BT Group

British multinational telecommunications services company
Organization business Q593786
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BT Group

Summary

BT Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,948 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BT Group is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • BT Group is in the country of GB[4].
  • BT Group's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • BT Group's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • BT Group's instance of is recorded as telecommunication company[7].
  • BT Group's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • BT Group's founder is recorded as William Fothergill Cooke[9].
  • BT Group's founder is recorded as John Lewis Ricardo[10].
  • BT Group is owned by BlackRock[11].
  • BT Group followed Electric Telegraph Company[12].
  • BT Group's headquarters location is recorded as 81 Newgate Street[13].
  • BT Group's headquarters location is recorded as London[14].
  • BT Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Allison Kirkby[15].
  • BT Group's child organization or unit is recorded as EE[16].
  • BT Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BT Research[17].
  • BT Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Plusnet[18].
  • BT Group's child organization or unit is recorded as BT Italia[19].
  • BT Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Openreach[20].
  • BT Group is part of FTSE 100 Index[21].
  • BT Group's Commons category is recorded as BT Group[22].
  • BT Group's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[23].
  • BT Group's industry is recorded as telecommunications[24].
  • BT Group's archives at is recorded as BT Archives[25].
  • 1969 marks the founding of BT Group[26].
  • 2001-03-30 marks the founding of BT Group[27].

Body

Founding

Founders include William Fothergill Cooke[9] and John Lewis Ricardo[10]. Recorded inception include 1969[26] and 2001-03-30[27].

Identity

BT Group's official name is recorded as BT Group Plc[28]. It is part of FTSE 100 Index[21]. It followed Electric Telegraph Company[12].

Leadership

BT Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Allison Kirkby[15].

Operations

Headquarters locations include 81 Newgate Street[13], a building[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1985[31] and London[14], a metropolis[32], in Roman Empire[33], founded in 0047[34]. Subsidiaries include EE[16], a brick and mortar[35], in United Kingdom[36], headquartered in Hatfield[37]; BT Research[17], a business[38], in United Kingdom[39], founded in 1921[40], headquartered in Ipswich[41]; Plusnet[18], a business[42], in United Kingdom[43], founded in 1997[44], headquartered in Sheffield[45]; BT Italia[19], a business[46], in Italy[47], founded in 1995[48], headquartered in Rome[49]; and Openreach[20], a business[50], in United Kingdom[51], founded in 2006[52], headquartered in London[53].

Industry

BT Group's industry is recorded as telecommunications[24].

Ownership

BT Group is owned by BlackRock[11]. Its stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[23].

Why It Matters

BT Group ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,948 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [54] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [55] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · ~2026-47608-88 · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owned by → BlackRock
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P127]]: [[Q9396]]"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2589-CF32-428E-BC73-7DCA
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 2589-CF32-428E-BC73-7DCA, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 14w ago · Ytterbyz · 2026-06-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → —
    Part of → FTSE 100 Index
    Owned by → BlackRock
    Stock exchange → London Stock Exchange
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: British_Telecom, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294322772|British Telecom (#294322772)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWi"
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