UCB

biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium
Organization business Q902046
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UCB

Summary

UCB is a business[1]. UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,532 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • UCB is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6].
  • UCB followed Celltech[7].
  • UCB followed Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8].
  • UCB followed Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[10].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels-Capital Region[11].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Germany)[12].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (France)[14].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16].
  • UCB is part of BEL20[17].
  • UCB's Commons category is recorded as UCB (company)[18].
  • UCB's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[19].
  • UCB's stock exchange is recorded as Euronext Brussels[20].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[21].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as chemical industry[22].
  • January 18, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[23].
  • UCB's official website is recorded as http://www.ucb.com/[24].
  • UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[25].
  • UCB's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+9378'}[26].
  • UCB's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10117'}[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): 2138008J191VLSGY5A09[28]

  • Registered legal name: U C B[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: BE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): R85P[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1925-05-26[35]

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

  • LEI last updated: 2026-01-13[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-03-11[38]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000025[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 0403.053.608[41]

  • Other names: Ucb SA[42]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]

Body

Founding

UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6]. January 18, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[23].

Identity

UCB is part of BEL20[17]. Predecessors include Celltech[7], Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8], and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Brussels metropolitan area[10], a metropolitan area[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 0979[46] and Brussels-Capital Region[11], a region of Belgium[47], in Belgium[48], founded in 1989[49]. Subsidiaries include UCB Pharma (Germany)[12], a business[50], in Germany[51], headquartered in Q504521[52]; UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13]; UCB Pharma (France)[14], a business[53], in France[54], headquartered in Colombes[55]; UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15], a business[56], in Netherlands[57], founded in 1928[58], headquartered in Breda[59]; and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16], an organization[60], in Belgium[61], founded in 1932[62], headquartered in Brussels[63].

Industry

Industries include pharmaceutical industry[21] and chemical industry[22].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group[19] and Euronext Brussels[20]. UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[25].

Why It Matters

UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,532 views/month).[2] UCB has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] UCB is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Open Funder Registry. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ucb.com. Retrieved . ucb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ucb.com. Retrieved . ucb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ucb.com. Retrieved . ucb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ucb.com. Retrieved . ucb.com. 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.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [43] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  16. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  18. [61] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  19. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  20. [63] ↑ . 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. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . 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. 7d ago · Hapille · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Net profit → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1065000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1558000000'}
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+6152000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+7741000000'}
    Sitelink count → 26
    Ebitda → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1476000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+2636000000'}
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P2403]]: 18,158,000,000 euro"
  2. 18d ago · Hapille · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+17347000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+18158000000'}
    Part of → BEL20
    Ebitda → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1476000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+2636000000'}
    Total revenue → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+6152000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+7741000000'}
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P2139]]: 6,152,000,000 euro, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/274459|batch #274459]]"
  3. 5w ago · Hapille · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Stock exchange → OTC Markets Group, Euronext Brussels
    Inception → +1928-01-18T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P414]]: [[Q1146518]]"
  4. 5w ago · Hapille · 2026-09-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1928-01-18T00:00:00Z
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P571]]: 18 January 1928, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788354638887"
  5. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → E38A-7166-3A58-906B-2576
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14750]]: E38A-7166-3A58-906B-2576, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  6. 20w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facebook username → UCBBiopharma
    Follows → Celltech, Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd, Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels
    Instance of → —
    Inception → —
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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