Home › Entities › type_of_legal_entity_in_the_united_states › C corporation

C corporation

one of four main types of corporations
Thing type_of_legal_entity_in_the_united_states Q5015128
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

C corporation

Summary

C corporation is a type of legal entity in the United States[1]. It draws 809 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_legal_entity_in_the_united_states category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • C corporation's instance of is recorded as type of legal entity in the United States[3].
  • C corporation's main regulatory text is recorded as stock corporation law[4].
  • C corporation is a type of corporation[5].
  • C corporation's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[6].

Body

Definition and Type

C corporation's instance of is recorded as type of legal entity in the United States[3]. It is a type of corporation[5].

Why It Matters

C corporation draws 809 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_legal_entity_in_the_united_states category, ranking #3 of 4).[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). C corporation. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-corporation
MLA “C corporation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-corporation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_c-corporation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{C corporation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-corporation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): C corporation — https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-corporation (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/c-corporation · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 29d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Applies to jurisdiction → United States
    Imported from → —
    Quora topic id → C-Corporation
    Freebase id → /m/08q2qf
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q131437023]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.