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
• Beneficial use