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Simply answered, a private company is a non-stock company which is wholly owned by its investor(s). A public company is one that has issued stocks to anyone in the public who wishes to buy them. There are different govrenment regualtions for a publicly owned company.

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There is a significant difference between the public limited company and the private limited company,

The Public limited comany has share holder.

Its has to be registed in the stock exchange of the country

Its has to submit many legal documents to the commission

Its has to trade the shares in the stock exchange

The ownership is in the hands of share holders

And in private company,they are not liable to register with stock exchange

and etc

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