Northern Trust

American financial services company
Organization business Q970695
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Northern Trust is a public company in the financial services industry that was founded on January 1, 1889 . The organization provides asset management products and employed 21,000 people in 2020 [1]. Michael G. O'Grady serves as the CEO [2].

Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 18 annual filings
Revenue
$5.02B
▲ 6.1% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$1.74B
▼ 14.5% YoY FY2025
Assets
$177.13B
▲ 13.9% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$8.74
▼ 10.5% YoY FY2025
$0.00$1.38B$2.76B$4.14B$5.52B FY2008: $4.28B · NI $794.80M (18.6% margin)FY2009: $3.79B · NI $864.20M (22.8% margin)FY2010: $3.65B · NI $669.50M (18.4% margin)FY2011: $3.77B · NI $603.60M (16.0% margin)FY2012: $3.90B · NI $687.30M (17.6% margin)FY2013: $4.09B · NI $731.30M (17.9% margin)FY2014: $4.33B · NI $811.80M (18.7% margin)FY2015: $4.70B · NI $973.80M (20.7% margin)FY2016: $4.96B · NI $1.03B (20.8% margin)FY2017: $3.43B · NI $1.20B (34.9% margin)FY2018: $3.75B · NI $1.56B (41.5% margin)FY2019: $3.85B · NI $1.49B (38.7% margin)FY2020: $4.00B · NI $1.21B (30.3% margin)FY2021: $4.36B · NI $1.55B (35.4% margin)FY2022: $4.43B · NI $1.34B (30.1% margin)FY2023: $4.36B · NI $1.11B (25.4% margin)FY2024: $4.73B · NI $2.03B (43.0% margin)FY2025: $5.02B · NI $1.74B (34.6% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000073124-26-000016

Northern Trust

Summary

Northern Trust is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,085 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Northern Trust is in the country of United States[3].
  • Northern Trust is in the country of Switzerland[4].
  • Northern Trust is in the country of CH[5].
  • Northern Trust's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Northern Trust's instance of is recorded as financial institution[7].
  • Northern Trust's instance of is recorded as enterprise[8].
  • Northern Trust's instance of is recorded as credit institution[9].
  • Northern Trust's instance of is recorded as public company[10].
  • Northern Trust's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago[11].
  • Northern Trust's headquarters location is recorded as Illinois[12].
  • Northern Trust's chief executive officer is recorded as Michael G. O'Grady[13].
  • Northern Trust is part of S&P 500[14].
  • Northern Trust's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[15].
  • Northern Trust's industry is recorded as financial services[16].
  • January 1, 1889 marks the founding of Northern Trust[17].
  • 2016-12-31 marks the founding of Northern Trust[18].
  • Northern Trust's official website is recorded as http://www.northerntrust.com/[19].
  • Northern Trust's product or material produced is recorded as asset management[20].
  • Northern Trust's product or material produced is recorded as Q2638043[21].
  • Northern Trust's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+20900'}[22].
  • Northern Trust's legal form is recorded as public company[23].
  • Northern Trust's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[24].
  • Northern Trust's legal form is recorded as Trust[25].
  • Northern Trust's legal form is recorded as FJG4[26].
  • Northern Trust's total equity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+8706000000'}[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300U68JXSOE16IN60[28]

  • Registered legal name: Northern Trust[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CH[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): FJG4[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 2016-12-31[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2020-02-04[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-09-16[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-10-03[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA999999[40]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[41]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include January 1, 1889[17] and 2016-12-31[18].

Identity

Northern Trust is part of S&P 500[14].

Leadership

Northern Trust's chief executive officer is recorded as Michael G. O'Grady[13].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Chicago[11], a city of Illinois[42], in United States[43] and Illinois[12], an U.S. state[44], in United States[45], founded in 1818[46].

Industry

Northern Trust's industry is recorded as financial services[16].

Ownership

Northern Trust's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[15]. Products include asset management[20] and Q2638043[21].

Why It Matters

Northern Trust ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,085 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . proxy statement. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . cdn.northerntrust.com. cdn.northerntrust.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: 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.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] . 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. [47] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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