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Saint-Gobain

French building material company
Organization commercial_organization Q678565
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Summary

Saint-Gobain is a commercial organization[1]. Saint-Gobain draws 5,825 Wikipedia views per month (commercial organization category, ranking #10 of 95).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[3]
  • Founder: Jean-Baptiste Colbert[4]
  • Owned by: Wendel[5]
  • Named after: Saint-Gobain[6]
  • Headquarters location: Tour Saint-Gobain[7], La Défense[8]
  • Chief executive officer: Benoit Bazin[9]
  • Child organization or unit: Saint-Gobain Weber[10], Saint-Gobain Glass India[11], BPB plc[12], Saint-Gobain Glass France[13], Saint-Gobain Building Distribution Germany[14], Saint-Gobain (United States)[15], Saint-Gobain (Germany)[16], Saint-Gobain (Canada)[17], Saint-Gobain (United Kingdom)[18], Saint-Gobain (Norway)[19], Ceramic Synthesis and Functionalization Laboratory[20], Saint-Gobain Recherche[21], Saint-Gobain Adfors CZ[22], Société Européenne des Produits Réfractaires[23]
  • Part of: CAC 40[24]
  • Commons category: Compagnie de Saint-Gobain[25]
  • Stock exchange: Euronext Paris[26]
  • Industry: construction materials industry[27], activities of head offices[28]
  • Archives at: National archives of the world of work[29], Blois[30]
  • Inception: 1665[31]
  • Location of formation: Saint-Gobain[32]
  • Significant event: privatization[33], nationalization[34]
  • Official website: https://www.saint-gobain.com/[35]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saint-Gobain[36]
  • Employees: 171,000[37], 161,668[38]
  • Replaces: Manufactures des Glaces et Produits Chimiques de Saint-Cobain, Chauny et Cirey[39]
  • Official name: COMPAGNIE DE SAINT-GOBAIN[40]
  • Motto text: Saint-Gobain conçoit, produit et distribue des matériaux et des solutions pensés pour le bien-être de chacun et l’avenir de tous.[41]
  • Legal form: public limited company with a board of directors (n.o.s.)[42]
  • Owner of: Isover[43], Lapeyre[44], K par K[45], Placoplatre[46], Verrerie de Saint-Just[47], Telhanorte[48]
  • Total revenue: 28,815,000,000 euro[49], 30,390,000,000 euro[50], 30,274,000,000 euro[51], 29,590,000,000 euro[52]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Saint-Gobain include Tour Saint-Gobain[53], a skyscraper[54], in France[55], founded in 2019[56].

Why It Matters

Saint-Gobain has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Saint-Gobain is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Entities named for Saint-Gobain include Tour Saint-Gobain[53], a skyscraper[54], in France[55], founded in 2019[56].

Related Entities

Euronext Paris France Jean-Baptiste Colbert Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Saint-Gobain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [9] ↑ . saint-gobain.com. Retrieved . saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . saint-gobain.com. Retrieved . saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
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  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . annual report. saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . annual report. saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . annual report. saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . annual report. saint-gobain.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [56] ↑ . 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. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Gymnicus · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Saint-Gobain Weber, Saint-Gobain Glass India, BPB plc +15
    Instance of → commercial organization
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Child organization or unit: Saint-Gobain Glass Deutschland"
  2. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 408019
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