Contractor

A contractor is a person or company that performs work on a contract basis. The term may refer to:

Business roles

• Defense contractor, arms industry which provides weapons or military goods to a government
• General contractor, an individual or organization responsible for the construction of a building or other facility
• Government contractor, a private company which produces goods or services for the government
• Independent contractor, a natural person, business or corporation which provides goods or services to another entity under terms specified in a contract
• Private military company, an organization or individual that contracts to provide services of a military nature
• School bus contractor, a private company or proprietorship which provides school bus service to a school district or non-public school
• Subcontractor, an individual or business that signs a contract to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract
• Permatemp, a person who works for an organization for an extended period via a staffing agency
• Someone engaged in contract killing

Films

• The Contractor (2007 film), an action film starring Wesley Snipes
• The Contractor (2013 film), a crime drama thriller film starring Danny Trejo
• The Contractor (2022 film), an action film starring Chris Pine

Other uses

• Contractor (1779 EIC ship), an East Indiaman launched in 1779
• Contractor (surname), a list of people with the surname
• Interval contractor, a mathematical operator
• Firoze Contractor, a fictional character in the 2019 Indian film War

See also

• Contract (disambiguation)