Types of business organizations

Unincorporated business

Are not legally registered companies

Sole traders

Partnership

individuals who own thir own buisness

Are a small organizations (partners) that own a business

The deep of partnership

is a legally binding document, drwan up by partners and all the agreements are there.

Incorporated business

Business that have a legal identity to their owners

Private limited company

Public limited company

the ownership of the business is kept private

issue their shares to the general public

Issue their shares to private investors

anyone can become a sharholder

Franchise

Joint venture

arrangement between a public limited company and a private limited company

Franchisee

Franchisor

the new business

the existing business

Formal agreement between 2 organisations to create and run a jointly owned project

Risks are shared by both organisations

the profit is split between the 2 rganisations

Public sector organisation

organisations owned and run by the govermet

ex: schools, hospitals, fire and police stations.