Douglas

Summary

Douglas is a business^[1]. Douglas ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,855 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Douglas is in the country of United States^[3].
• Douglas is in the country of DE^[4].
• Douglas's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Douglas's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Douglas's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[7].
• Douglas was followed by McDonnell Douglas^[8].
• Douglas's headquarters location is recorded as Long Beach^[9].
• Douglas's headquarters location is recorded as Santa Monica^[10].
• Douglas's Commons category is recorded as Douglas Aircraft Company^[11].
• Douglas's industry is recorded as aerospace industry^[12].
• Douglas's industry is recorded as aircraft construction^[13].
• Douglas's industry is recorded as manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery^[14].
• Douglas's industry is recorded as weapons industry^[15].
• January 1, 1921 marks the founding of Douglas^[16].
• 2024-02-02 marks the founding of Douglas^[17].
• Douglas was dissolved in 1967^[18].
• Douglas's location of formation is recorded as Santa Monica^[19].
• Douglas's military designation is recorded as D^[20].
• Douglas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Douglas Aircraft Company^[21].
• Douglas's product or material produced is recorded as airliner^[22].
• Douglas's product or material produced is recorded as military aircraft^[23].
• Douglas's product or material produced is recorded as missile^[24].
• Douglas's replaced by is recorded as McDonnell Douglas^[25].
• Douglas's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Douglas Aircraft Company'}^[26].
• Douglas's legal form is recorded as joint-stock company^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900RLJJSL6ZU4P947^[28]

• Registered legal name: Douglas 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: 2024-02-02^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2023-11-06^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-09-16^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-11-06^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000234^[40]

• Authority entity ID: HRB 103560^[41]

• Other names: Kirk Beauty A GmbH^[42]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[43]

Body

Founding

Douglas's founder is recorded as Donald Wills Douglas, Sr.^[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1921^[16] and 2024-02-02^[17]. Douglas's location of formation is recorded as Santa Monica^[19].

Identity

Douglas's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Douglas Aircraft Company'}^[26]. Douglas was followed by McDonnell Douglas^[8]. Douglas's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Douglas'}^[44].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Long Beach^[9], a city in the United States^[45], in United States^[46], founded in 1888^[47] and Santa Monica^[10], a city in the United States^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 1769^[50].

Industry

Industries include aerospace industry^[12], aircraft construction^[13], manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery^[14], and weapons industry^[15].

Ownership

Products include airliner^[22], military aircraft^[23], and missile^[24].

Dissolution

Douglas was dissolved in 1967^[18].

Why It Matters

Douglas ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,855 views/month).^[2] Douglas has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[51] Douglas is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[52]