1. Entity industrial and commercial households refer to individual investment, personal operation or family operation, and the business license of enterprise as a legal person refers to a company or collective enterprise with legal personality.
2. The main difference between the two is that individual industrial and commercial households bear unlimited joint liability, while companies or collective enterprises bear limited liability to the extent of the capital contribution subscribed by shareholders. One is a legal person, the other is not, one is limited external liability, which is relatively large, and the other is unlimited liability, which is relatively small.
Generally speaking, it is recommended to apply for an individual business license. The procedure is relatively simple and the handling is relatively simple.
Business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in certain production and business activities. Its format shall be uniformly stipulated by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
The registered items include: name, address, person in charge, amount of funds, economic composition, business scope, business mode, number of employees, business period, etc. Business licenses are divided into originals and duplicates, which have the same legal effect. The original shall be placed in a prominent position in the company's domicile or business premises, and the business license shall not be forged, altered, leased, lent or transferred.
Without a business license, industrial and commercial enterprises or individual operators are not allowed to start business, engrave official seals, sign contracts, register trademarks or advertise, and banks are not allowed to open accounts.
The original and duplicate of the business license have the same legal effect, and there is no difference in essence. If there is a difference, it is only a form of representation. In terms of use, it was originally "must be hung" in an obvious place in the business premises, otherwise it may be fined for not hanging the license; Copies are generally used for going out to handle business, such as handling bank account opening license, enterprise organization code certificate, tax registration certificate, signing contract, etc.