Margarete Steiff GmbH

plush toy company based in Germany
Organization business Q151137
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Summary

Margarete Steiff GmbH is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,113 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Margarete Steiff GmbH is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH is in the country of DE[4].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's founder is recorded as Margarete Steiff[6].
  • Margarete Steiff is named after Margarete Steiff GmbH[7].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's headquarters location is recorded as Giengen an der Brenz[8].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's Commons category is recorded as Steiff[9].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's industry is recorded as game industry[10].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's industry is recorded as industrial sector[11].
  • January 1, 1880 marks the founding of Margarete Steiff GmbH[12].
  • 1980-09-09 marks the founding of Margarete Steiff GmbH[13].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's official website is recorded as https://www.steiff.com[14].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Steiff[15].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's Commons gallery is recorded as Steiff[16].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's floruit is recorded as 1904[17].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's legal form is recorded as Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung[18].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's legal form is recorded as 2HBR[19].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's IPv6 routing prefix is recorded as 2003:8b:e016::/48[20].
  • Margarete Steiff GmbH's has works in the collection is recorded as National Museum Paleis het Loo[21].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5299004YMOE0KTH9J445[22]

  • Registered legal name: Margarete Steiff GmbH[23]

  • Legal jurisdiction: DE[24]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[25]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 2HBR[26]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[27]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[28]

  • Entity created: 1980-09-09[29]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-11-11[30]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-03-03[31]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-03-30[32]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[33]

  • Registration authority: RA000355[34]

  • Authority entity ID: HRB 660412[35]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[36]

Body

Founding

Margarete Steiff GmbH's founder is recorded as Margarete Steiff[6]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1880[12] and 1980-09-09[13].

Operations

Margarete Steiff GmbH's headquarters location is recorded as Giengen an der Brenz[8].

Industry

Industries include game industry[10] and industrial sector[11].

Why It Matters

Margarete Steiff GmbH ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,113 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . apps.db.ripe.net. apps.db.ripe.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 7C61-D397-0F05-99E8-2E53
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  2. 8w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Museum-digital id → 6327, 53830
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  3. 22w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Steiff
    Industry → game industry, industrial sector
    Headquarters → —
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