Wilson Sporting Goods

Summary

Wilson Sporting Goods is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,581 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wilson Sporting Goods is in the country of United States^[3].
• Wilson Sporting Goods is in the country of US^[4].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's instance of is recorded as business^[5].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's instance of is recorded as sporting goods manufacturer^[6].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's instance of is recorded as organization^[7].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's founder is recorded as Thomas E. Wilson^[8].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago^[9].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's has organizational division is recorded as Wilson Staff^[10].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's child organization or unit is recorded as DeMarini^[11].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's child organization or unit is recorded as EvoShield^[12].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's child organization or unit is recorded as Hillerich & Bradsby^[13].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's Commons category is recorded as Wilson Sporting Goods^[14].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's industry is recorded as sports industry^[15].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's industry is recorded as textile industry^[16].
• 1913 marks the founding of Wilson Sporting Goods^[17].
• 1981-12-21 marks the founding of Wilson Sporting Goods^[18].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's parent organization or unit is recorded as Amer Sports^[19].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's official website is recorded as https://www.wilson.com/en-us^[20].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/wilson-sporting-goods-company-history/^[21].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as American football ball^[22].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as association football ball^[23].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as baseball bat^[24].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as baseball glove^[25].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as tennis racquet^[26].
• Wilson Sporting Goods's product or material produced is recorded as tennis ball^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300GBM2B6P7072H08^[28]

• Registered legal name: Wilson Sporting Goods CO.^[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: 1981-12-21^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2014-01-21^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-12^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-03-31^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 928720^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Wilson Sporting Goods's founder is recorded as Thomas E. Wilson^[8]. Recorded inception include 1913^[17] and 1981-12-21^[18].

Identity

Wilson Sporting Goods's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it Co.'}^[43].

Operations

Wilson Sporting Goods's headquarters location is recorded as Chicago^[9]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Amer Sports^[19]. Subsidiaries include DeMarini^[11], a business^[44], in United States^[45], founded in 1989^[46], headquartered in Hillsboro^[47]; EvoShield^[12], a business^[48], in United States^[49], founded in 2005^[50], headquartered in Athens^[51]; and Hillerich & Bradsby^[13], a business^[52], in United States^[53], founded in 1855^[54], headquartered in Louisville^[55].

Industry

Industries include sports industry^[15] and textile industry^[16].

Ownership

Products include American football ball^[22], association football ball^[23], baseball bat^[24], baseball glove^[25], tennis racquet^[26], and tennis ball^[27].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Wilson Sporting Goods include Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award^[56], an award^[57], in United States^[58], founded in 2012^[59].

Why It Matters

Wilson Sporting Goods ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,581 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[60] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]

Entities named for it include Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award^[56], an award^[57], in United States^[58], founded in 2012^[59].