holding company
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holding company
A company whose main purpose is to hold equity stakes in other legally independent companies and control them. It is also referred to as a parent company or umbrella company.
Die Volkswagen AG ist eine Holding, die Marken wie Audi, Porsche und Skoda kontrolliert.
Volkswagen AG is a holding company that controls brands such as Audi, Porsche, and Skoda.
'Holding' is an English loanword that comes from business language (from 'holding company'). That is why it is pronounced in English and keeps its original meaning.
Viele internationale Konzerne sind als Holdings strukturiert.
Many international corporations are structured as holding companies.
This word belongs to the technical language of business and finance. In normal everyday life, it is rarely used except in news reports or business reports.
Der Artikel analysiert die SteuerVorteile einer Holding-Struktur.
The article analyzes the tax advantages of a holding company structure.
Common verbs used with 'Holding' (holding company) are 'eine Holding gründen' (to establish a holding company), 'eine Holding leiten' (to run a holding company), or 'eine Holding kontrolliert' (a holding company controls) other companies.
Er hat eine Holding gegründet, um seine verschiedenen Firmen zu verwalten.
He established a holding company to manage his various companies.
corporation / group
'der Konzern' and 'die Holding' both belong to the language of business and have to do with several connected companies. 'Der Konzern' means the whole corporate group: a parent company and several subsidiaries that belong together economically. 'Die Holding', on the other hand, is usually the umbrella company that holds stakes in other companies and controls them. The words can be confused because a holding company is often at the top of a corporate group. In practical terms: 'der Konzern' is the whole group; 'die Holding' is one company within that structure, often at the very top.
Die Holding besitzt Anteile an mehreren kleineren Firmen.
The holding company owns shares in several smaller firms.
Der Konzern verkauft seine Produkte in vielen Ländern.
The corporate group sells its products in many countries.