Hallmark Cards

Summary

Hallmark Cards is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,146 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Hallmark Cards received the National Medal of Arts^[3].
• Hallmark Cards is in the country of United States^[4].
• Hallmark Cards is in the country of US^[5].
• Hallmark Cards's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• Hallmark Cards's instance of is recorded as privately held company^[7].
• Hallmark Cards's instance of is recorded as gift shop retail chain^[8].
• Hallmark Cards's instance of is recorded as publishing house^[9].
• Hallmark Cards's founder is recorded as Joyce C. Hall^[10].
• Hallmark Cards followed Filmation^[11].
• Hallmark Cards's headquarters location is recorded as Kansas City^[12].
• Hallmark Cards's child organization or unit is recorded as Hallmark Business Connections^[13].
• Hallmark Cards's child organization or unit is recorded as Hallmark Channel^[14].
• Hallmark Cards's child organization or unit is recorded as Hallmark Media^[15].
• Hallmark Cards's child organization or unit is recorded as Hallmark+^[16].
• Hallmark Cards's child organization or unit is recorded as Halls^[17].
• Hallmark Cards's Commons category is recorded as Hallmark Cards^[18].
• Hallmark Cards's industry is recorded as retail^[19].
• 1910 marks the founding of Hallmark Cards^[20].
• 1923-06-08 marks the founding of Hallmark Cards^[21].
• Hallmark Cards's location of formation is recorded as Kansas City^[22].
• Hallmark Cards's official website is recorded as https://www.hallmark.com/^[23].
• Hallmark Cards's official website is recorded as https://www.hallmark.ca/^[24].
• Hallmark Cards's official website is recorded as https://www.hallmark.co.uk/^[25].
• Hallmark Cards's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hallmark Cards^[26].
• Hallmark Cards's product or material produced is recorded as greeting card^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300ZN2X0C3R7LWZ74^[28]

• Registered legal name: Hallmark Cards, Incorporated^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: US-MO^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

• Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): KC7Z^[32]

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1923-06-08^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2012-12-03^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2025-06-10^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2026-06-10^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000618^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 00041315^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

• Type: Holding^[43]

• Began / founded: 1910^[44]

• MusicBrainz ID: afc81e93-4905-435f-89a1-ae4c1b11a84e^[45]

Body

Founding

Hallmark Cards's founder is recorded as Joyce C. Hall^[10]. Recorded inception include 1910^[20] and 1923-06-08^[21]. Its location of formation is recorded as Kansas City^[22].

Identity

Hallmark Cards followed Filmation^[11].

Operations

Hallmark Cards's headquarters location is recorded as Kansas City^[12]. Subsidiaries include Hallmark Business Connections^[13], a business^[46], founded in 1996^[47], headquartered in Minneapolis^[48]; Hallmark Channel^[14], a specialty channel^[49], in United States^[50], founded in 1984^[51], headquartered in Los Angeles^[52]; Hallmark Media^[15], a business^[53], in United States^[54], founded in 1994^[55], headquartered in Studio City^[56]; Hallmark+^[16], a business^[57], founded in 2007^[58], headquartered in Los Angeles^[59]; and Halls^[17], a business^[60], in United States^[61], founded in 1916^[62], headquartered in Kansas City^[63].

Industry

Hallmark Cards's industry is recorded as retail^[19].

Ownership

Hallmark Cards's product or material produced is recorded as greeting card^[27].

Recognition

Hallmark Cards received the National Medal of Arts^[3].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Hallmark Cards include Hallmark Hall of Fame^[64], a television series^[65], directed by George Schaefer^[66].

Why It Matters

Hallmark Cards ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,146 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[67] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[68]

Entities named for it include Hallmark Hall of Fame^[64], a television series^[65], directed by George Schaefer^[66].

FAQs

What awards did Hallmark Cards receive?

Honors received include National Medal of Arts^[3].