Merck & Co.

American multinational pharmaceutical company
Organization business Q247489
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 14 annual filings
Revenue
$65.01B
▲ 1.3% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$18.25B
▲ 6.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$136.87B
▲ 16.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$7.28
▲ 8.0% YoY FY2025
$0.00$17.88B$35.76B$53.63B$71.51B FY2007: $24.20B · NI $3.28B (13.5% margin)FY2008: $23.85B · NI $7.81B (32.7% margin)FY2009: $27.43B · NI $12.90B (47.0% margin)FY2010: $45.99B · NI $861.00M (1.9% margin)FY2016: $39.81B · NI $3.92B (9.8% margin)FY2017: $40.12B · NI $2.39B (6.0% margin)FY2018: $42.29B · NI $6.22B (14.7% margin)FY2019: $39.12B · NI $9.84B (25.2% margin)FY2020: $41.52B · NI $7.07B (17.0% margin)FY2021: $48.70B · NI $13.05B (26.8% margin)FY2022: $59.28B · NI $14.52B (24.5% margin)FY2023: $60.12B · NI $365.00M (0.6% margin)FY2024: $64.17B · NI $17.12B (26.7% margin)FY2025: $65.01B · NI $18.25B (28.1% margin) '07'09'16'18'20'22'24'25
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000310158-26-000063

Merck & Co.

Summary

Merck & Co. is a business[1]. Merck & Co. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (681 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Merck & Co. was a member of Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller[3].
  • Merck & Co. was a member of German Coalition for Patient Safety[4].
  • Merck & Co. was a member of American Chamber of Commerce in Germany[5].
  • Merck & Co. was a member of bitkom[6].
  • Merck & Co. was a member of Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle für die Arzneimittelindustrie[7].
  • Merck & Co. was a member of Verband der Chemischen Industrie[8].
  • Merck & Co. is in the country of United States[9].
  • Merck & Co. is in the country of PH[10].
  • Merck & Co. is in the country of TW[11].
  • Merck & Co. is in the country of SA[12].
  • Merck & Co. is in the country of BE[13].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as business[14].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[15].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as public company[16].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as pharmaceutical company[17].
  • Merck & Co.'s founder is recorded as George Merck[18].
  • Merck & Co. is owned by The Vanguard Group[19].
  • Merck & Co. is owned by BlackRock[20].
  • Merck & Co. followed Schering-Plough[21].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Kenilworth[22].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia[23].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Rahway[24].
  • Merck & Co.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Rob Davis[25].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Sirna Therapeutics[26].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Merck (Japan)[27].

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Founding

Merck & Co.'s founder is recorded as George Merck[18]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1891[28], 1977-03-29[29], 1989-12-22[30], 2022-09-17[31], and 1951-08-23[32].

Identity

Part of include S&P 500[33], a stock market index[34], in United States[35], founded in 1957[36]; Dow Jones Global Titans 50[37], a stock market index[38], in United States[39]; S&P 100[40], a stock market index[41], in United States[42], founded in 1976[43]; and Dow Jones Industrial Average[44], a stock market index[45], in United States[46], founded in 1896[47]. Merck & Co. followed Schering-Plough[21].

Leadership

Merck & Co.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Rob Davis[25].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kenilworth[22], a borough of New Jersey[48], in United States[49], founded in 1907[50]; Philadelphia[23], a city of Pennsylvania[51], in United States[52], founded in 1682[53]; and Rahway[24], a city in New Jersey[54], in United States[55]. Subsidiaries include Sirna Therapeutics[26], a business[56], headquartered in San Francisco[57]; Merck (Japan)[27]; MSD (Netherlands)[58]; Merck Sharp & Dohme (Switzerland)[59], a business[60], in Switzerland[61], founded in 1891[62], headquartered in Lucerne[63]; MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH[64], a business[65], in Germany[66], founded in 2001[67], headquartered in Haar[68]; and Merck Sharp & Dohme, UAB[69], a business[70], in Lithuania[71], founded in 2003[72], headquartered in Vilnius[73].

Industry

Merck & Co.'s industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[74].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group[19], a business[75], in United States[76], founded in 1975[77], headquartered in Malvern[78] and BlackRock[20], a company[79], in United States[80], founded in 1988[81], headquartered in New York City[82]. Merck & Co.'s stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[83]. Its product or material produced is recorded as Gardasil[84].

Why It Matters

Merck & Co. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (681 views/month).[2] Merck & Co. has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[85] Merck & Co. is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[86]

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  1. 4w ago · Jklamo · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal entity identifier → 4YV9Y5M8S0BRK1RP0397
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1278]]: MZK1AT00SJV4XB7WNL71"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 9DE4-F0F3-A626-5BB6-60BF
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  3. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → merck-co
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: merck-co, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948513|merck co (#289948513)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  4. 14w ago · Jerimee · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Merck Sharp & Dohme
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q58219685]]"
  5. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 380972
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  6. 15w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Legal form → Q130264116, WHGH, TD8P +2
    Instance of → business, enterprise, public company +1
    Founded by → —
    Stock exchange → New York Stock Exchange
    + 51 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Merck_&_Co._Inc., Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294326132|Merck & Co. Inc. (#294326132)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANN"
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