Wilson Sporting Goods

American sports equipment manufacturer
Organization business Q1329777
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Summary

Wilson Sporting Goods is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,434 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]

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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 Wilson Sporting Goods 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 (7,434 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 20 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].

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.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
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  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.

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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