private company
Non-traded enterprise
A private company is a business whose shares are not traded on public stock exchanges.
Ownership typically stays with founders, families, or select investors rather than being available to the general public.
Private companies face fewer disclosure requirements than public ones but have limited access to capital markets: The tech startup remained a private company for years before its IPO.
- founderOne who begins something
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- silent partnerInvestor uninvolved in operations
- family-ownedOperated by relatives
corporate law · unlisted · sole proprietorship · incorporation · capital investment · startup funding · limited liability · shareholder · angel investor · articles of incorporation · venture capital · family business · confidentiality agreement · legal entity · organizational hierarchy · LLC · compliance · ownership
- business typesbig business, business, corporation, sole proprietorship, partnership
- businessesbusiness, bank, bakery, enterprise, firm
- business entitiescorporation, LLC, sole proprietorship, partnership, subsidiary
- business ownershipowner, sole proprietor, sole proprietorship, co-owner, proprietor
- family businessfamily business, family enterprise, family ownership, succession plan, succession planning
- legal entitiescorporation, law firm, LLC, nonprofit, partnership
private companynonprofit organization
Mission-focused entity, not profit-seeking
cooperative · social enterprise · charity · non-governmental organization · credit union