GS1

neutral, not-for-profit, international organization developing and maintaining standards including barcodes
Organization nonprofit_organization Q731100
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

GS1

Summary

GS1 is a nonprofit organization[1]. GS1 ranks in the top 2% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • GS1 was a member of World Wide Web Consortium[3].
  • GS1 is in the country of Belgium[4].
  • GS1's image is recorded as Praha Nusle Na Pankraci 30.jpg[5].
  • GS1's instance of is recorded as nonprofit organization[6].
  • GS1's instance of is recorded as standards organization[7].
  • GS1's logo image is recorded as Logo GS1.svg[8].
  • GS1's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[9].
  • GS1's ISNI is recorded as 0000000474123062[10].
  • GS1's Commons category is recorded as GS1[11].
  • +1974-04-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GS1[12].
  • GS1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08b9cn[13].
  • GS1's official website is recorded as http://www.gs1.org/[14].
  • GS1's topic's main category is recorded as Category:GS1[15].
  • GS1's Legal Entity Identifier is recorded as 52990034RLKT0WSOAM90[16].
  • GS1's OpenCorporates ID is recorded as be/0419640608[17].
  • GS1's legal form is recorded as international non-profit association[18].
  • GS1's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3067[19].
  • GS1's main Wikidata property is recorded as P3193[20].
  • GS1's X is recorded as gs1[21].
  • GS1's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+30662000'}[22].
  • GS1's YouTube channel ID is recorded as UCdCkxrh_TGWeBNzQ_QqZx6g[23].
  • GS1's GRID ID is recorded as grid.434864.9[24].
  • GS1's EU Transparency Register ID is recorded as 073756422825-22[25].
  • GS1's EU Transparency Register ID is recorded as 324248318335-69[26].
  • GS1's enterprise number is recorded as 0419640608[27].

Body

Founding

+1974-04-26T00:00:00Z marks the founding of GS1[12].

Operations

GS1's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[9].

Why It Matters

GS1 ranks in the top 2% of nonprofit_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (479 views/month).[2] GS1 has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] GS1 is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] . w3.org. Retrieved . w3.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). GS1. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/gs1
MLA “GS1.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/gs1.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_gs1_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{GS1}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/gs1}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): GS1 — https://4ort.xyz/entity/gs1 (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/gs1 · Last refreshed: