Beneficial may refer to:

Organizations

* Beneficial Corporation, a consumer finance company founded in 1914 that was ultimately bought by HSBC Corporation ** Beneficial Loan Society, the former name of Beneficial Corporation ** Beneficial Finance, a former division of HSBC Finance, and a part of their acquisition of Beneficial Corporation * Beneficial Bank, a full-service bank founded in 1853 operating in Pennsylvania and New Jersey * Beneficial Financial Group, an insurance and financial services company founded in 1905 and run by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints * Beneficial State Bank, a community development bank founded in 2007 that serves California and the Pacific Northwest

Biology

* Beneficial organism, any organism that benefits the growing process of another species ** Beneficial insect ** Beneficial weed * '' Beneficial Microbes'', a scientific journal covering research on microbes beneficial to the health and well-being of humans and animals

Law

* Beneficial interest * Beneficial owner *

Beneficial ownership In domestic and international commercial law, a beneficial owner is a natural person or persons who ultimately owns or controls an interest in a legal entity or arrangement, such as a company, a trust, or a foundation. Legal owners (i.e. the own ...

* Beneficial use {{disambiguation