Adidas AG

Summary

Adidas AG is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.088% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,116 views/month, #26 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• Adidas AG was a member of ICC Germany^[3].
• Adidas AG was a member of RIPE Network Coordination Centre^[4].
• Adidas AG was a member of bitkom^[5].
• Adidas AG was a member of Partnership for Sustainable Textiles^[6].
• Adidas AG was a member of Deutsches Aktieninstitut^[7].
• Adidas AG was a member of Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry^[8].
• Adidas AG is in the country of Germany^[9].
• Adidas AG is in the country of DE^[10].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as business^[11].
• Adidas AG's instance of is recorded as public company^[12].
• Adidas AG's founder is recorded as Adolf Dassler^[13].
• Adolf Dassler is named after Adidas AG^[14].
• Adidas AG followed Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory^[15].
• Adidas AG's headquarters location is recorded as Herzogenaurach^[16].
• Adidas AG's chief executive officer is recorded as Bjørn Gulden^[17].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as adidas Runtastic^[18].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as TaylorMade Golf Company^[19].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Ashworth^[20].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Adidas^[21].
• Adidas AG's child organization or unit is recorded as Adidas (Canada)^[22].
• Adidas AG is part of DAX^[23].
• Adidas AG is part of EURO STOXX 50^[24].
• Adidas AG is part of CDAX^[25].
• Adidas AG's Commons category is recorded as Adidas^[26].
• Adidas AG's stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300JSX0Z4CW0V5023^[28]

• Registered legal name: adidas AG^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 6QQB^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1989-04-18^[35]

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

• LEI last updated: 2025-12-25^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-02-21^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000247^[40]

• Authority entity ID: HRB 3868^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Original Production^[43]

• Country: DE^[44]

• Began / founded: 1924-07^[45]

• MusicBrainz ID: 0d9f36d9-cfa7-419e-8afd-a88d191ae7ad^[46]

Body

Founding

Adidas AG's founder is recorded as Adolf Dassler^[13]. Recorded inception include July 1924^[47], August 18, 1949^[48], and 1989-04-18^[49].

Identity

Part of include DAX^[23], a stock market index^[50], in Germany^[51], founded in 1988^[52], headquartered in Frankfurt^[53]; EURO STOXX 50^[24], a stock market index^[54], founded in 1998^[55]; and CDAX^[25], a stock market index^[56], in Germany^[57], founded in 1993^[58]. Adidas AG followed Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory^[15].

Leadership

Adidas AG's chief executive officer is recorded as Bjørn Gulden^[17].

Operations

Adidas AG's headquarters location is recorded as Herzogenaurach^[16]. Subsidiaries include adidas Runtastic^[18], a dot-com company^[59], in Austria^[60], founded in 2009^[61], headquartered in Pasching^[62]; TaylorMade Golf Company^[19], a business^[63], in United States^[64], founded in 1979^[65], headquartered in Carlsbad^[66]; Ashworth^[20], a business^[67], in United States^[68], founded in 1987^[69], headquartered in Carlsbad^[70]; Adidas^[21]; and Adidas (Canada)^[22], a business^[71], in Canada^[72], founded in 1924^[73], headquartered in Vancouver^[74].

Industry

Industries include textile industry^[75] and sports industry^[76].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include Frankfurt Stock Exchange^[27] and OTC Markets Group^[77]. Products include sportswear^[78], footwear^[79], sports equipment^[80], and personal care product^[81].

Why It Matters

Adidas AG ranks in the top 0.088% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,116 views/month, #26 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[82] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[83]