In the current method, employees, operating income, total assets and other indicators or alternative indicators are selected, and specific classification standards are formulated in combination with the characteristics of the industry, and the scale of legal person enterprises or units established according to law in China is divided into four categories: large, medium, small and micro. Individual industrial and commercial households are divided according to these measures.
Large enterprises in China refer to enterprises with assets exceeding 2 billion yuan, and some have assets exceeding 4 billion yuan, which is the so-called super-large enterprises.
Medium-sized enterprises refer to enterprises with assets between 200 million yuan and 2 billion yuan, and some enterprises have assets between 400 million yuan and 654.38+0 billion yuan, which are called large and medium-sized enterprises.
Small enterprises refer to enterprises with assets between 2 million yuan and 200 million yuan, and some enterprises have assets between 5 million yuan and 654.38+0 billion yuan, which are called small and medium-sized enterprises.
The development stages of the enterprise are as follows:
1. Newborn period: The most important task of a newly established enterprise is to survive and develop, and it needs to enter the growth period as soon as possible. The main characteristics of this stage are difficult operation, limited resources, high market uncertainty, and the business model has not yet taken shape;
2. Growth period: Through efforts in the new period, the enterprise has gradually grown, expanded its business scale and started to make profits. The main characteristics of this stage are the initial establishment of corporate culture, a certain market share, improved management ability, and the need to strengthen the attraction of funds and talents;
3. Stable period: the business of the enterprise is gradually stable and maintains steady growth, the market position is increasingly consolidated, and technological upgrading and industrial upgrading are continuously carried out. The main characteristics of this stage are: shifting from a short-sighted corner to a long-term perspective, shifting the focus to maintaining the smooth development and continuation of existing successful businesses, and actively investing in research and development and innovation;
4. Decline period: Due to external or internal reasons, enterprises are entering a recession period, their business performance is gradually declining, and the market competition pressure is increasing. The main feature of this stage is the need to take effective measures to stop losses, including enterprise transformation, continuous organizational adjustment and management innovation, and try to avoid recession and death.
To sum up, the criteria for dividing large, medium and small enterprises are defined according to the scale of enterprises.
Legal basis:
Article 1 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
This Law is formulated in order to standardize the organization and behavior of companies, protect the legitimate rights and interests of companies, shareholders and creditors, maintain social and economic order and promote the development of socialist market economy.