GfK

Summary

GfK is a business^[1]. GfK ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (409 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• GfK's field of work was market research^[3].
• GfK was a member of German-Swiss Chamber of Commerce^[4].
• GfK is in the country of Germany^[5].
• GfK is in the country of Netherlands^[6].
• GfK is in the country of Belgium^[7].
• GfK is in the country of Luxembourg^[8].
• GfK is in the country of DE^[9].
• GfK's instance of is recorded as business^[10].
• GfK's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[11].
• GfK's instance of is recorded as market research institute^[12].
• GfK's headquarters location is recorded as Nuremberg^[13].
• GfK's child organization or unit is recorded as GfK NOP^[14].
• GfK's child organization or unit is recorded as GfK (United States)^[15].
• GfK's Commons category is recorded as GfK Group^[16].
• GfK's industry is recorded as market research^[17].
• 1934 marks the founding of GfK^[18].
• 2009-02-02 marks the founding of GfK^[19].
• GfK's official website is recorded as http://www.gfk.com/^[20].
• GfK's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+13485'}^[21].
• GfK's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+8232'}^[22].
• GfK's legal form is recorded as Societas Europaea^[23].
• GfK's legal form is recorded as 2HBR^[24].
• GfK's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1543400000'}^[25].
• GfK's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1672000000'}^[26].
• GfK's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+1590000000'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5299009B5F43O0IWIJ90^[28]

• Registered legal name: GfK GmbH^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: DE^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 2HBR^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: LAPSED^[34]

• Entity created: 2009-02-02^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2014-02-10^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-05-07^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2025-05-07^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000311^[40]

• Authority entity ID: HRB 42397^[41]

• Other names: GfK SE^[42]

• Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING^[43]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1934^[18] and 2009-02-02^[19].

Operations

GfK's headquarters location is recorded as Nuremberg^[13]. Subsidiaries include GfK NOP^[14] and GfK (United States)^[15].

Industry

GfK's industry is recorded as market research^[17]. GfK's field of work was market research^[3].

Why It Matters

GfK ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (409 views/month).^[2] GfK has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[44] GfK is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[45]