The distribution depends of the type or size of the company.
On small business ownership is concentrated in one or a few people, while big business is divided ownership.
There are different ways to distribute the ownership of the company, the most common are:

• -Sole Proprietorship: when the best way is a unic person

• -Partnership: Two ore more people who dont have the idea of become to a limited paternship or cooporation.

• -Limited partnership: Is when the property of the company is divided in shares. The owner responds by debts

• -Nonprofit Corporation (not-for-profit): Its a company who dont look for beneficts, like charity

• -Cooperative: Its an informal way to organiciate the company to achieve a common objetive