public utility

organization that maintains the infrastructure for a public service
Thing type_of_business_or_company Q1951366
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public utility

Summary

public utility is a type of business or company[1]. It draws 897 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_business_or_company category, ranking #6 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • public utility's field of work was energy supply[3].
  • public utility's instance of is recorded as type of business or company[4].
  • public utility is a type of business[5].
  • public utility is part of city[6].
  • public utility is part of tertiary sector of the economy[7].
  • public utility's Commons category is recorded as Public utilities[8].
  • public utility's industry is recorded as municipal or urban engineering[9].
  • public utility's industry is recorded as energy industry[10].
  • public utility comprises energy supply[11].
  • public utility comprises natural gas utility[12].
  • public utility comprises district heating[13].
  • public utility comprises water supply[14].
  • public utility comprises sewerage[15].
  • public utility's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Public utilities[16].
  • public utility's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • public utility's different from is recorded as public works[18].
  • public utility's studied by is recorded as economics[19].

Body

Definition and Type

public utility's instance of is recorded as type of business or company[4]. It is a type of business[5].

Use and Application

Components include energy supply[11], an economic activity[20]; natural gas utility[12]; district heating[13], an infrastructure[21]; water supply[14]; and sewerage[15], a service[22]. Part of include city[6], a classification of human settlements[23] and tertiary sector of the economy[7], an economic concept[24].

Why It Matters

public utility draws 897 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_business_or_company category, ranking #6 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). public utility. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-utility
MLA “public utility.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-utility.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_public-utility_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{public utility}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/public-utility}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Public utilities
    Instance of
    Has part(s) energy supply, natural gas utility, district heating +2
    Svkkl authority id h0008510-verejne-sluzby
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008510-verejne-sluzby, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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