J D Wetherspoon

British pub chain
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J D Wetherspoon

Summary

J D Wetherspoon is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,120 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • J D Wetherspoon is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • J D Wetherspoon is in the country of GB[4].
  • J D Wetherspoon's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • J D Wetherspoon's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • J D Wetherspoon's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • J D Wetherspoon's instance of is recorded as pub chain[8].
  • J D Wetherspoon's founder is recorded as Tim Martin[9].
  • J D Wetherspoon's headquarters location is recorded as Watford[10].
  • J D Wetherspoon's Commons category is recorded as J D Wetherspoon[11].
  • J D Wetherspoon's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[12].
  • J D Wetherspoon's industry is recorded as hospitality industry[13].
  • December 9, 1979 marks the founding of J D Wetherspoon[14].
  • 1983-03-25 marks the founding of J D Wetherspoon[15].
  • J D Wetherspoon's location of formation is recorded as London[16].
  • J D Wetherspoon's official website is recorded as https://www.jdwetherspoon.com[17].
  • J D Wetherspoon's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/jd-wetherspoon-plc-history/[18].
  • J D Wetherspoon's product or material produced is recorded as pub[19].
  • J D Wetherspoon's legal form is recorded as public limited company[20].
  • J D Wetherspoon's legal form is recorded as B6ES[21].
  • J D Wetherspoon's hashtag is recorded as wetherspoons[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 213800CHWARFAAN7UB85[23]

  • Registered legal name: J D Wetherspoon PLC[24]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[25]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[26]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES[27]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[28]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[29]

  • Entity created: 1983-03-25[30]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-01-23[31]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-10-27[32]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-12-17[33]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[34]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[35]

  • Authority entity ID: 01709784[36]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[37]

Body

Founding

J D Wetherspoon's founder is recorded as Tim Martin[9]. Recorded inception include December 9, 1979[14] and 1983-03-25[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as London[16].

Operations

J D Wetherspoon's headquarters location is recorded as Watford[10].

Industry

J D Wetherspoon's industry is recorded as hospitality industry[13].

Ownership

J D Wetherspoon's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[12]. Its product or material produced is recorded as pub[19].

Why It Matters

J D Wetherspoon ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,120 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

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. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . 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] ↑ . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 2CAE-DA15-CD67-63AB-288D
    The independent topic id → ['jd-wetherspoon', 'jd-wetherspoons', 'wetherspoon', 'wetherspoons']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: 2CAE-DA15-CD67-63AB-288D, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 7w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Product → —
    Official website → https://www.jdwetherspoon.com
    Stock exchange → London Stock Exchange
    Inception → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Company", "JDWetherspoon::fnhy6"], Matched to #mix'n'match [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54712566|Wetherspoon (J D) (#54712566)]] for {{P|483"
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