This is a list of companies owned by the central government of Sri Lanka.

Commercial corporations

• Agricultural Insurance Board
• Bank of Ceylon
• Central Bank of Sri Lanka
• Central Engineering Consultancy Bureau
• Ceylon Ceramics Corporation
• Ceylon Electricity Board
• Ceylon Fisheries Corporation
• Ceylon Hotels Corporation
• Ceylon Petroleum Corporation
• Co-operative Wholesale Establishment
• Development Lotteries Board
• Employees Trust Fund Board
• Housing Development Finance Corporation of Sri Lanka
• Janatha Estates Development Board
• Lady Lohore Loan Fund
• Local Loans & Development Fund
• National Film Corporation of Sri Lanka
• National Institute of Business Management
• National Livestock Development Board
• National Lotteries Board
• National Savings Bank
• National Water Supply and Drainage Board
• People's Bank
• Sri Lanka Ayurvedic Drugs Corporation
• Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation
• Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
• Sri Lanka Cashew Corporation
• Sri Lanka Cement Corporation
• Sri Lanka Export Credit Insurance Corporation
• Sri Lanka Handicrafts Board
• Sri Lanka Land Reclamation & Development Corporation
• Sri Lanka Ports Authority
• Sri Lanka Railway Authority
• Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd
• Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation
• Sri Lanka State Plantations Corporation
• Sri Lanka Transport Board
• State Development & Construction Corporation
• State Engineering Corporation of Sri Lanka
• State Mortgage & Investment Bank
• State Pharmaceuticals Corporation of Sri Lanka
• State Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing Corporation
• State Printing Corporation
• State Timber Corporation
• Urban Development Authority

Government owned companies

• Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) Limited
• The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd
• B.C.C. Lanka Ltd
• B.O.C. Bank
• CTB BUS
• Lynx BUS
• Building Materials Corporation Ltd
• Ceylon Fertilizer Company Ltd
• Ceylon Shipping Corporation Ltd
• Cey-Nor Foundation Ltd
• Colombo Sack Makers Ltd
• Independent Television Network Ltd
• Kalubovitiyana Tea Factory Ltd
• Lanka Fabrics Ltd
• Lanka Mineral Sands Ltd
• Lanka Phosphate Ltd
• Lanka Salusala Ltd
• Lanka Sathosa Ltd
• Mantai Salt Ltd
• Milk Industries of Lanka (Pvt) Ltd (MILCO)
• National Equipment & Machinery Organization
• National Paper Co. Ltd
• North Sea Ltd
• Paranthan Chemicals Co. Ltd
• Private Sector Infrastructure Development Company
• Skill Development Fund Ltd
• Sri Lanka Rubber Manufacturing Export Co. Ltd
• STC General Trading Company Ltd
• Thamankaduwa Agro Fertilizer Co. Ltd

Other institutions

Plantations

• Agalawatta Plantations Ltd
• Agarapatana Plantations Ltd
• Balangoda Plantations Ltd
• Bogawantalawa Plantations Ltd
• Chilaw Plantations Ltd
• Hapugastenna Plantations Ltd
• Horana Plantations Ltd
• Kahawatte Plantations Ltd
• Kegalle Plantations Ltd
• Kelani Velly Plantations Ltd
• Kotagala Plantations Ltd
• Kurunegala Plantations Ltd
• Maskeliya Plantations Ltd
• Mathurata Plantations Ltd
• Namunukula Plantations Ltd
• Pussallawa Plantations Ltd
• Talawakelle Plantation Ltd
• Uda Pussellawa Plantations Ltd

Other

• Alexandria International (Pvt) Ltd
• Acland Insurance Services Ltd
• Air Ceylon Ltd
• Asbestos Cement Industries Ltd
• Asian Hotels Corporation Ltd
• BOC Management & Support Services (Pvt) Ltd
• BOC Property Development & Management (Pvt) Ltd
• BOC Travels (Pvt) Ltd
• Bogala Graphite Lanka Ltd
• Borwood Ltd
• Building Material Manufacturing Corporation
• Capital Development & Investment Company
• CDIC Fund 2 Ltd
• CEATO
• Ceylease Financial Services Ltd
• Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd
• Ceylon Glass Co. Ltd
• Ceylon Leather Products Ltd
• Ceylon Manufactures& Merchants Ltd
• Ceylon Oxygen Ltd
• Ceylon Port Services Ltd
• Ceylon Shipping Agency (Pvt) Ltd
• Ceylon Shipping Agency (Pvt) (Singapore) Ltd
• Ceylon Shipping Lines Ltd
• Ceylon Silks Ltd
• Ceylon Steel Corporation Ltd
• Colombo Commercial (Teas) Ltd
• Colombo Commercial Fertilizers Ltd
• Colombo Commercial Company (Engineers) Ltd
• Colombo Dockyard Ltd
• Colombo International School
• Colombo Metropolitan Bus Company
• Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd
• Consolidated Commercial Agencies
• Consolidated Export & Trading Co. Ltd
• Dairy Development Foundation
• Dankotuwa Porcelain (Pvt) Ltd
• Devco Showa (Pvt) Ltd
• Development Finance Corporation of Ceylon
• Distilleries Company of Sri Lanka Ltd
• Elephant Lite Corporation Ltd
• Elkaduwa Plantations Ltd
• Elpitiya Plantations Ltd
• Fruit Development Board
• Galadari Hotel
• Gampaha Bus Company
• Glaxo Wellcome Ceylon Ltd
• Grain and Pulses Research & Development Authority
• Hingurana Sugar Industries Ltd
• Hotel De Buhari
• Hotel Developers (Lanka) Ltd
• Hotel Services (Ceylon) Ltd
• Hotels Colombo (63) Ltd
• Hunas Falls Hotels Ltd
• International Dairy Products Ltd
• Investment Monitoring Board
• Janatha Fertilizer Co. Ltd
• Kadurata Development Bank
• Kahagolla Engineering Services Co. Ltd (KESCO)
• Kahatagaha Graphite Lanka Ltd
• Kalutara Bus Company
• Kandy Hotels Company (1938) Ltd
• Kantale Sugar Industries Ltd
• Kelani Tyres Ltd
• Land Reclamation & Development Co. Ltd
• Lanhua Fisheries Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Archives Management Services (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Ashok Leyland
• Lanka Canneries Ltd
• Lanka Cement Co. Ltd
• Lanka Ceramic Ltd
• Lanka Electricity Company (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Hydraulic Institute Ltd
• Lanka Industrial Estates Ltd
• Lanka Leyland Ltd
• Lanka Loha Hardware Ltd
• Lanka Lubricants Ltd
• Lanka Machine Leasers Ltd
• Lanka Marine Services (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Milk Foods (CWE) Ltd
• Lanka Plywood Products Ltd
• Lanka Products Export Corporation (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Puwath Ltd
• Lanka Refractories Ltd
• Lanka Salt Ltd
• Lanka Securities (Pvt) Ltd
• Lanka Synthetic Fibre Co. Ltd
• Lanka Tankers Ltd
• Lanka Textiles & Emporium Ltd
• Lanka Tractors Ltd
• Lanka Transformers Ltd
• Lanka Walltiles (Pvt) Ltd
• Libra Industries Ltd
• Madulsima Plantations Ltd
• Mahanuwara Bus Company
• Mahaveli Venture Capital Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Mahaweli Merine Cement Company Ltd
• Malwatte Valley Plantations Ltd
• Management Services Rakshana (Pvt) Ltd
• Mattegama Textiles Mills Ltd
• Merchant Bank of Sri Lanka Ltd
• Merchant Credit of Sri Lanka Ltd
• Mercantile Shipping Co. Ltd
• Mushroom Development and Training Center
• National Agricultural Diversification & Settlement Authority
• National Apprenticeship Board
• National Assets Management Ltd
• National Development Bank Ltd
• National Development Bank of Sri Lanka
• National Development Trust Fund
• National Insurance Corporation Ltd
• National Insurance Service
• National Milk Board
• National Packaging Center
• National Packaging Materials Corporation
• National Textiles Corporation
• New Eastern Bus Company
• Noorani Tile Works Ltd
• Northern Transport Company Ltd
• Nuwara Eliya Bus Company
• Ocean View Development (Pvt) Ltd
• Orient Lanka Ltd
• Paddy Marketing Board
• Panadura Tea and Rubber Co. Ltd
• Peliyagoda Ware House Co. Ltd
• Pelwatte Sugar Industries Ltd
• People 's Travels (Pvt) Ltd
• People's Venture Investment Company
• People's Leasing Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• People's Merchant Bank Ltd
• People's Property Development Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Property Development Limited
• Pugoda Textiles Lanka Ltd
• Puttalam Cement Co. Ltd
• Puttalam Salt Ltd
• Rajarata Bus Company
• Rajarata Development Bank
• Rajarata Food Grain Processing Co. Ltd
• Resettlement and Rehabilitation Authority of North
• Rever Valley's Development Board
• Road Construction & Development Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Robinson Club Bentota Ltd
• Ruhuna 2001- Venture Capital Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Ruhunu 2001 Consultancy Services
• Ruhunu 2001 Human Resources Development & Training Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Ruhunu 2001 Management & Secretarial Services (Pvt) Ltd
• Ruhunu Agro Fertilizer Co. Ltd
• Ruhunu Bus Company
• Ruhunu Cement Company Ltd
• Ruhunu Development Bank
• Sabaragamuwa Bus Company
• Sabaragamuwa Development Bank
• Sathosa Computer Services Ltd
• Sathosa Motors Ltd
• Sathosa Priners Ltd
• Sea Lion Express Ltd
• Self-employment Project
• Sevanagala Sugar Industries Ltd
• Shaw Industries Ltd
• Shell Gas Lanka Ltd (Colombo Gas Company Ltd)
• Small Industries Corporation
• Spices & Allied Products Marketing Board
• Sri Lanka Port Management & Consultancy Services Ltd
• Sri Lanka EDI Network Services (Pvt) Ltd
• Sri Lanka Industrial Development Co. Ltd
• Sri Lanka Institute of Co-operative Management
• Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation Ltd
• Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration
• Sri Lanka Insurance & Robinson Hotel Company Ltd
• Sri Lanka-Libya Agricultural & Livestock Development Co. Ltd
• Sri Lanka State Trading Corporation
• Sri Lanka Sugar Co. Ltd
• Sri Lanka Telecom Ltd
• Sri Lanka Telecom Services Ltd
• Sri Lanka Tobacco Industries Corporation (Tobacco Industries Ltd)
• SriLankan Airlines
• Statcon Rubber Company Ltd
• State Fertilizer Manufacturing Corporation
• State Flour Milling Corpotion
• State Gem Corporation
• Taj Lanka Hotels Ltd
• Tea Small Holder Factories Ltd
• The Selinsing Co. Ltd
• The Unit Trust Management Co. (Pvt) Ltd
• Thomas De La Rue Lanka (Pvt) Ltd
• Thulhiriya Textiles Mills
• Times of Ceylon
• United Motors Ltd
• University Affiliated College - Buttala
• University Affiliated College - Central
• University Affiliated College - Eastern
• University Affiliated College - North Central
• University Affiliated College - North Western
• University Affiliated College - Sabaragamuwa
• University Affiliated College - Trincomalee
• University Affiliated College - Uva
• University Affiliated College - Western
• Uva Development Bank
• Uva Bus Company
• Vavunia Passenger Transport Services Ltd
• Vegetable Development Board
• Veyangoda Textile Mills Ltd
• Watapota Investments Ltd
• Wattawala Plantations Ltd
• Wayamba Agro Fertilizer Co. Ltd
• Wayamba Bus Company
• Wayamba Development Bank
• Weaving Supplies Corporation
• Wellawatta Spinning & Weaving Mills
• Werahera Engineering Services Co. Ltd (WESCO)
• Wijaya Tiles Ltd
• Youth Services (Dance Group) Ltd
• Youth Services Co. Ltd