Stihl

German manufacturer of garden, forestry, agricultural and construction power tools and hand tools
Organization business Q239372
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Stihl

Summary

Stihl is a business[1]. Stihl ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stihl is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Stihl is in the country of DE[4].
  • Stihl is in the country of CA[5].
  • Stihl is in the country of NZ[6].
  • Stihl is in the country of US[7].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as company[10].
  • Stihl's founder is recorded as Andreas Stihl[11].
  • Stihl's headquarters location is recorded as Waiblingen[12].
  • Stihl's child organization or unit is recorded as Stihl (Japan)[13].
  • Stihl's Commons category is recorded as Stihl[14].
  • Stihl's industry is recorded as mechanical engineering[15].
  • Stihl's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[16].
  • 1926 marks the founding of Stihl[17].
  • 1998-01-30 marks the founding of Stihl[18].
  • 1981-03-02 marks the founding of Stihl[19].
  • 1983-07-29 marks the founding of Stihl[20].
  • 1974-08-13 marks the founding of Stihl[21].
  • Stihl's location of formation is recorded as Waiblingen[22].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihl.com/[23].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihlusa.com/[24].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://contactostihl.com/[25].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihl.rs/[26].
  • Stihl's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/andreas-stihl-ag-co-kg-history/[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): 5493005ZGZWG22V40S40[28]

  • Registered legal name: Stihl Incorporated[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1974-08-13[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-04-04[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-07-30[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-08-31[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 804487[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Stihl's founder is recorded as Andreas Stihl[11]. Recorded inception include 1926[17], 1998-01-30[18], 1981-03-02[19], 1983-07-29[20], and 1974-08-13[21]. Stihl's location of formation is recorded as Waiblingen[22].

Identity

Stihl's short name is recorded as STIHL[43].

Operations

Stihl's headquarters location is recorded as Waiblingen[12]. Stihl's child organization or unit is recorded as Stihl (Japan)[13].

Industry

Industries include mechanical engineering[15] and machinery industry and plant construction[16].

Why It Matters

Stihl ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,257 views/month).[2] Stihl has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Stihl is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [43] ↑ . 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.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · ~2026-48856-25 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total revenue → {'amount': '+5479400000'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2139]]: 5,479,400,000 Europe PubMed Central"
  2. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E64C-9626-4FD0-CB2A-9D5B
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: E64C-9626-4FD0-CB2A-9D5B, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  3. 17w ago · UKChris-wiki · 2026-06-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Osm name suggestion index id → stihl-6114e5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:1||1 */ [[Property:P8253]]: stihl-6114e5, Updated name-suggestion-index related claims, see https://nsi.guide for project details."
  4. 19w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Stihl (Japan)
    Industry → mechanical engineering, machinery industry and plant construction
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+81500'}, {'amount': '+85700'}, {'amount': '+90500'} +1
    Headquarters → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q431289]], Moving to [[Q139906155]]"
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