How clean in terms of IT does a company need to be to be called IT?

Question

Startups

Hello everyone
I noticed that most of the vacancies go to companies of the type: Pharmacy network (finishing the site), retail (finishing the warehouse accounting system), online store (finishing the site itself) and so on. Those. Firms where the IT component is only one of the links in the entire system.
I always thought that it is an IT company, but a company that does not produce anything itself, but only provides services or some kind of system solutions. Mail.ru/Facebook/1C etc.
Are the first IT companies or is it still not?
And let's say the example is more complicated: a startup for the delivery of food sets with its own kitchen and courier service - is it or not?

Answer 1

1. There are product IT companies (Facebook, 1C, Valve)
2. There are IT companies that finish other people's products - of which the vast majority. For there is no need in so many unique products as there are firms in the world. But many people need to finish the product for a specific company.
3. Not to mention those cases where there is no question of changing the software at all, but only about support in working condition without making changes - purely administration. And it will also be an IT company.
Strictly speaking, an online store or a bank - from only software and lives. In a sense, these are IT companies.
But, nevertheless, the definition of IT companies is somewhat different.
A network of pharmacies (finishing the site), retail (finishing the warehouse accounting system), an online store (finishing the site itself), and so on. Those. Firms where the IT component is only one of the links in the entire system.
What you bring is the clients of IT companies.
Uber is an IT company pretty much.
As soon as they start buying their taxi cars, they will move away from this class.

Answer 2

IT companies are given tax credits.
You can ask what are the formal criteria for such companies.

Answer 3

It's all a matter of agreement. And if you philosophize, then the distribution of flyers in transitions can be called IT, because there is information and technology there)