Business Websites in the Calug Business Directory is your source for sites dealing with business. Websites are accepted into the Calug Internet Directory based on their quality and content. If you submit your web site in this category, you are assured of having your site listed among the best business websites. If you are unable to find the appropriate sub-category for your business site, please recommend it to us through the Contact form above. We will make every effort to create it.

Business can be defined as the state of being busy and doing commercially viable and profitable work. But business is usually the term used for an organization that is created in order to provide goods and services to consumers or other corporate entities. Businesses can be privately owned or publicly owned, if they sell their shares in order to increase their capital. They are created to earn profits and to increase the wealth of the owners or shareholders. By increasing their profits, they are also increasing the business value. 

A business that is a not for profit returns the profits earned to charities or to those that received the products or services from the business. This business category can also include cooperative businesses and state owned enterprises. 

There are a few forms of business entities. A sole proprietorship is a business owned by one person.  A partnership is a business that has two or more owners, and each owner works so that the business makes a profit. A corporation has limited liability and has a separate legal profile from its members and owners. It is owned by multiple shareholders and is supervised by a board of directors, which has the responsibility if hiring the managerial staff. A Cooperative, also known as a co-op, is a limited liability business that differs from a corporation in that it has members, as opposed to shareholders.

Businesses are categorized by business groups. They are grouped by their specific function. Manufacturers produce products from raw materials or parts. A service business provides services and makes money by charging for labor or other services. Retailers and Distributors act as middlemen in getting goods to the consumers. Agriculture and mining business entities produce or harvest raw materials. Financials are those business entities that make money through the investment and management of money that belongs to others. Information related businesses make profits from the sale of services related to intellectual property. Utilities produce electricity, water and sewage treatment, and are usually regulated by the government as they tend to be monopolistic. Real estate businesses make money by selling, renting and developing properties, homes and buildings. Transportation entities deliver merchandise and people from one location to another location.