What are the different types of service companies?

Thanks to the evolution of society, lifestyles and work and technologies, many types of services are now sought after in the market. As a result, there are as many service companies as there are services. However, in France, service companies are distinguished according to 3 main categories: Engineering Freelance

companies providing services to individuals;

service companies with mixed activities.

Business services companies

The services provided to companies are provided for by the French Nomenclature d'Activity 2nd revision of the national institute for statistics and economic studies or Insee. The specific activities of business services companies are provided for by sections M and N of the nomenclature, namely:

activities related to legal affairs, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical control and technical analyzes;

scientific research and scientific development activities;

advertising and market research activities;

veterinary activities;

design, translation and interpretation, photography activities;

activities relating to rental and leasing;

activities related to employment;

activities specific to travel agencies;

activities relating to building and landscaping;

support services and administrative activities.

Companies providing services to individuals

The services provided to individuals are provided for by the French Nomenclature of Activities 2nd revision of the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. To this end, the specific activities of companies providing services to individuals or companies providing services to individuals are provided for by sections R and S of the nomenclature, namely:

activities related to entertainment and recreational activities;

activities related to art;

activities linked to the repair of personal movable or immovable property, for example IT service companies.

Service companies with mixed activities

Mixed activities can be defined by the accumulation of two distinct or linked activities. In the case of two activities linked together by their nature, the second activity is an extension of the first. By way of illustration, it is possible to take the example of a mechanic who sells car parts and who installs them on the vehicle to be repaired.

In the case of two completely distinct activities, it is necessary for the service company to detail the nature of its activities in the corporate object.

What status to create yours?

The service company is a company like any other from the point of view of corporate legal status . In this sense, there is no specific legal status for service companies. Indeed, they can take over the usual legal statutes such as SARL or SAS . The only criterion that differentiates them is at the level of the activities carried out. However, to establish yourself as a service provider, it is preferable to adopt an individual and one-person form, that is to say:

set up as a sole proprietorship;

set up as a sole proprietorship with limited liability or EIRL ;

set up as a single-member simplified joint stock company or SASU .

The status of sole proprietorship

The legal status of sole proprietorship implies that there is no distinction between the personal assets and the professional assets of the service provider.

At the level of the social system, the service provider established as a sole proprietorship benefits from membership in the self-employed workers' scheme.

Finally, with regard to the tax system, the service provider established as a sole proprietorship benefits from income tax.