Bayer

German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural biotechnology company
Organization business Q152051
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Bayer

Summary

Bayer is a business[1]. Bayer ranks in the top 0.4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,555 views/month, #119 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bayer received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • Bayer was a member of iRODS Consortium[4].
  • Bayer was a member of Bundesnetzwerk Bürgerschaftliches Engagement[5].
  • Bayer was a member of Informationsdienst Wissenschaft[6].
  • Bayer was a member of Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller[7].
  • Bayer was a member of Verband der Chemischen Industrie[8].
  • Bayer was a member of British Chamber of Commerce in Germany[9].
  • Bayer is located in Bezirk Mitte[10].
  • Bayer is located in Leverkusen[11].
  • Bayer is in the country of Germany[12].
  • Bayer's instance of is recorded as business[13].
  • Bayer's instance of is recorded as enterprise[14].
  • Bayer's instance of is recorded as public company[15].
  • Bayer's instance of is recorded as pharmaceutical company[16].
  • Bayer's founder is recorded as Friedrich Bayer[17].
  • Friedrich Bayer is named after Bayer[18].
  • Bayer's headquarters location is recorded as Leverkusen[19].
  • Bayer's chief executive officer is recorded as Bill Anderson[20].
  • The location of Bayer was Wedding[21].
  • The location of Bayer was Leverkusen[22].
  • Bayer's child organization or unit is recorded as Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals[23].
  • Bayer's child organization or unit is recorded as Bayer Schering Pharma[24].
  • Bayer's child organization or unit is recorded as Bayer Technology Services[25].
  • Bayer's child organization or unit is recorded as Bayer Business Services[26].
  • Bayer's child organization or unit is recorded as Bayer CropScience[27].

Body

Founding

Bayer's founder is recorded as Friedrich Bayer[17].

Identity

Part of include DAX[28], EURO STOXX 50[29], DivDAX[30], and CDAX[31].

Leadership

Bayer's chief executive officer is recorded as Bill Anderson[20].

Operations

Bayer's headquarters location is recorded as Leverkusen[19]. Subsidiaries include Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals[23], a business[32], in US[33], founded in 2006[34], headquartered in Berlin[35]; Bayer Schering Pharma[24], a business[36], in Germany[37], founded in 2006[38], headquartered in Berlin[39]; Bayer Technology Services[25], a business[40], in Germany[41], founded in 2002[42], headquartered in Leverkusen[43]; Bayer Business Services[26], a business[44], in Germany[45], founded in 2002[46], headquartered in Leverkusen[47]; Bayer CropScience[27], a business[48], in Germany[49], founded in 2002[50], headquartered in Monheim am Rhein[51]; and Covestro[52], a business[53], in Germany[54], founded in 2015[55], headquartered in Leverkusen[56].

Industry

Industries include pharmaceutical industry[57], phytopharmaceuticals[58], plastic[59], and chemical industry[60].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Frankfurt Stock Exchange[61] and Italian Stock Exchange[62].

Recognition

Bayer received the BigBrotherAwards[3].

Why It Matters

Bayer ranks in the top 0.4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,555 views/month, #119 of 29,529).[2] Bayer has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] Bayer is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

FAQs

What awards did Bayer receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [3] ↑ . bigbrotherawards.de. bigbrotherawards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  25. [61] ↑ . Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Retrieved . boerse-frankfurt.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [62] ↑ . Italian Stock Exchange. Retrieved . borsaitaliana.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [4] ↑ . irods.org. Retrieved . irods.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [5] ↑ . b-b-e.de. Retrieved . b-b-e.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [6] ↑ . idw-online.de. Retrieved . idw-online.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [7] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . vfa.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [8] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  36. [9] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18m ago · Printstream · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14811 → 1339
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'azb', 'be', 'bg', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el'
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 4w ago · Rescq · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Süddeutsche zeitung topic id → Bayer
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P10916]]: Bayer, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/213750762|Bayer (#213750762)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7168|Süddeutsche Zeitung topic]]"
  3. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 25DB-70A3-33F4-457E-26C2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 25DB-70A3-33F4-457E-26C2, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  4. 9w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14715 → Bayer
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14715]]: Q152051, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0276299-Bayer-AG
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0276299-Bayer-AG, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 19w ago · Yogithab06 · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Record number (germany) → 48248
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P12012]]: 48248"
  7. 21w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabakalera id → 74365
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10069]]: 74365, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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