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Companies Directory by Business Classification

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    • NASDAQ Capital Market (CM) (396)
      Formerly known as the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, this grouping includes smaller and emerging companies.
    • NASDAQ Global Select Market (GS) (1,099)
      A new grouping introduced in 2006, the Global Select Market has higher financial and liquidity standards than the NASDAQ Global Market. It is NASDAQ's most exclusive grouping.
    • New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Arca (13)
      Companies that trade on the former Archipelago Exchange (aka ArcaEx), an online exhange that the New York Stock Exchange acquired in 2006.
    • Over the Counter (OTC) (965)
      Companies whose shares trade "over the counter," rather than on one of the major exchanges.
    • Pink Sheets (896)
      Companies, often in the microcap category, whose shares trade via the Pink Sheet system rather than over the counter or on a major exchange. Some large non-US companies also trade ADRs (American Depositary Receipts) via Pink Sheet.
    • Associations (143)
      An association is an organization of individuals or groups that share a common interest. Associations, which often have not-for-profit status, provide services to forward that interest, for example by publishing magazines or by lobbying.
    • Consortiums (18)
      A consortium is set up by a group of companies to pool capital or other resources. Each member company owns an interest in the consortium and, in most cases, takes profits from the consortium in relation to how much it owns.
    • Cooperatives (274)
      A cooperative is a member-owned entity that functions to enhance its members' bargaining power when buying and selling goods. Members typically handle all of their own business
    • Foundations (90)
      A foundation is an organization set up by an individual or group through an endowment to further a particular cause, typically a charitable one.
    • Labor Unions (17)
      A labor union is an organization of employees set up to provide more bargaining power with an employer.
    • Mutual Companies (149)
      A mutual company is an insurance company owned by its policyholders, whose interest in the company -- and rights to dividends -- vary according to the size of their policy or deposit account.
    • Not-for-Profit Companies (1,277)
      A not-for-profit is generally a corporation without stock that exists to perform a charitable, humanitarian, or educational function rather than to make profits.
    • Private Partnerships (495)
      An enterprise owned by two or more people who pool their funds and share in the enterprise's profits and liabilities.
    • Government-Owned (438)
      A government-owned corporation is an entity owned by a local, state, or national government. It is a self-sustaining, government-sponsored enterprise that does not receive appropriations and may be for-profit and public.
  • Business Segments (693)
    Defined as a freestanding unit within a larger company, a business segment contains all the departments necessary to function independently, but is typically wholly owned by the parent - and not organized legally as a subsidiary.
  • Holding Companies (76)
    Businesses classified as holding companies are generally corporations that issue tracking stocks in subsidiary companies that they control.
  • Joint Ventures (198)
    Hoover's Business Classification Directory defines a joint venture as a corporation whose ownership is shared by two or more companies. The joint venture is usually limited to a single project, such as the development of a line of products.
  • Subsidiaries (7,160)
    A subsidiary is a company that maintains its own identity, although it is mostly or completely owned by another company. Hoover's classifies all publicly traded subsidiaries as public, even when most of the shares are owned by another company.
  • Schools (718)
    This category applies to any level of learning institutions, from preschool through graduate-level instruction.
  • Insurance Societies (3)
    Hoover's Business Classification Directory defines an insurance society as any enterprise that pools and manages the resources of its members to transact insurance.
  • Groups (17)
    Within the Hoover's Business Classification Directory, the group category is generally used for the Asian conglomerates known as chaebol (Korea) or keiretsu (Japan). Companies within a group are loosely affiliated by cross-ownership or family relationships among officers and directors. Member companies are run independently, even if they have officers in common or cross-ownership ties.

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