company closure

Firm ceases operations

Company closure is the permanent shutting down of a business, ending its operations and typically involving liquidation of assets, termination of employees, and dissolution of the legal entity.

The term appears in contexts ranging from small shops to major corporations: The company closure left two hundred workers unemployed.

Distinguished from temporary shutdowns or restructuring by its finality.

Opposites
business lifecycle stage

company closureincorporation

Forming a legal entity

startup launch · establishment · startup

operational status

company closurebusiness expansion

Organizational growth strategy

business continuity · doors open · market expansion · open for business · scaling up

business trajectory

company closurebusiness growth

Enterprise increasing in size

market expansion · scaling up · going public · IPO · acquisition

Family

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Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G