joint-stock company

business entity which is owned by shareholders
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joint-stock company

Summary

joint-stock company is a type of business entity[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of type_of_business_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,360 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • joint-stock company's instance of is recorded as type of business entity[3].
  • joint-stock company's main regulatory text is recorded as stock corporation law[4].
  • joint-stock company is a type of limited company[5].
  • joint-stock company's Commons category is recorded as Joint-stock companies[6].
  • joint-stock company's said to be the same as is recorded as S.A.[7].
  • joint-stock company is the opposite of non-stock corporation[8].
  • joint-stock company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Joint-stock companies[9].
  • joint-stock company's notation is recorded as ⅍[10].
  • joint-stock company's described at URL is recorded as https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/aktiengesellschaft/[11].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Sechster Band[15].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[16].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • joint-stock company's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • joint-stock company's short name is recorded as SA[19].
  • joint-stock company's short name is recorded as S.A[20].
  • joint-stock company's short name is recorded as A/S[21].
  • joint-stock company's short name is recorded as A/S[22].
  • joint-stock company's short name is recorded as SA[23].
  • joint-stock company's different from is recorded as kabushiki gaisha[24].
  • joint-stock company's Wikidata usage instructions is recorded as 日本の株式会社はQ1480166を使用[25].

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Definition and Type

joint-stock company's instance of is recorded as type of business entity[3]. It is a type of limited company[5]. It is the opposite of non-stock corporation[8].

Why It Matters

joint-stock company ranks in the top 9% of type_of_business_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,360 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 76 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 20d ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia tatarica (tt) online id → razdely/ekonomika/akcionerlyk-mgyyate
    Encyclopedia tatarica (ru) online id → razdely/ekonomika/akcionernoe-obshchestvo
    Short name → SA, S.A, A/S +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1813]]: SA"
  2. 15w ago · Remo Prinz · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/aktiengesellsch
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://verwaltungsrats-lexikon.vrmandat.com/aktiengesellschaft/, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1781618577639"
  3. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Notation → ⅍
    Opposite of → non-stock corporation
    Instance of → type of business entity
    Encyclopædia britannica online id → topic/joint-stock-company, money/joint-stock-company
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 13350, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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