Chanel

French fashion house
Organization organization Q218115
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Chanel

Summary

Chanel is an organization[1]. Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,938 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2]

Key Facts

  • Chanel's field of work was clothing industry[3].
  • Chanel's field of work was jewelry[4].
  • Chanel's field of work was fashion[5].
  • Chanel was a member of Chambre syndicale de la haute couture[6].
  • Chanel is in the country of France[7].
  • Chanel is in the country of FR[8].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as organization[9].
  • Chanel's instance of is recorded as business[10].
  • Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[11].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Neuilly-sur-Seine[12].
  • Chanel's headquarters location is recorded as Paris[13].
  • Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[14].
  • Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[15].
  • Chanel's Commons category is recorded as Chanel[16].
  • Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[17].
  • 1910 marks the founding of Chanel[18].
  • 1909 marks the founding of Chanel[19].
  • January 1, 1900 marks the founding of Chanel[20].
  • 1900-01-01 marks the founding of Chanel[21].
  • Chanel's location of formation is recorded as Paris[22].
  • Chanel's official website is recorded as https://www.chanel.com[23].
  • Chanel's official website is recorded as https://www.chanel.com/us/[24].
  • Chanel's official website is recorded as https://www.chanel.com/gb/[25].
  • Chanel's official website is recorded as https://www.chanel.com/fr/[26].
  • Chanel's official website is recorded as https://www.chanel.com/it/[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): 969500U4FNDFRFOLSW75[28]

  • Registered legal name: Chanel[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FR[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 1900-01-01[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-01-30[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-12-16[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2025-06-15[38]

  • Managing LOU: 969500Q2MA9VBQ8BG884[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000189[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 542052766[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Chanel's founder is recorded as Coco Chanel[11]. Recorded inception include 1910[18], 1909[19], January 1, 1900[20], and 1900-01-01[21]. Chanel's location of formation is recorded as Paris[22].

Identity

Chanel's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'CHANEL'}[43].

Leadership

Chanel's chief executive officer is recorded as Leena Nair[14].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Neuilly-sur-Seine[12], a commune of France[44], in France[45] and Paris[13], a commune of France[46], in France[47], founded in -0300[48]. Chanel's child organization or unit is recorded as Fondation d'entreprise Chanel[15].

Industry

Chanel's industry is recorded as Wholesale trade (business-to-business) of clothing and footwear[17]. Fields of work include clothing industry[3], a type of industry[49]; jewelry[4], an industry[50]; and fashion[5].

Ownership

Products include perfume[51], jewelry[52], fashion accessory[53], clothing[54], and costume jewelry[55].

Why It Matters

Chanel ranks in the top 0.066% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,938 views/month, #6 of 9,083).[2] Chanel has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] Chanel is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [5] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . Collectie Boijmans Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  15. [6] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Collectie Boijmans Online. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [51] . wikidata.org.
  27. [52] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [53] . wikidata.org.
  29. [54] . wikidata.org.
  30. [55] . hedendaagsesieraden.nl. hedendaagsesieraden.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [43] . SIRENE. wikidata.org.

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.
  3. [30] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  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.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [50] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [48] . 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. [56] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception +1910-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1909-00-00T00:00:00Z, +1900-01-01T00:00:00Z +1
    Location of formation Paris
    Image needs reharvest
    Founder Coco Chanel
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