There are various types of business structures, each with its unique characteristics and benefits. Partnerships involve two or more individuals pooling resources and sharing profits and losses.
A co-operative is a business or organization run by the people who work for it, or owned by the people who use it. These people share it’s benefits and profits.
Alvarado Street Bakery
Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery.
Franchise
A business that allows a “franchisee” to start a business by legally using the expertise, ideas, and processes of the franchisor.
Popeyes
Mcdonalds
Tim Horton’s
Corporation
A form of business operation that declares the business as a separate, legal entity guided by a group of officers known as the board of directors
Amazon
Partnership
The type of business in which two or more people pool money, resources and skills, and share profits and losses.
Ben & Jerry’s
Microsoft
Google
Twitter
Sole Proprietorship
The type of business which is owned by one person and unincorporated
Tutoring services
Financial planners
Freelance writers
Non-Profit
Examples: Doctor without borders and the Red Cross
A non-profit business, formed for religious, charitable, literary, artistic, scientific, or educational purposes. It is an incorporated business from which its shareholders or trustees do not benefit financially.
Service
Examples: Barber Shop and Car repair shop
A service business is a company that provides certain professional support to its clients.topic
Merchandising
Examples: Walmart and Target
A commercial enterprise dedicated to the purchase of finished goods and their resale for a profit.
Manufacturing
Examples: Weston Bakeries
A manufacturing business is any business that uses components, parts or raw materials to make a finished good. These finished goods can be sold directly to consumers or to other manufacturing businesses that use them for making a different product.
E-Commerce
Examples: ShopMrBeast.com, Ebay
E-Commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, or the transmitting of funds or data, over an electronic network, primarily the internet.