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 (572 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • UCB is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • UCB is in the country of BE[4].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as public company[6].
  • UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[7].
  • UCB followed Celltech[8].
  • UCB followed Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[9].
  • UCB followed Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[10].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[11].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels-Capital Region[12].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Germany)[13].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[14].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (France)[15].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[16].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[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 Amsterdam Stock Exchange[20].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[21].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as chemical industry[22].
  • January 1, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[23].
  • 1925-05-26 marks the founding of UCB[24].
  • UCB's official website is recorded as http://www.ucb.com/[25].
  • UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[26].
  • UCB's legal form is recorded as Public limited company (Belgium)[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[7]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1928[23] and 1925-05-26[24].

Identity

Predecessors include Celltech[8], Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[9], and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[10].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Brussels metropolitan area[11], a metropolitan area[44], in Belgium[45] and Brussels-Capital Region[12], a region of Belgium[46], in Belgium[47], founded in 1989[48]. Subsidiaries include UCB Pharma (Germany)[13], a business[49], in Germany[50], headquartered in Q504521[51]; UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[14]; UCB Pharma (France)[15], a business[52], in France[53], headquartered in Colombes[54]; UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[16], a business[55], in Netherlands[56], founded in 1928[57], headquartered in Breda[58]; and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[17], an organization[59], in Belgium[60], founded in 1932[61], headquartered in Brussels[62].

Industry

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

Ownership

Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group[19] and Amsterdam Stock Exchange[20]. UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[26].

Why It Matters

UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (572 views/month).[2] UCB has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] UCB is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

References

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

  1. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  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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  19. [62] . 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. [63] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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