RELX

an Anglo-Dutch multinational publishing and information company co-headquartered in London, United Kingdom and Amsterdam, Netherlands
Organization business Q998470
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RELX

Summary

RELX is a business[1]. RELX ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,666 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • RELX is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • RELX is in the country of GB[4].
  • RELX is in the country of US[5].
  • RELX's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • RELX's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • RELX's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • RELX's headquarters location is recorded as Millennium Tower[9].
  • RELX's headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • RELX's chief executive officer is recorded as Erik Engström[11].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as Elsevier[12].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as Reed Exhibitions[13].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as CMD Group[14].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as LexisNexis[15].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as LexisNexis Butterworths[16].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as Welbeck Publishing Group[17].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as Reed Business Information[18].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as Academic Press[19].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as RELX Group (United States)[20].
  • RELX's child organization or unit is recorded as DETAIL Business Information GmbH[21].
  • RELX is part of FTSE 100 Index[22].
  • RELX's Commons category is recorded as Reed Elsevier[23].
  • RELX's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[24].
  • RELX's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[25].
  • RELX's stock exchange is recorded as Amsterdam Stock Exchange[26].
  • RELX's chairperson is recorded as Paul Walker[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): 549300WSX3VBUFFJOO66[28]

  • Registered legal name: Relx PLC[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: GB[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): B6ES[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1903-05-28[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-02-05[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-05-11[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-06-26[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000585[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 00077536[41]

  • Other names: Reed Elsevier PLC[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1993[44], 1903-05-28[45], and 2022-08-03[46].

Identity

RELX is part of FTSE 100 Index[22].

Leadership

RELX's chief executive officer is recorded as Erik Engström[11]. RELX's chairperson is recorded as Paul Walker[27].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Millennium Tower[9], a skyscraper[47], in Netherlands[48] and London[10], a metropolis[49], in Roman Empire[50], founded in 0047[51]. Subsidiaries include Elsevier[12], a book publisher[52], in Netherlands[53], founded in 1880[54], headquartered in Amsterdam[55]; Reed Exhibitions[13], a business[56], in France[57], founded in 1968[58], headquartered in Richmond[59]; CMD Group[14], a business[60], founded in 1982[61], headquartered in Norcross[62]; LexisNexis[15], a publishing house[63], in Germany[64], founded in 1973[65], headquartered in Dayton[66]; LexisNexis Butterworths[16], a subsidiary company[67]; and Welbeck Publishing Group[17], a book publisher[68], in United Kingdom[69], founded in 1992[70].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[24], London Stock Exchange[25], and Amsterdam Stock Exchange[26].

Why It Matters

RELX ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,666 views/month).[2] RELX has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] RELX is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]

References

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

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [71] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [72] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 8CC3-1C8A-CEB6-679D-E7EB
    Bbc things id → 7b19fe48-ea5d-4747-a7fe-b12082bd3a8f
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  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → UsVoV
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  3. 21w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Elsevier, Reed Exhibitions, CMD Group +7
    Part of → FTSE 100 Index
    Companies house company id → 00077536
    Headquarters location → Millennium Tower, London
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
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