KINDS OF COMPANY AND THEIR EXAMPLES

ON THE BASIS OF INCORPORATION

1. CHARTERED COMPANIES The Bank of England, The East India
Company, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Royal African Company,
Swedish Levant Company etc.
2. STATUTORY COMPANIES Examples : Reserve Bank of India (RBI),
Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), Unit Trust of India (UTI), Oil and
Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Airports Authority of India, National
Highways Authority of India, Food Corporation of India etc.
3. REGISTERED COMPANIES Examples : Walmart, State Grid, Toyota
are some of the major examples of registered companies.
ON THE BASIS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
1. PRIVATE COMPANIES
i) ONE PERSON COMPANY R P MALHAN AND COMPANY PRIVATE
LIMITED(OPC), FUTURE ROADLINES PRIVATE LIMITED (OPC), ANAVI
MARKETING (OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED, ABHYASA ENTERPRISES
(OPC) PRIVATE LIMITED, BAHARUDDIN CONSTRUCTION
ENTERPRISE (OPC)PRIVATE LIMITED etc
ii) SMALL COMPANY
2. PUBLIC COMPANIES Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Larsen
& Tourbo, Biocon.
3. GOVERNMENT COMPANIES BHEL, IOCL,NTPC, HMT, Hindustan Copper
Limited, HAL, Hindustan Shipyard, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)
ON THE BASIS OF LIABILITY
1. COMPANIES LIMITED BY SHARES
2. COMPANIES LIMITED BY GUARANTEE DR.REDDY'S RESEARCH
FOUNDATION, ADVANCED PCB TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED,
INDIAN MOULDED PANEL SHUTTERS MANUFACTURERS ASSOCI
ATION, INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, KU THERMAL POWER PRIVATE
LIMITED etc.
3. UNLIMITED COMPANIES Amway India Enterprises Pvt Ltd., Credit
Suisse International, Janssen Pharmaceutical, GlaxoSmithKline Services
Unlimited , Visual Byte Pvt Ltd etc.
ON THE BASIS OF CONTROL
1. HOLDING COMPANIES
i) Coal India, Kirloskar industries Ltd, Godrej industries, Tata Sons Limited,
Berkshire Hathaway, Aditya Birla Capital Limited etc.
2. SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
i) Mahanadi Coal Fields, Kirloskar Ferrous Indus, Godrej Chemicals, Tata
Capital, Duracell, Aditya Birla Money etc.
ON THE BASIS OF NATIONALITY
1. INDIAN COMPANY
 i) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Oil
and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), HDFC Bank, ITC, Coal India, Sun
Pharma etc.
2. FOREIGN COMPANY/ MULTINATIONAL COMPANY
i) Examples: Microsoft (USA), Nestlé S.A (Switzerland), Sony
Corporation(Japan), Hyundai Motor Company (South Korea), IKEA
(Sweden) etc