sister company
Related business entity
A sister company is a business that shares the same parent company as another but operates independently: Google and YouTube are sister companies under Alphabet.
The term emphasizes the parallel relationship—neither owns the other, but both belong to the same corporate family.
Compare with parent company and subsidiary.
Of lesser importance
- affiliateConnected member organization
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- parentMother or father
- divisionSplitting into parts
spinoff · branch · unit · daughter · conglomerate · group · entity · enterprise
One who shares activity
- allySupportive partner
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- joint ventureCollaborative business arrangement
consortium · alliance · cooperation · network · coalition · affiliation · linkage · synergy
Mother or father
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
- controlling interestShares sufficient for dominance
majority · minority · shared ownership · cross-ownership · investment · capital · assets · stock
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- stakeholderParty with an interest
shareholder · equity · brand · franchise · chain · industry · sector · market
subsidiary
Of lesser importance
division · spinoff · branch · unit · daughter · conglomerate · group · entity · enterprise · firm
partner
One who shares activity
- allySupportive partner
- associateConnect mentally or socially
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
joint venture · consortium · alliance · cooperation · network · coalition · affiliation · linkage · synergy · liaison
parent
Mother or father
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- stakeSharpened post or share
controlling interest · majority · minority · shared ownership · cross-ownership · investment · capital · assets · stock · shares
merger
Corporate combination
- acquisitionAct of obtaining something
- divestitureDisposal of assets
- portfolioCollected works or assets
stakeholder · shareholder · equity · brand · franchise · chain · industry · sector · market · competitor
- business tiespartner, client, customer, supplier, vendor
- corporate groupconglomerate, subsidiary, affiliate, division, branch
- corporate structuresubsidiary, corporate group, affiliate, branch, business unit
sister companyparent company
Firm owning subsidiary businesses
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