PETRÁCH, F. Municipal enterprises - their objectives and functioning in a modern economy. České Budějovice, 2013. 137 pgs. Faculty of Economics. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice. Thesis supervisor: doc. Ing. Ivana Faltová Leitmanová, CSc. This thesis deals with the municipal enterprises in the context of their objectives and functioning in a modern economy. The main goal of this work is the assessment of the selected aspects of the provision of public goods / services on the example of the waste collection in the context of the institutional arrangements in the Czech Republic. In the application part of the thesis the author, at first, focuses on the general development of municipal enterprises in the Czech Republic since 1993 with an emphasis on the period from 2002 to 2012. Furthermore, there was examined the sample of companies with a main activity of the category of 38110 according to CZ-NACE classification Collection of non-hazardous waste in the context of selected financial indicators depending on the legal form of business and ownership. Also, there were statistically analyzed links between indicators. From a geographic point of view, there were examined the variables characterizing the uniformity of the distribution of these enterprises in the Czech Republic.