Editing Company size

'''Company size''' is a [[feature]] of any [[company]]. Company size can be used as a criterion to choose between multiple very similar products. See [[Consumerium User Stories]] for more detailed story on this

A lot can be estimated about company size just by looking at the [[types of companies|type of company]]:

*[[sole trader]] is just one person, though they often employ family members, thus their assets are usually low
*[[general partnership]] is formed by two or more persons
*[[limited partnership]] is just like general partnership, but can have ''silent partners'' that just invest [[financial capital]] without participating in the functions of the company otherwise, thus limited partnerships are more likely to have more assets then limited partnership
*[[co-operative]]s are common in agriculture and other low technology more labor then capital intesive industries.
*[[LTD]]s can be of any size, though there are minimums for [[stock]] capital set in law to ensure that they "are serious" since there is no liability for the owners other then losing their vested capital if the company goes [[bankrupt]]
*[[PLC]]s have more capital then LTDs. This is especially true for companies listed in [[w:Stock exchange]]s, since the exchanges have minimum requirements on capital and cashflow in order to get listed

===Researching Company Size===
How much resources it requires to figure out the rough size of a company depends on it's [[country]] (local legistlation) and the [[types of companies|type of company]]: 

*In some countries the information is public by law. Information is available from [[tax]]ing authorities and national registers
*In some countries it is not, in which case this information may be acquired by purchasing [[one share]] of the company thus becoming an owner and being entitled to see the financial records of the company