Top GOVERNMENT AND DEFENCE Companies in Finland
Approximately 1,777 real businesses classified under Public Administration and Defence in Finland, with officer, shareholder and beneficial ownership records sourced directly from official government registries.
Approximately 1,777 real businesses operate in the Public Administration and Defence sector across Finland. Government bodies do not have beneficial owners — they have budgets and mandates. Ministries, defence entities, and compulsory-social-security bodies are state functions, not shareholder-owned companies, so the ownership-verification questions that apply everywhere else in this directory largely do not translate here.
10 companies in this sector are indexed on Zavia so far, part of a continually growing dataset.
Beneficial-ownership and registration rules for Public Administration and Defence companies in Finland follow the same national framework as every other sector there.
Full Finland beneficial ownership overviewTop Public Administration and Defence Companies in Finland
Live from the register. Every row opens the full record — officers, shareholders and resolved group structure.
Data Coverage
Record counts for NACE section O in Finland, as of the last reconciliation.
Section O is 0% of the Finland register by entity count and its 19th largest sector — see all sectors.
Analysis
What this data actually tells you
Finland’s Act on the Openness of Government Activities (julkisuuslaki) gives a genuine statutory right to request most documents held by a public authority, subject to defined exceptions — a real transparency baseline for verifying a public-sector counterparty’s claimed activity, functioning in a comparable role to the company register for private entities, since most public administration bodies aren’t themselves PRH-registered companies.
It’s worth distinguishing, before applying either the transparency framework or standard company checks, between a genuine government agency (virasto) and a commercially-run, wholly or majority state-owned company such as Fingrid (the transmission grid operator) or Fortum (energy) — the latter are ordinary registered, profit-oriented companies with the Finnish state as a shareholder, not public authorities in the julkisuuslaki sense. Public procurement above relevant thresholds is separately published and searchable through Hilma, giving a direct way to confirm whether a claimed government contract actually exists.
Finland Public Administration and Defence, by the register
Charts render from live counts. Modules are suppressed where coverage is too thin to be meaningful.
Active vs. inactive
Section O entities currently on the register as active, vs. struck off or dormant.
Company size, by disclosed headcount
By number of employees on file, Section O, Finland.
Who uses Finland public administration and defence ownership data
The three checks this sector's data is most often run for.
Julkisuuslaki (public access) screening
Finland’s Act on the Openness of Government Activities (julkisuuslaki) gives a strong statutory right to request most public-authority documents — a genuine transparency baseline for verifying a public-sector counterparty’s claimed activity.
Public procurement portal screening
Finnish public contracts above relevant thresholds are published and searchable through Hilma, a direct way to verify a claimed government contract rather than relying on a vendor’s own description of it.
State-owned company vs. genuine authority distinction
Finland’s state sector spans everything from government agencies (virastot) to commercially-run, wholly or majority state-owned companies (e.g. Fingrid, Fortum); confirming which category a ‘public sector’ counterparty actually falls into changes what due diligence applies.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many Public Administration and Defence companies are registered in Finland?
Approximately 1,777 real businesses operate under Public Administration and Defence in Finland.
What does the Public Administration and Defence sector include in Finland?
Government bodies do not have beneficial owners — they have budgets and mandates. Ministries, defence entities, and compulsory-social-security bodies are state functions, not shareholder-owned companies, so the ownership-verification questions that apply everywhere else in this directory largely do not translate here.
How is company ownership disclosed for Public Administration and Defence companies in Finland?
The same national framework applies here as for every other sector in Finland — there is no sector-specific beneficial-ownership regime for Public Administration and Defence.
Can I see all industries present in Finland?
Yes — the Finland company directory lists every industry with recorded companies for that jurisdiction, alongside the full beneficial-ownership overview for Finland.
Can I see Public Administration and Defence companies in other countries?
Yes — the Public Administration and Defence sector directory lists every country with recorded Public Administration and Defence companies on Zavia.
Can Zavia monitor changes to Public Administration and Defence companies in Finland over time?
A directory listing is a snapshot, not a live feed. Zavia's monitoring API tracks changes to registered shareholders, officers, and group structure for Public Administration and Defence companies in Finland going forward, flagging updates as they are filed instead of requiring a manual recheck.
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