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Sectors Of Industry

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:30:00 UTC

There are four major sectors of business. These are primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary

Types of Business ownership

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:31:29 UTC

Sole proprietorship
Partnership
Limited liability company (LLC)
Non-profit organisation
Co-operatives

Primary Sector

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:34:26 UTC

The primary sector of the economy involves the extraction and production of raw materials. Examples of primary sector businesses include farming, mining, fishing, logging, and quarrying. Primary sector businesses typically sell their products to industries in the secondary and tertiary sectors. The primary sector is the foundation for all other businesses.

Sole proprietorship

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:35:07 UTC

An unincorporated business that is owned and managed by a single individual
The owner pays personal income tax on profits earned from the business
Easiest type of business to establish or dismantle due to a lack of government regulation

Secondary Sector

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:36:16 UTC

The secondary sector of business is concerned with manufacturing raw materials into finished goods. This sector collects raw materials from industries in the primary sector and processes them into consumable products. Examples of businesses that operate in the secondary sector include car manufacturers, food production, and building companies. A large secondary sector is very indicative of a country that is actively undergoing industrialisation and, by extension, improving socioeconomic development.

Partnership

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:38:13 UTC

A partnership is an arrangement between parties (commonly referred to as business partners) to advance their mutual interests
Helps businessmen and shareholders to gather more ideas
Often best for a group of professionals in the same line of work

Tertiary Sector

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:38:14 UTC

Tertiary The tertiary sector of industry is concerned with providing a service. Services are activities that are done by people or businesses for consumers. Examples of businesses that operate in the tertiary sector would be hairdressers, banks, supermarkets or cinemas.

Quaternary Sector

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:41:05 UTC

The quaternary sector consists of those industries providing information services, such as computing, ICT (information and communication technologies), consultancy (offering advice to businesses) and R&D (research, particularly in scientific fields).

The quaternary sector is sometimes included with the tertiary sector, as they are both service sectors. The tertiary and quaternary sectors make up the largest part of the UK economy, employing 76 per cent of the workforce.

Limited liability company (LLC)

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:42:28 UTC

A business structure that protects its owners from personal responsibility for its debts or liabilities
Hybrid companies that combine characteristics of a corporation with those of a partnership or sole proprietorship
Forming a LLC is easier than forming a corporation as it provides more flexibility

458937_2 — 2024-03-05 15:44:14 UTC

Non-profit organisation

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:46:50 UTC

A legal entity that is organised and operated for a collective, social or public benefit rather than just to make a profit
May receive funding from individuals, corporations, public entities or other entities
Usually established to follow a career of philanthropy rather than to become an entrepreneur

Co-operatives

458101_ — 2024-03-05 15:50:16 UTC

Owned and managed by its members, who share the benefits of the goods and services
Exist to fulfill a common need of their members such as improved services, access to unobtainable supplies or social and environmental goals
Operate on principles of democracy, equality and fairness