Size
A business with fewer than five employees
Micro Business
Includes those businesses involved in the collection of natural resources
Primary
A business that is owned and operated by only one person
Sole Trader
A business that has a restricted geographical spread; it serves the surrounding area
Local Business
The process of transferring the ownership of a government business to the private sector
Privatisation
A business with 5–19 employees
Small Business
Includes businesses that take a raw material and make it into a finished or semi-finished product
Secondary
A legal business structure that is owned and operated by between 2 and 20 people with the aim of making a profit
Partnership
A business that operates within just one country
National Business
Government-owned and operated businesses
Government Enterprises
A business with 20–199 employees
Medium Business
Involves people performing a vast range of services for other people
Tertiary
An incorporated business and usually has between 2 and 50 private shareholders
Propriety (Private) Business
A document giving details of a company and inviting the public to buy shares in it
Prospectus
A business with 200 or more employees
Large Business
Includes services that have traditionally been performed in the home
Quinary
A corporation that has sold all or a portion of its ownership shares to the general public
Public
The raising of capital in a company through the sale of shares to the public
Float
A business that has 21 employees
Medium Business
Includes services that involve the transfer and processing of information and knowledge
Quaternary
Money that is invested in small and sometimes struggling businesses that have the potential to become successful
Venture Capital