holding company

company whose primary business is holding controlling shares of subsidiary companies
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holding company

Summary

holding company is a type of organization[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of type_of_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,767 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • holding company's instance of is recorded as type of organization[3].
  • holding company's main regulatory text is recorded as Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade[4].
  • holding company is a type of business[5].
  • holding company is a type of company[6].
  • holding company's Commons category is recorded as Holding companies[7].
  • holding company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Holding companies[8].
  • holding company's facet of is recorded as associated company[9].
  • holding company's different from is recorded as parent organization/unit[10].
  • holding company's different from is recorded as shell corporation[11].

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Definition and Type

holding company's instance of is recorded as type of organization[3]. Recorded subclass of include business[5] and company[6].

Why It Matters

holding company ranks in the top 10% of type_of_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,767 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_holding-company_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{holding company}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/holding-company}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of type of organization
    Main regulatory text Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade
    Encyclopædia britannica online id topic/holding-operating-company, money/holding-company
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 4695448
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12565, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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