The aim of the article is to present results of the systematization of monitoring types according to different classification criteria. Monitoring is described as a systematic observation realized within the framework of a general system for managing a particular object and providing measurement and comparison of its actual characteristics with the basic ones (planned, normative) in order to develop and implement measures to develop the management object both in the current period and in a long term prospect. There has been given a critical evaluation of existing approaches to the monitoring classification with the focus on the criteria, which are acceptable for using in the organization of monitoring at the enterprise within a general system for managing results of the business entity operation and development. On the basis of generalization of existing approaches, types of monitoring have been grouped by the following main classification criteria: the sphere, scope and obligatoriness of implementation, subject, object, target and level of management objectives, methodological principles and implementation stage, user orientation. For each of the selected monitoring types features of its implementation have been defined. The relationships between different types of monitoring have been revealed.