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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

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