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East Asiatic Company

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East Asiatic Company

Summary

East Asiatic Company is a public company[1]. It draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (public_company category, ranking #206 of 929).[2]

Key Facts

  • East Asiatic Company is in the country of Denmark[3].
  • East Asiatic Company is in the country of DK[4].
  • East Asiatic Company's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • East Asiatic Company's founder is recorded as Hans Niels Andersen[6].
  • East Asiatic Company's headquarters location is recorded as Copenhagen[7].
  • East Asiatic Company's industry is recorded as investment[8].
  • March 27, 1897 marks the founding of East Asiatic Company[9].
  • 1999-10-15 marks the founding of East Asiatic Company[10].
  • East Asiatic Company's official website is recorded as http://www.eac.dk/[11].
  • East Asiatic Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:East Asiatic Company[12].
  • East Asiatic Company's legal form is recorded as aktieselskab[13].
  • East Asiatic Company's legal form is recorded as ZRPO[14].
  • East Asiatic Company's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[15].

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): 529900YDWLU9NTC23Q52[16]

  • Registered legal name: Det Østasiatiske Kompagni A/S[17]

  • Legal jurisdiction: DK[18]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[19]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): ZRPO[20]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[21]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[22]

  • Entity created: 1999-10-15[23]

  • LEI first registered: 2016-12-30[24]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-11-01[25]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-11-01[26]

  • Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29[27]

  • Registration authority: RA000170[28]

  • Authority entity ID: 26041716[29]

  • Other names: Santa Fe Group A/S[30]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[31]

Body

Founding

East Asiatic Company's founder is recorded as Hans Niels Andersen[6]. Recorded inception include March 27, 1897[9] and 1999-10-15[10].

Operations

East Asiatic Company's headquarters location is recorded as Copenhagen[7].

Industry

East Asiatic Company's industry is recorded as investment[8].

Why It Matters

East Asiatic Company draws 40 Wikipedia views per month (public_company category, ranking #206 of 929).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Denmark public company

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [16] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [19] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [20] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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