Companies that are capital intensive and have a large scale of business, generally incorporate a Public Limited Company. Minimum seven persons are required to incorporate a Public Limited. Company and 3 individuals as Directors.

Public Limited Companies are of 2 types: Listed and Unlisted. Listed Companies means companies whose shares are listed on a Stock exchange are freely tradeable through a market mechanism. Unlisted Public Companies can be closely held and widely held, though their shares are also freely tradeable but in off-market trades, i.e. they are not listed on any Stock exchange, hence a formal market does not exist for trading in shares of such companies.