Adidas AG

Summary

Adidas AG is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.088% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109,668 views/month, #26 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Adidas AG was a member of ICC Germany^[3].
• Adidas AG was a member of RIPE Network Coordination Centre^[4].
• Adidas AG was a member of bitkom^[5].
• Adidas AG was a member of Partnership for Sustainable Textiles^[6].
• Adidas AG was a member of Deutsches Aktieninstitut^[7].
• Adidas AG was a member of Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry^[8].
• Adidas AG is in the country of Germany^[9].
• Adidas AG is in the country of DE^[10].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as business^[11].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as public company^[12].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as brand^[13].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as local Internet registry^[14].
• Adidas AG's founder is recorded as Adolf Dassler^[15].
• Adolf Dassler is named after Adidas AG^[16].
• Adidas AG followed Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory^[17].
• Adidas AG's headquarters location is recorded as Herzogenaurach^[18].
• Adidas AG's chief executive officer is recorded as Bjørn Gulden^[19].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as adidas Runtastic^[20].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Ashworth^[21].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Adidas^[22].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Adidas (Canada)^[23].
• Adidas AG is part of DAX^[24].
• Adidas AG is part of EURO STOXX 50^[25].
• Adidas AG is part of CDAX^[26].
• Adidas AG's Commons category is recorded as Adidas^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300JSX0Z4CW0V5023^[28]

• Registered legal name: adidas AG^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 6QQB^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1989-04-18^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2013-04-04^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-25^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-21^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000247^[40]

• Authority entity ID: HRB 3868^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Original Production^[43]

• Country: DE^[44]

• Began / founded: 1924-07^[45]

• MusicBrainz ID: 0d9f36d9-cfa7-419e-8afd-a88d191ae7ad^[46]

Body

Founding

Adidas AG's founder is recorded as Adolf Dassler^[15]. Recorded inception include July 1924^[47], August 18, 1949^[48], and 1989-04-18^[49].

Identity

Part of include DAX^[24], a stock market index^[50], in Germany^[51], founded in 1988^[52], headquartered in Frankfurt^[53]; EURO STOXX 50^[25], a stock market index^[54], in Germany^[55], founded in 1998^[56]; and CDAX^[26], a stock market index^[57], in Germany^[58], founded in 1993^[59]. Adidas AG followed Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory^[17].

Leadership

Adidas AG's chief executive officer is recorded as Bjørn Gulden^[19].

Operations

Adidas AG's headquarters location is recorded as Herzogenaurach^[18]. Subsidiaries include adidas Runtastic^[20], a dot-com company^[60], in Austria^[61], founded in 2009^[62], headquartered in Pasching^[63]; Ashworth^[21], a business^[64], in United States^[65], founded in 1987^[66], headquartered in Carlsbad^[67]; Adidas^[22]; and Adidas (Canada)^[23], a business^[68], in Canada^[69], founded in 1924^[70], headquartered in Vancouver^[71].

Industry

Industries include textile industry^[72] and sports industry^[73].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Frankfurt Stock Exchange^[74] and OTC Markets Group^[75]. Products include sportswear^[76], footwear^[77], sports equipment^[78], and personal care product^[79].

Why It Matters

Adidas AG ranks in the top 0.088% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (109,668 views/month, #26 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[80] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[81]