Types of Businesses and Business Ownerships

Types of Businesses and Business Ownerships

Business

Services : Provides people with resources to fulfill their needs or wants.

Services : Provides people with resources to fulfill their needs or wants.

Merchandising : Business of buying finished products and reselling them.

Merchandising : Business of buying finished products and reselling them.

Manufacturing : Using components, parts or raw materials to make finished products.

Manufacturing : Using components, parts or raw materials to make finished products.

E-Commerce: Buying and selling goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data through WiFi.

E-Commerce: Buying and selling goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data through WiFi.

Non-Profit : Provide consumers with the things that they need in order to survive.

Non-Profit : Provide consumers with the things that they need in order to survive.

Business Ownerships

Sole Proprietorship : Simplest form of business (one individual ownership)

Sole Proprietorship : Simplest form of business (one individual ownership)

Partnership : two or more parties coming together to form a business

Partnership : two or more parties coming together to form a business

Corporation : exists separately but still functions the same as other businesses

Corporation : exists separately but still functions the same as other businesses

Franchise : an expansion of business allowed from the side of the owner/franchiser

Franchise : an expansion of business allowed from the side of the owner/franchiser

Co-operative : Managed by members and employees; everyone is active in roles of management

Co-operative : Managed by members and employees; everyone is active in roles of management

Examples

Rogers

Rogers

Amazon

Amazon

McDonald's

McDonald's

Costco

Costco

Starbucks

Starbucks

Khan Academy

Khan Academy