Enterprise (or the archaic spelling Enterprize) may refer to:

Business and economics

Brands and enterprises

Enterprise GP Holdings Enterprise GP Holdings was a midstream energy holding company based in Houston, Texas, that made its debut on the Fortune 500 list at #177 in 2007.

, an energy holding company *

Enterprise plc Enterprise plc was a support services company originally based in Farington in Lancashire, England. Its core markets were local authorities and utility sectors. It has recently been integrated into Ferrovial's UK company, Amey plc. History ...

, a UK civil engineering and maintenance company * Enterprise Products, a natural gas and crude oil pipeline company *

Enterprise Records Stax Records is an American record company, originally based in Memphis, Tennessee. Founded in 1957 as Satellite Records, the label changed its name to Stax Records in 1961. It also shared its operations with sister label Volt Records. Stax was ...

, a record label * Enterprise Rent-A-Car, a car rental Provider **

Enterprise Holdings Enterprise Holdings is an American private holding company headquartered in Clayton, Missouri in Greater St. Louis. It is the parent company of car rental agencies Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, Alamo Rent a Car and also operates s ...

, the parent company

General

* Business, economic activity done by a businessperson *

Big business Big business involves large-scale corporate-controlled financial or business activities. As a term, it describes activities that run from "huge transactions" to the more general "doing big things". In corporate jargon, the concept is commonly ...

, larger corporation commonly called "enterprise" in business jargon (excluding small and medium-sized businesses) * Company, a legal entity practicing a business activity * Enterprises in the Soviet Union, the analog of "company" in the former socialist state * Enterprise architecture, a strategic management discipline within an organization *

Enterprise Capital Fund Enterprise Capital Funds are financial schemes established by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in the United Kingdom to address a market weakness in the provision of equity finance to UK small and medium enterprises (SMEs) ...

, a type of venture capital in the UK *

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values t ...

, the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses *

Social enterprise A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in financial, social and environmental well-being. This may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for co-owners. Social enterprises ca ...

, an organization that applies commercial strategies to improve well-being * United Kingdom enterprise law, the regulation of businesses and public sector bodies within the economic constitution

Organizations

* Enterprize Canada, a student-run entrepreneurial competition and conference * Enterprise for High School Students, a non-profit organization

Computing

Enterprise (computer) The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer announced in 1983, but through a series of delays, not commercially available until 1985. The specification as released was powerful and one of the higher end in its class (though not by the m ...

, a 1980s UK 8-bit home computer, also known as ''Flan'' and ''Elan'' *

Enterprise resource planning Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of business management software—typically a sui ...

(ERP), integrated management of core business processes or the technology supporting such management *

Enterprise software Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than individual users. Such organizations include businesses, schools, interest-based user group ...

, business-oriented computer applications * Enterprise storage, for large businesses * Windows Enterprise, an edition of several versions of Microsoft Windows

Entertainment and media

Television

* '' Star Trek: Enterprise'', also ''Enterprise'', a 2001-2005 television series ** ''Enterprise'' (soundtrack), a 2002 soundtrack album from the first season of the series * ''Enterprice'' (British TV series), a 2018 television series

Fictional entities

Star Trek vessels

* Starship ''Enterprise'', a list, timeline and brief description of starships in the fictional history of ''Star Trek'' ** ''Enterprise'' (NX-01), the main setting of ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701), from the original ''Star Trek'' television series and several ''Star Trek'' films ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-A),from the fourth, fifth and sixth ''Star Trek'' films ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-B), from the film ''Star Trek: Generations'' ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-C), from the ''Star Trek: Next Generation'' episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-D), from ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-E), from the films ''Star Trek: First Contact'', ''Star Trek: Insurrection'', and ''Star Trek: Nemesis'' ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-F), a non-player ship in the ''Star Trek Online'' video game ** USS ''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701-J), from the ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' episode "Azati Prime"

Other fictional vessels

* ''Enterprise'', an airship in the game '' Final Fantasy IV'' * ''Enterprise'', an airship in the game

Final Fantasy XIV ''Final Fantasy XIV'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida, it was released worldwide for Windows and PlayStation 3 in August 2013, as a ...

* ''Enterprise'', the title ship in the 1959–1961 television series ''

Riverboat A riverboat is a watercraft designed for inland navigation on lakes, rivers, and artificial waterways. They are generally equipped and outfitted as work boats in one of the carrying trades, for freight or people transport, including luxury u ...

'' * ''Enterprise'', a starship in H. Beam Piper's novel '' Space Viking''

Newspapers

Australia * ''The Enterprise'' (Katoomba), in Katoomba, New South Wales (1913) United States * '' Bastrop Daily Enterprise'', in Louisiana * ''

Chico Enterprise-Record The ''Chico Enterprise-Record'' is the daily newspaper of Chico, California. Also known as the E-R, the newspaper was first published in Bidwell Bar, California as the Butte Record in 1853 and is now part of the MediaNews Group corporation, who t ...

'', in Chico, California * '' High Point Enterprise'', in North Carolina * '' The Beaumont Enterprise'', in Texas * ''The Enterprise'' (Brockton), in Brockton, Massachusetts * ''The Enterprise'' (Omaha), in Nebraska (1893–1914) * '' Malheur Enterprise'', in Malheur County, Oregon * '' The Press-Enterprise'', in Riverside, California (1885–1983)

Geographic locations

Canada

Enterprise, Northwest Territories Enterprise is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, located between Great Slave Lake and the Alberta border on the Hay River. Enterprise is at an important junction of the Mackenzie Highway and the road t ...

, a hamlet * Enterprise, a hamlet in the township of Stone Mills, Ontario * Rural Municipality of Enterprise No. 142, Saskatchewan

United States

* Enterprise, Alabama, a city * Enterprise, California (disambiguation) * Enterprise, Florida, an unincorporated community * Enterprise, Indiana, an unincorporated community *

Enterprise, Iowa Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Iowa, United States. Enterprise is located in Douglas Township. The state capital and county seat of Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the most populous city in the U.S. s ...

, an unincorporated community * Enterprise, Kansas, a city *

Enterprise, Louisiana Enterprise is an unincorporated community in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located along the south bank of the Ouachita River and Louisiana Highway 124, north-northwest of Harrisonburg. Enterprise had a post offi ...

, an unincorporated community * Enterprise, Minnesota, an abandoned townsite *

Enterprise, Clarke County, Mississippi Enterprise is a town in Clarke County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 526 at the 2010 census. History Enterprise was so named "to denote the policy of their inhabitants". Geography Enterprise is located in northwestern Clarke ...

, a town * Enterprise, Union County, Mississippi, an unincorporated community * Enterprise, Linn County, Missouri, an unincorporated community * Enterprise, McDonald County, Missouri, a ghost town * Enterprise, Shelby County, Missouri, an unincorporated community *

Enterprise, Nevada Enterprise is an unincorporated town in the Las Vegas Valley in Clark County, Nevada, United States. The population was 221,831 at the 2020 U.S. Census, up from 14,676 at the 2000 census. It was founded on December 17, 1996. Like other uninco ...

, a census-designated place * Enterprise, Ohio (disambiguation) * Enterprise, Oklahoma, a census-designated place * Enterprise, Oregon, a city * Enterprise, Utah, a city * Enterprise, Morgan County, Utah, a census-designated place * Enterprise, West Virginia, a census-designated place in Harrison County * Enterprise, Wirt County, West Virginia, an unincorporated community *

Enterprise (community), Wisconsin Enterprise is an unincorporated community located in the town of Enterprise, Oneida County, Wisconsin Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most po ...

, an unincorporated community *

Enterprise, Wisconsin Enterprise is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 274 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated community of Enterprise is located in the town. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a ...

, a town * Enterprise Rancheria in California *

Enterprise Township, Michigan Enterprise Township is a civil township of Missaukee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 174 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which are land a ...

Enterprise Township, Jackson County, Minnesota Enterprise Township is a township in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 204 at the 2000 census. Enterprise Township was organized in 1871. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total ...

* Enterprise Township, Valley County, Nebraska

Other places

Enterprise, Guyana Enterprise is a village in the Demerara-Mahaica region along the coastal belt of Guyana. It is about two square miles in size and has a population of 2,657 as of 2012. It is located about southeast of the capital city Georgetown. This small com ...

, a village *

Enterprise, Trinidad and Tobago The Borough of Chaguanas is the largest municipality (83,489 at the 2011 census) and fastest-growing
– Afra ...

* Enterprise Rupes, an escarpment on Mercury

Vehicles

Aircraft

* ''Enterprise'' (balloon), a gas-inflated aerial reconnaissance balloon used by the Union Army during the American Civil War * ''Enterprise'', a US Navy

L-class blimp The L-class blimps were training airships operated by the United States Navy during World War II. In the mid-1930s, the Goodyear Aircraft Company built a family of small non-rigid airships that the company used for advertising the Goodyear name. ...

* ''Enterprise'', an Armstrong Whitworth Ensign plane

Spacecraft

* IXS ''Enterprise'', a NASA conceptual interstellar ship * Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'' * VSS ''Enterprise'', the inaugural vessel of the Virgin Galactic suborbital tourism fleet

Trains

* Enterprise (train service), between Belfast and Dublin * ''Enterprise'' (Via Rail train), a former service between Montreal and Toronto

Watercraft

United States Navy ships

(Chronological) * , a Continental Navy sloop captured from the British, burned to prevent recapture in 1777 * , a schooner that fired the first shots in the First Barbary War * , a schooner, stationed primarily in South America to patrol and protect commerce * , a steam-powered sloop-of-war used for surveying, patrolling, and training until 1909 * , a motorboat (1917–1919) used in World War I as a non-commissioned section patrol craft * (1936), a ''Yorktown''-class aircraft carrier, and the most decorated U.S. Navy ship * (1961), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier * (2027), a planned ''Gerald R. Ford''-class aircraft carrier

Royal Navy ships

(Chronological) * was a 24-gun

sixth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works a ...

, previously the French frigate , captured in May 1705. She was wrecked in October 1707. * was a 44-gun

fifth rate In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower. Rating The rating system in the Royal ...

launched in 1709. She underwent a great repair in 1718–19, was hulked in 1740 and fitted as a hospital ship in 1745 before being sold in 1749. * , a 44-gun frigate, was to have been named ''Enterprise'', but was renamed five months before her launch in 1741. * was an 8 gun

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular ...

captured from the Spanish in 1743. She was employed solely in the Mediterranean as a dispatch vessel and tender, and was sold in 1748 at Minorca. * HMS ''Enterprise'' was a 48-gun fifth rate launched in 1693 as . She was renamed ''Enterprise'' in 1744 as a 44-gun fifth rate and was broken up in 1771. * was a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in August 1774, on harbour service from 1790 and broken up in 1807. * was a 10-gun tender captured by the Americans in 1775, see USS ''Enterprise'' (1775). * HMS ''Enterprise'' was a ship used for harbour service, launched in 1778 as . ''Resource'' was rebuilt as a 22-gun floating battery in 1804, renamed ''Enterprise'' in 1806 and sold in 1816. * was a wooden paddle gunvessel purchased in 1824 and in service until 1830. * was a survey sloop launched in 1848, used as a coal hulk from 1860 and sold in 1903. * HMS ''Enterprise'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861, renamed HMS ''Circassian'' in 1862 but cancelled in 1863. * was an ironclad sloop ordered as HMS ''Circassian'', but renamed in 1862. She was launched in 1864 and sold in 1884. * was an

light cruiser A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to thi ...

launched in 1919 and sold in 1946. * was an inshore survey ship launched in 1958 and sold in 1985. * is an multi-role survey vessel (hydrographic/oceanographic) launched in 2002 and currently in service.

Other ships

* , a J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup * , a schooner, previously a privateer, used by the Continental Navy in Chesapeake Bay until 1777 * , steamboat that delivered supplies and troops during the Battle of New Orleans and was the first to ascend the Mississippi and Ohio rivers * , an Australian topsail schooner used for the founding of Melbourne, Australia ** , a replica of the 1829 ''Enterprize'' * , forced by weather into Bermuda in 1835, resulting in the liberation of most of the slaves on board * , a Canadian 19th-century steamer on the Columbia and Fraser rivers * , a sidewheeler, built in San Francisco, operated on the Fraser River system, from 1861 to her loss in 1885 * , a Canadian pioneer sternwheeler on the upper Fraser River * PS ''Enterprise'', an 1878 Australian paddle steamer on the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee Rivers * , an American steamboat that operated on the Willamette River in Oregon * ''Enterprise'', a sailing ship caught in a storm off St. Ives, Cornwall in 1903 * ''London Enterprise'' (1950), an oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters, scrapped * ''London Enterprise'' (1983), a

Panamax Panamax and New Panamax (or Neopanamax) are terms for the size limits for ships travelling through the Panama Canal. The limits and requirements are published by the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) in a publication titled "Vessel Requirements". ...

oil tanker built for London & Overseas Freighters * (1944–1952), an American cargo ship originally commissioned as the SS ''Cape Kumukaki'' (C1-B) * , see

Boats of the Mackenzie River watershed The Mackenzie River in Canada's Northwest Territories is a historic waterway, used for centuries by Indigenous peoples, specifically the Dene, as a travel and hunting corridor. Also known as the Deh Cho, it is part of a larger watershed that inc ...

Ship classes

* , a class of sailboat * '' Discoverer Enterprise'', the namesake of a class of deepwater drillships

Other uses

* Enterprise (apple) *

Enterprise (horse) Enterprise (1884 – after 1901) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. As a two-year-old in 1886 he was one of the best horses of his generation in England, winning the New Stakes and the July Stakes as well as finishing second in t ...

, a British Thoroughbred racehorse * Enterprise (ride), an amusement ride * Enterprise Cup, an annual rugby union competition in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda * Enterprise MRT station, an upcoming MRT station on the Jurong Region line in Singapore * Enterprise number, a former type of US business phone number which would automatically accept a collect call * USS ''Enterprise'' (BLDG 7115), a U.S. Navy Recruit Barracks named in honor of the Navy's ''Enterprise'' ships * "The Enterprise", a secret operation carried out by senior officials of the Reagan administration, used to identify the perpetrators of the Iran-Contra affair.