Keolis

multinational transport company based in France
Organization organization Q664399
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Keolis

Summary

Keolis is an organization[1]. Keolis ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,003 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Keolis was a member of International Union of Railways[3].
  • Keolis is in the country of France[4].
  • Keolis is in the country of FR[5].
  • Keolis's instance of is recorded as organization[6].
  • Keolis is owned by Société nationale des chemins de fer français[7].
  • Keolis is owned by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec[8].
  • Keolis's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[9].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Nordic[10].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Downer[11].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Danmark[12].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Ilévia[13].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Côte Basque-Adour[14].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Bordeaux[15].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées[16].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Cykleo[17].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis Ouest Val-de-Marne[18].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Keolis America[19].
  • Keolis's child organization or unit is recorded as Q136186135[20].
  • Keolis's Commons category is recorded as Keolis[21].
  • Keolis's industry is recorded as transport[22].
  • Keolis's industry is recorded as activities of head offices[23].
  • Keolis's chairperson is recorded as Frédéric Van Heems[24].
  • January 1, 2001 marks the founding of Keolis[25].
  • 1955-01-01 marks the founding of Keolis[26].
  • Keolis's parent organization or unit is recorded as gleif:96950002Y0OVJGF76078[27].

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): 969500568M45LZ4WYF39[28]

  • Registered legal name: Keolis SA[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): K65D[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1955-01-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-09-24[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-05-13[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-27[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 552111809[41]

  • Other names: Via Transcar Via Transport Ses Prioris, Keolis[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 2001[25] and 1955-01-01[26].

Identity

Keolis's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'KEOLIS'}[44].

Leadership

Keolis's chairperson is recorded as Frédéric Van Heems[24].

Operations

Keolis's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[9]. Parent organizations include gleif:96950002Y0OVJGF76078[27] and gleif:969500A4MXJ3ESPHK698[45]. Subsidiaries include Keolis Nordic[10]; Keolis Downer[11], a business[46], in Australia[47], founded in 2009[48], headquartered in Sydney[49]; Keolis Danmark[12], a business[50], in Denmark[51]; Ilévia[13], an organization[52], in France[53], founded in 1989[54], headquartered in Marcq-en-Barœul[55]; Keolis Côte Basque-Adour[14], a transport company[56], headquartered in Bayonne[57]; and Keolis Bordeaux[15], an organization[58], in France[59], founded in 2009[60], headquartered in Bordeaux[61].

Industry

Industries include transport[22] and activities of head offices[23].

Ownership

Owners include Société nationale des chemins de fer français[7], a railway company[62], in France[63], founded in 1938[64], headquartered in Saint-Denis[65] and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec[8], a business[66], in Canada[67], founded in 1965[68], headquartered in Édifice Price[69].

Why It Matters

Keolis ranks in the top 3% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,003 views/month).[2] Keolis has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[70] Keolis is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[71]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  21. [3] ↑ . vademecum.uic.org. Retrieved . vademecum.uic.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . lesechos.fr. Retrieved . lesechos.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
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  27. [44] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  23. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  24. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [70] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [71] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Member of → International Union of Railways
    Parent organization or unit → gleif:96950002Y0OVJGF76078, gleif:969500A4MXJ3ESPHK698
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