Maersk

Global logistics company
Organization business Q18224
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Summary

Maersk is a business[1]. Maersk ranks in the top 0.59% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,198 views/month, #175 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Denmark[3], DK[4]
  • Instance of: enterprise[5], public company[6]
  • Founder: Arnold Peter Møller[7]
  • Owned by: A.P. Møller Holding[8], A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine McKinney Møllers Familiefond[9], Den A.P. Møllerske Støttefond[10]
  • Headquarters location: Copenhagen[11]
  • Chief executive officer: Søren Skou[12], Vincent Clerc[13]
  • Child organization or unit: Odense Steel Shipyard[14], Maersk A/S[15], APM Terminals[16], Farrell Lines[17], Safmarine[18], Suez Canal Container Terminal[19], Poti Sea Port[20], Aliança Navegação e Logística[21], Maersk Drilling[22], Roulunds Fabrikker[23]
  • Part of: Gemini Cooperation[24], list of companies involved in the Gaza war[25]
  • Commons category: Maersk[26]
  • Stock exchange: Nasdaq Copenhagen A/S[27]
  • Industry: water transport[28]
  • Inception: April 16, 1904[29], 1904-04-16[30]
  • Location of formation: Svendborg[31]
  • Parent organization or unit: A.P. Møller Holding[32]
  • Official website: https://www.maersk.com/[33]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Maersk[34]
  • Product or material produced: sea shipping[35]
  • Employees: 88,000[36], 80,220[37], 75,813[38]
  • Legal form: aktieselskab[39], ZRPO[40]
  • Native label: Maersk[41]
  • Owner of: Salling Group[42], Dansk Undergrunds Consortium[43], Höegh Autoliners[44]
  • Total equity: 35,739,000,000 US dollars[45], 33,392,000,000 US dollars[46], 31,425,000,000 US dollars[47], 32,090,000,000 US dollars[48], 42,225,000,000 US dollars[49]
  • Total revenue: 40,308,000,000 US dollars[50], 35,464,000,000 US dollars[51], 47,569,000,000 US dollars[52], 47,386,000,000 US dollars[53], 49,491,000,000 US dollars[54], 39,019,000,000 US dollars[55], 30,945,000,000 US dollars[56], 38,890,000,000 US dollars[57], 39,740,000,000 US dollars[58], 61,787,000,000 US dollars[59], 81,529,000,000 US dollars[60]
  • Market capitalization: 30,700,000,000 US dollars[61], 32,215,000,000 US dollars[62], 27,587,000,000 US dollars[63], 42,848,000,000 US dollars[64], 46,305,000,000 US dollars[65], 31,876,000,000 US dollars[66], 25,256,000,000 US dollars[67]

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): 549300D2K6PKKKXVNN73[68]

  • Registered legal name: A.P. Møller - Mærsk A/S[69]

  • Legal jurisdiction: DK[70]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[71]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): ZRPO[72]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[73]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[74]

  • Entity created: 1904-04-16[75]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-01-04[76]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-01-19[77]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-02-19[78]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[79]

  • Registration authority: RA000170[80]

  • Authority entity ID: 22756214[81]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[82]

Why It Matters

Maersk has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[83] Maersk is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[84]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [83] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [84] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → CF8A-3971-2DB3-6E8B-62E1
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  2. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Operating income → {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '-226000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+1870000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+5917000000'} +8
    Country → —
    Child organization or unit → Maersk Air, Maersk Air UK, Odense Steel Shipyard +13
    Location of formation → Svendborg
    + 51 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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