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Bekaert

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Summary

Bekaert is a business[1]. Bekaert ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (369 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Zwevegem[3]
  • Country: Belgium[4]
  • Founder: Leo Leander Bekaert[5]
  • Headquarters location: Zwevegem[6], Waregem[7]
  • Chief executive officer: Jürgen Tinggren[8]
  • Industry: industrial manufacturing[9]
  • Archives at: KADOC Documentatie- en Onderzoekscentrum voor religie, cultuur en samenleving[10]
  • Inception: October 19, 1935[11], 1880[12]
  • Location of formation: Zwevegem[13]
  • Official website: http://www.bekaert.com/[14]
  • Legal form: Public limited company (Belgium)[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NADD Wikidata project[16]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: Belgian metals industry[17]
  • Has works in the collection: TextielMuseum[18]
  • Social media followers: 7440[19], 8320[20], 9190[21]
  • P14750: 677C-4C3C-D073-0FA3-C814[22]

Why It Matters

Bekaert has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Bekaert is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Related Entities

Belgium business

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . kbopub.economie.fgov.be. Retrieved . kbopub.economie.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . textielmuseum.nl. Retrieved . textielmuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . archiefbank.be. archiefbank.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Crossroad Bank of Enterprises. kbopub.economie.fgov.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . textielmuseum.nl. Retrieved . textielmuseum.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_bekaert_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Bekaert}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/bekaert}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-11}}
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  1. 3h ago · Hapille · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'bg', 'de', 'en', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'ur', 'vls', 'zh']
    Sitelink count → 12
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Isin: BE0974258874"
  2. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 677C-4C3C-D073-0FA3-C814
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: 677C-4C3C-D073-0FA3-C814, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
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