特许公司出现于１６世纪的英国。殖民地时代，北美也有不多的特许公司。美国独立后，特许公司继续盛行。由于政治、经济、思想潮流及其自身原因，１８１１年，特许公司开始被一般公司所取代。内战后，这一转变在美国大多数州完成。特许公司与一般公司有着巨大差别。一般公司制的确立使公司真正成了适合美国资本主义经济发展的企业组织形式。美国公司在走向现代化的道路上，迈出了第一步。 The concessionaire appeared in the 16th century England. Colonial times, North America also has a small concessionaire. After the independence of the United States, the concessionaire continued to flourish. Due to political, economic, ideological trends and their own causes, concessionaires began to be replaced by general companies in 1811. After the civil war, this change was completed in most U.S. states. Chartered companies and general companies have a huge difference. The establishment of a general corporate system truly made the company an organizational form of enterprise suitable for the economic development of the United States capitalism. U.S. companies have taken the first step toward modernization.