Chanel

French fashion house
Organization organization Q218115
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Chanel

Summary

Chanel is an organization[1]. Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,868 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chanel's field of work was clothing industry[3].
  • Chanel's field of work was jewelry[4].
  • Chanel's field of work was fashion[5].
  • Chanel was a member of Chambre syndicale de la haute couture[6].
  • Chanel is in the country of France[7].
  • Chanel is in the country of GB[8].
  • Chanel is in the country of CH[9].
  • Chanel is in the country of LU[10].
  • Chanel is in the country of HK[11].
  • Chanel is in the country of CA[12].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as organization[13].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as business[14].
  • Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[15].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Neuilly-sur-Seine[16].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[17].
  • Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[18].
  • Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[19].
  • Chanel's Commons category is recorded as Chanel[20].
  • Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[21].
  • 2010 marks the founding of Chanel[22].
  • 1909 marks the founding of Chanel[23].
  • January 1, 1900 marks the founding of Chanel[24].
  • 1925-02-06 marks the founding of Chanel[25].
  • 2026-06-04 marks the founding of Chanel[26].
  • 1999-12-30 marks the founding of Chanel[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 969500U4FNDFRFOLSW75[28]

  • Registered legal name: Chanel[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 1900-01-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-01-30[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-12-16[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2025-06-15[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 542052766[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[15]. Recorded inception include 2010[22], 1909[23], January 1, 1900[24], 1925-02-06[25], 2026-06-04[26], and 1999-12-30[27]. Chanel's location of formation is recorded as Paris[43].

Identity

Chanel's official name is recorded as CHANEL[44].

Leadership

Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[18].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Neuilly-sur-Seine[16], a commune of France[45], in France[46] and Paris[17], a commune of France[47], in France[48], founded in -0300[49]. Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[19].

Industry

Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[21]. Fields of work include clothing industry[3], a type of industry[50]; jewelry[4], an industry[51]; and fashion[5].

Ownership

Products include perfume[52], jewelry[53], fashion accessory[54], clothing[55], and costume jewelry[56].

Why It Matters

Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36,868 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2] Chanel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Chanel is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Hannolans · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has works in the collection → Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jozef Wiggers collection, CODA Museum +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6379]]: [[Q1542668]], groninger museum ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/c5a6d992c4b|details]])"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 812B-3281-A7BD-4BE8-B0E3
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 812B-3281-A7BD-4BE8-B0E3, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1i3fnk
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · ~2026-34705-73 · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +2010-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P571]]: 2010"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0444395-Chanel-firma
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0444395-Chanel-firma, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  6. 21w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +2010-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z +6
    Location of formation → Paris
    Image needs reharvest → —
    Founder → Coco Chanel
    + 45 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10069]]: 128439, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257367|batch #257367]]"
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