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Entertainment Software Association

video gaming trade association in the USA
Organization trade_association Q1210800

Facts

13 properties

Identity

Instance of
trade association, company, business[4][5]
Official website
www.theesa.com, www.theesa.com[10][11]
Short name
ESA, IDSA[14]
Legal form
Delaware corporation[13]
Official name
Entertainment Software Association, Interactive Digital Software Association[12]

Status and dates

Inception
April 1994[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Washington, D.C.[6]
Country
United States[3]

Industry and activity

Industry
video game industry, business and professional associations, unions[7][8]

Relations

Member of
Copyright Alliance[2]
More facts +3
Different from
Entertainment Software Rating Board[15]
P14750
A635-C89F-81E7-8F32-715A[20]
Social media followers
21k (20k–22k, n=4)[16][17][18][19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Interactive Digital Software AssociationA en Entertainment Software Association en ESA en IDSA ar جمعية برامج الترفيه ar منظمة برمجيات الترفيه ar جمعية البرامج الرقمية التفاعلية cs Asociace zábavního softwaru es Interactive Digital Software AssociationA es ESA es IDSA ja Entertainment Software Association ja エンターテインメントソフトウェア協会 ko 엔터테인먼트 소프트웨어 협회 vi Entertainment Software Association vi ESA vi Hiệp hội Phần mềm Giải trí vi IDSA vi Interactive Digital Software Association zh 娱乐软件协会
🔖 Identifiers · 11
Legal Entity Identifier
549300HGOAOVD8P4RY93
VIAF cluster ID
125925278
Library of Congress authority ID
no2010153442
Consumer Rights Wiki article ID
13789
Fandom article ID
gamicus:Entertainment_Software_Association, video-games:Entertainment_Software_Association
Freebase ID
/m/02zv50
GamesIndustry.biz tag ID
topics/esa, companies/entertainment-software-association
PermID
5007004019
Topic's main category
Category:Entertainment Software Association
VGC company ID
16327
X (Twitter) username
theESA

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🔗 Connections
← Organizer 14
E3, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2015, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2012, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2017, Electronic Entertainment Expo 2019 +6 more
Instance of 3
business, company, trade association
Industry 2
video game industry, business and professional associations, unions
Country 1
United States
Different from 1
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Founded entities 1
Entertainment Software Rating Board
Headquarters location 1
Washington, D.C.
Legal form 1
Delaware corporation
Topic's main category 1
Category:Entertainment Software Association
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Entertainment Software Association
← Different from 1
Entertainment Software Rating Board
← Member of 1
Sega of America
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Summary

Entertainment Software Association is a trade association[1].

Related Entities

business Sega of America United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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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. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → A635-C89F-81E7-8F32-715A
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  2. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at URL → —
    Consumer Rights Wiki article ID → 13789
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at URL: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Entertainment_Software_Association, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  3. 18w ago · SlowDialupNarrowband · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United States
    Official website → http://www.theesa.com, https://www.theesa.com/
    Industry → video game industry, business and professional associations, unions
    Topic's main category → Category:Entertainment Software Association
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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