on sales <strong>and</strong> profits,<br />
whose taxes feed e.g. the local governmental budgets, are of key importance to the economy<br />
of the region <strong>and</strong> metropolis. The same entities belong to the largest employers<br />
<strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Almost 145 thous<strong>and</strong>s bus<strong>in</strong>esses operate <strong>in</strong> the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area.<br />
Photo: Dynamic Graphics Inc.<br />
Atlas of the Gdańsk Metropolitan Area