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Business types

Company
Association or collection of individuals
Conglomerate (company)
Large company involved in many industries
Cooperative
Autonomous association of persons or organizations
Corporation
Legal entity incorporated through a legislative or registration process
Joint venture
Business agreement to develop, for a finite time, a new entity
Limited liability company
US-specific form of a private limited company
Multinational corporation
Corporation operating in multiple countries
Partnership
Arrangement in which parties agree to cooperate to advance their mutual interests
Public limited company
Publicly traded limited liability company
Public–private partnership
Government/private company partnership
Small business
Business with less employees or revenue
Social enterprise
Type of organization
Sole proprietorship
Business legally synonymous with its owner
Startup company
Company initiated by an entrepreneur to develop a scalable economic model
State-owned enterprise
Legal entity controlled by a government to undertake commercial activities
Worker cooperative
Cooperative that is owned and self-managed by its workers