American Greetings

Summary

American Greetings is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• American Greetings is in the country of United States^[3].
• American Greetings is in the country of US^[4].
• American Greetings's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• American Greetings's instance of is recorded as public company^[6].
• American Greetings's headquarters location is recorded as Cleveland^[7].
• American Greetings's child organization or unit is recorded as Carlton Cards^[8].
• American Greetings's child organization or unit is recorded as Gibson Greetings^[9].
• American Greetings's Commons category is recorded as American Greetings^[10].
• American Greetings's industry is recorded as greeting card^[11].
• 1906 marks the founding of American Greetings^[12].
• 1944-01-29 marks the founding of American Greetings^[13].
• American Greetings's location of formation is recorded as Brooklyn^[14].
• American Greetings's official website is recorded as https://www.americangreetings.com/^[15].
• American Greetings's topic's main category is recorded as Category:American Greetings^[16].
• American Greetings's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/american-greetings-corporation-history/^[17].
• American Greetings's legal form is recorded as Q130264220^[18].
• American Greetings's legal form is recorded as BTQ1^[19].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16870'}^[20].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16984'}^[21].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+20000'}^[22].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16435'}^[23].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+16303'}^[24].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+22700'}^[25].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+24000'}^[26].
• American Greetings's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+25100'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300WMJOT8C9DNMF90^[28]

• Registered legal name: American Greetings Corporation^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-OH^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): BTQ1^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1944-01-29^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2018-08-20^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-07-25^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-07-25^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000629^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 186778^[41]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[42]

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• Type: Publisher^[43]

• Country: US^[44]

• Began / founded: 1906^[45]

• MusicBrainz ID: be241697-1d60-4573-8473-d3a7a34dd6c3^[46]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1906^[12] and 1944-01-29^[13]. American Greetings's location of formation is recorded as Brooklyn^[14].

Operations

American Greetings's headquarters location is recorded as Cleveland^[7]. Subsidiaries include Carlton Cards^[8], a business^[47], in Canada^[48], founded in 1920^[49] and Gibson Greetings^[9], a business^[50], in United States^[51], founded in 1855^[52], headquartered in Cincinnati^[53].

Industry

American Greetings's industry is recorded as greeting card^[11].

Why It Matters

American Greetings ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (541 views/month).^[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[54]