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IKEA actually publishes a yearly report[1] that is close to what a public company would publish. But they don't have to.

Regardless, the 500 shareholder thing specifically applies to American companies as far as I know. [2]

[1] http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/pdf/yearly_summary/IKEA_Group_Y...

[2] http://www.investopedia.com/terms/5/500-shareholder-threshol...