G4S

British multinational security services company
Organization business Q1322045
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G4S

Summary

G4S is a business[1]. G4S ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • G4S is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • G4S's image is recorded as G4speamaja.jpg[4].
  • G4S's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • G4S's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • G4S's instance of is recorded as private security company[7].
  • G4S's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • G4S's logo image is recorded as G4S logotyp.jpg[9].
  • G4S's follows is recorded as Securicor[10].
  • G4S's follows is recorded as Rock Steady Group[11].
  • G4S's follows is recorded as Group 4[12].
  • G4S's headquarters location is recorded as London[13].
  • G4S's chief executive officer is recorded as Ashley Almanza[14].
  • G4S's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139818725[15].
  • G4S's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as nb2010007397[16].
  • G4S's Commons category is recorded as G4S[17].
  • G4S's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[18].
  • G4S's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S[19].
  • G4S's industry is recorded as private security company[20].
  • +1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of G4S[21].
  • G4S's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01pvyb[22].
  • G4S's parent organization or unit is recorded as Allied Universal[23].
  • G4S's official website is recorded as http://www.g4s.com[24].
  • G4S's topic's main category is recorded as Category:G4S[25].
  • G4S's ISIN is recorded as GB00B01FLG62[26].
  • G4S's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 6099279[27].

Body

Founding

+1901-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of G4S[21].

Identity

G4S's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'G4S PLC'}[28]. Predecessors include Securicor[10], Rock Steady Group[11], and Group 4[12].

Leadership

G4S's chief executive officer is recorded as Ashley Almanza[14].

Operations

G4S's headquarters location is recorded as London[13]. G4S's parent organization or unit is recorded as Allied Universal[23].

Industry

G4S's industry is recorded as private security company[20].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include London Stock Exchange[18] and Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S[19].

Why It Matters

G4S ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (658 views/month).[2] G4S has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] G4S is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nasdaqomxnordic.com. nasdaqomxnordic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Companies house company id 04992207
    Headquarters location London
    Topic's main category Category:G4S
    Instance of business, enterprise, private security company +1
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
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