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Consolidated vs Incorporated - What's the difference?

consolidated | incorporated |

As adjectives the difference between consolidated and incorporated

is that consolidated is including financial data of the parent and all subsidiary companies while incorporated is (US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

As verbs the difference between consolidated and incorporated

is that consolidated is past tense of consolidate while incorporated is past tense of incorporate.

consolidated

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (finance) Including financial data of the parent and all subsidiary companies.

    • Antonyms

    * (finance) nonconsolidated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (consolidate)

    • incorporated

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (US English) A type of company, a legal entity where the ownership has been arranged into shares. A shareholder has no responsibilities to the company and the potential losses of the shareholder are limited to the value of the stock turning to zero in the case of a bankruptcy.

    • Related terms

    * incorporate Acronyms * Inc * (UK English)

    See also

    There are further distinctions to the type of Incorporated company in UK English. * Public Limited Liability Company, PLC (UK English) * Limited Liability Company, LLC (UK English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (incorporate)