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Types of Business Entity

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A business entity is an entity that is formed and administered as per commercial law in order to engage in business activities, charitable work, or other activities allowable. Most often, business entities are formed to sell a product or a service. There are many types of business entities defined in the legal systems of various countries. These include corporations, cooperatives, partnerships, sole traders, limited liability company and other specifically permitted and labelled types of entities. The specific rules vary by country and by state or province. Some of these types are listed below, by country. For guidance, approximate equivalents in the company law of English-speaking countries are given in most cases,

public limited company (UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth)
Ltd. (UK, Ireland and the Commonwealth)
limited partnership
= unlimited partnership
= chartered company
= statutory company
= holding company
= subsidiary company
= one man company (sole proprietor)
= NGOs


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Subcategories``

► Companies by type (21 C, 3 P)

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Comparative Analysis of Business Entities

► Corporations (10 C, 35 P)

``F

► Types of companies of France (3 P)

`N

► Types of companies of Norway (18 P)

`O

`P

► Public Limited Companies (2 P)

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Business structure overview

`A

` Akciová společnost

Aktiebolag

Aktiengesellschaft

Aktieselskab

Anpartsselskab

`B

` Besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid

Blocker corporation

Branch office

`C

` C corporation

Canadian corporate law

Charitable incorporated organisation

Chartered company

Civilian-run enterprise

Community Business

Community interest company

Conglomerate (company)

Cooperative

Corporate group

Corporate spin-off

Corporation

`D

` Delaware General Corporation Law

Delaware statutory trust

Division (business)

Dual-listed company

`E

` Edge Act Corporation

Employee Involvement Directive 2001

Employee stock ownership plan

European economic interest grouping

`F

` Flexible purpose corporation

Flow-through entity

For-profit corporation

`G

` General partnership

Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung

Globally integrated enterprise

Gōdō gaisha

State-owned enterprise

`H

` Hidden champions

Holding company

`I

` Income trust

Industrial and provident society

Intermediary corporation

International business company

International joint venture

Investment company

`J

` Joint Liability Groups

Joint venture

Joint-stock company

`K

` Kabunakama

Kabushiki gaisha

Knowledge enterprise

Knowledge intensive business services

Kommanditgesellschaft

Kommanditselskab

`L

` Low-profit limited liability company

Limited company

Limited liability company

Limited liability limited partnership

Limited liability partnership

Limited partnership

Limited Partnerships in England and Wales

Look-through company

Loss Attributing Qualifying Company

`M

` Managed firm

Managed service company

Massachusetts business trust

Master limited partnership

Media conglomerate

Middle-market company

Mittelstand

Mochibun kaisha

Multi-divisional form

Municipal corporation

`N

` Naamloze vennootschap

Nevada corporation

NMC Jhapa

No liability

Non-profit distributing organisation

Non-stock corporation

Numbered company

`O

` Oborový podnik

Státní podnik

Off-budget enterprise

Offshore company

Open joint-stock company

Osakeyhtiö

`P

` Parent company

Partenreederei

Partnership (Australia)

Partnership (China)

Partnership (Hong Kong)

Personal service corporation

Private company limited by guarantee

Private company limited by shares

Private limited company

Private military company

Privately held company

Professional corporation

Proprietary company

Public company

Public development authority

Public limited company

Public transportation benefit area

Unlisted public company

Pure play

`Q

` Quasi-corporation

`R

` Reciprocal inter-insurance exchange

Research spin-off

Rekisteröity yhdistys

`S

` S corporation

S.A. (corporation)

Scaleup company

Seed company

Segregated portfolio company

Series LLC

Shelf corporation

Social cooperative

Sociedad Anónima Deportiva

Sociedade Anónima Desportiva

Societas cooperativa Europaea

Societas Europaea

Societas privata Europaea

Société à responsabilité limitée

Sole proprietorship

Společnost s ručením omezeným

Spoločnosť s ručením obmedzeným

Draft:SprintRay

StartUp Companies

Startup ecosystem

Statutory authority

Subsidiary

Svenskt utlandsregistrerat företag

`T

` Technology company

Trading company

Types of business entity in Russia

Types of legal entities in Russia

`U

` Umbrella company

Unitary enterprise

Unlimited company

Unlimited liability corporation

`V

` Value-added reseller

Virtual limited liability company

`W

` Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise

`Y

` Yield co

Yūgen gaisha

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