parent company

English

Etymology

parent +‎ company

Noun

parent company (plural parent companies)

1. (business) A company that owns or controls one or more other companies.

Translations

a company that owns or controls another company

• Catalan: empresa matriu (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總公司／总公司 (zh) (zǒnggōngsī), 母公司 (zh) (mǔgōngsī)

• Danish: moderselskab n
• Dutch: moederbedrijf (nl) n, moedermaatschappij (nl) f
• Finnish: emoyhtiö (fi)
• French: société mère (fr) f
• German: Stammhaus n, Mutterfirma f, Dachgesellschaft (de) f, Konzernmutter f, Muttergesellschaft (de) f, Mutterhaus (de) n, Mutterkonzern (de) m, Mutterunternehmen n, Obergesellschaft f (law), Organträger m (finance)
• Greek: μητρική εταιρεία f (mitrikí etaireía)
• Hungarian: anyavállalat (hu)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Kazakh: холдингтік компания (xoldiñtık kompaniä)
• Polish: spółka dominująca f, spółka matka f
• Portuguese: matriz (pt) f
• Russian: основно́е о́бщество n (osnovnóje óbščestvo), хо́лдинговая компа́ния f (xóldingovaja kompánija)
• Spanish: casa central
• Swedish: moderbolag (sv) n
• Thai: บริษัทใหญ่ (borrísàtyài)

See also

• daughter company
• sister company
• subsidiary