Hudson's Bay Company

Summary

Hudson's Bay Company is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.047% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,125 views/month, #14 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hudson's Bay Company is in the country of Canada^[3].
• Hudson's Bay Company is in the country of CA^[4].
• Hudson's Bay Company's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Hudson's Bay Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[6].
• Hudson's Bay Company's founder is recorded as Pierre-Esprit Radisson^[7].
• Hudson's Bay Company's founder is recorded as Médard des Groseilliers^[8].
• Hudson Bay is named after Hudson's Bay Company^[9].
• Hudson's Bay Company's headquarters location is recorded as Brampton^[10].
• Hudson's Bay Company's headquarters location is recorded as Toronto^[11].
• Hudson's Bay Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Hudson's Bay^[12].
• Hudson's Bay Company's Commons category is recorded as Hudson's Bay Company^[13].
• Hudson's Bay Company's industry is recorded as retail^[14].
• Hudson's Bay Company's industry is recorded as retail sale in non-specialised stores^[15].
• Hudson's Bay Company's industry is recorded as trade^[16].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Trent University Archives^[17].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Kathryn A. Martin Library^[18].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library^[19].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Archives of Manitoba^[20].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as BC Archives^[21].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Glenbow Archives^[22].
• Hudson's Bay Company's archives at is recorded as Yukon Archives^[23].
• May 2, 1670 marks the founding of Hudson's Bay Company^[24].
• 2016-12-31 marks the founding of Hudson's Bay Company^[25].
• Hudson's Bay Company's official website is recorded as https://www.hbc.com^[26].
• Hudson's Bay Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hudson's Bay Company^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300K418TJAD5IEL43^[28]

• Registered legal name: Hudson'S Bay Company Ulc Compagnie De La Baie D'Hudson Sri^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: CA-BC^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): YG5M^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 2016-12-31^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2017-01-14^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-08-11^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-09-06^[38]

• Managing LOU: 529900F6BNUR3RJ2WH29^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000074^[40]

• Authority entity ID: C1242939^[41]

• Other names: Hudson'S Bay Company LTD. Compagnie De La Baie D'Hudson Ltee, Hudson's Bay Company^[42]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[43]

Body

Founding

Founders include Pierre-Esprit Radisson^[7] and Médard des Groseilliers^[8]. Recorded inception include May 2, 1670^[24] and 2016-12-31^[25].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Brampton^[10], a lower-tier municipality of Ontario^[44], in Canada^[45], founded in 1853^[46] and Toronto^[11], a city^[47], in Canada^[48], founded in 1750^[49]. Hudson's Bay Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Hudson's Bay^[12].

Industry

Industries include retail^[14], retail sale in non-specialised stores^[15], and trade^[16].

Why It Matters

Hudson's Bay Company ranks in the top 0.047% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,125 views/month, #14 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[50] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[51]