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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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► 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)
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► Types of companies of Norway (18 P)
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`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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