Enterprises have five organizational forms.

Enterprises have a variety of organizational forms, the following five are common:

1. Individual industrial and commercial households: refers to the organizational form in which individuals bear unlimited responsibilities for their industrial and commercial activities with all their property. The establishment of individual industrial and commercial households is relatively simple and flexible in management, but personal property and enterprise property are not separated, which is risky;

2. Partnership: refers to an organizational form in which two or more natural persons or legal persons jointly contribute capital, jointly operate, and jointly share profits and risks. A partnership can be a general partnership or a limited partnership. The partners of the former bear unlimited liability to the enterprise, while only one or several limited partners of the latter bear unlimited liability to the enterprise, and the other partners only bear limited liability to the enterprise.

3. Limited liability company: refers to the organizational form established according to law based on its own capital, in which all shareholders bear limited liability to the company and the company bears unlimited liability for debts. The establishment of a limited liability company is relatively simple, the shareholders' responsibilities to the company are limited, and the risks are relatively small;

4. Joint stock limited company: refers to an organizational form based on shares and established according to law, and shareholders bear limited liability to the company. The establishment of a joint stock limited company is relatively complicated, with large capital scale and strict management system, and shareholders bear limited liability to the company, which is a highly standardized enterprise organization form;

5. Group company: refers to an enterprise organization form composed of multiple enterprises, and * * * belongs to the same parent company. The relationship between the parent company and its subsidiaries is relatively independent, but they are closely related in management. The group company is large in scale and relatively complex in management and operation, but it has the advantages of resource integration and coordinated development.

The organizational forms of enterprises mainly include the following:

1. Solely-owned enterprise: an enterprise established solely by an individual or with capital contribution, and the investor shall bear unlimited liability for the enterprise;

2. Partnership enterprise: an enterprise composed of two or more partners, and the partners bear unlimited liability for the enterprise;

3. Limited liability company: established by more than two shareholders, engaged in business activities in the name of the company, and shareholders' liability to the enterprise is limited to their capital contribution;

4. Joint stock limited company: established by more than two shareholders and engaged in business activities in the name of the company. The liability of shareholders to the enterprise is limited to the shares they hold;

5. State-owned enterprises: enterprises funded or controlled by the state, and directly or indirectly managed and supervised by the state;

6. Collective enterprises: enterprises that are collectively funded or controlled engage in business activities in the name of collectives;

7. Joint venture: an enterprise established by two or more legal persons or other organizations with the same capital contribution and engaged in business activities in the name of the company;

8. Foreign-invested enterprises: enterprises established by foreign investors or joint ventures with foreign investors shall be organized and managed in accordance with the laws and regulations of Chinese-foreign joint ventures or wholly foreign-owned enterprises.

To sum up, the organizational form of an enterprise has an important influence on its management, ownership structure and tax policy. Therefore, when choosing the organizational form of an enterprise, we should comprehensively consider various factors according to the actual situation and business needs of the enterprise and choose the most suitable organizational form.

Legal basis:

Article 57 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)

The provisions of this section shall apply to the establishment and organization of a one-person limited liability company; Where there are no provisions in this section, the provisions in the first and second sections of this chapter shall apply.

A one-person limited liability company as mentioned in this Law refers to a limited liability company with only one natural person shareholder or one corporate shareholders.