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 (5,009 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 SA[10].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as business[11].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as enterprise[12].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as public company[13].
  • Merck & Co.'s instance of is recorded as pharmaceutical company[14].
  • Merck & Co.'s founder is recorded as George Merck[15].
  • Merck & Co. is owned by The Vanguard Group[16].
  • Merck & Co. is owned by BlackRock[17].
  • Merck & Co. followed Schering-Plough[18].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Kenilworth[19].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Philadelphia[20].
  • Merck & Co.'s headquarters location is recorded as Rahway[21].
  • Merck & Co.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Rob Davis[22].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Sirna Therapeutics[23].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Merck (Japan)[24].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as MSD (Netherlands)[25].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Merck Sharp & Dohme (Switzerland)[26].
  • Merck & Co.'s child organization or unit is recorded as MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH[27].

Body

Founding

Merck & Co.'s founder is recorded as George Merck[15]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1891[28] and 2022-09-17[29].

Identity

Part of include S&P 500[30], a stock market index[31], in United States[32]; Dow Jones Global Titans 50[33], a stock market index[34]; S&P 100[35], a stock market index[36], in United States[37], founded in 1976[38]; and Dow Jones Industrial Average[39], a stock market index[40], in United States[41], founded in 1896[42]. Merck & Co. followed Schering-Plough[18].

Leadership

Merck & Co.'s chief executive officer is recorded as Rob Davis[22].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Kenilworth[19], a borough of New Jersey[43], in United States[44], founded in 1907[45]; Philadelphia[20], a city of Pennsylvania[46], in United States[47], founded in 1682[48]; and Rahway[21], a city in New Jersey[49], in United States[50]. Subsidiaries include Sirna Therapeutics[23], a business[51], headquartered in San Francisco[52]; Merck (Japan)[24]; MSD (Netherlands)[25]; Merck Sharp & Dohme (Switzerland)[26], a business[53], in Switzerland[54], founded in 1891[55], headquartered in Lucerne[56]; MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH[27], a business[57], in Germany[58], founded in 2001[59], headquartered in Haar[60]; and Merck Sharp & Dohme, UAB[61], a business[62], in Lithuania[63], founded in 2003[64], headquartered in Vilnius[65].

Industry

Merck & Co.'s industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[66].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group[16], a business[67], in United States[68], founded in 1975[69], headquartered in Malvern[70] and BlackRock[17], a company[71], in United States[72], founded in 1988[73], headquartered in New York City[74]. Merck & Co.'s stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[75]. Its product or material produced is recorded as Gardasil[76].

Why It Matters

Merck & Co. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,009 views/month).[2] Merck & Co. has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[77] Merck & Co. is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[78]

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  3. [78] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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