Merck & Co.
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Merck & Co. is a business[1]. Merck & Co. ranks in the top 1% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,175 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Verband Forschender Arzneimittelhersteller[3], German Coalition for Patient Safety[4], American Chamber of Commerce in Germany[5], bitkom[6], Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle für die Arzneimittelindustrie[7], Verband der Chemischen Industrie[8], Economic Council Germany[9], Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft Selbsthilfe[10], Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Seniorenorganisationen[11], Wirtschaftsbeirat Bayern[12], Society for Insurance Science and Design[13], Vision Zero e.V.[14], Bundesverband Managed Care[15]
- Country: United States[16], PH[17], TW[18], SA[19], BE[20]
- Instance of: enterprise[21], public company[22], pharmaceutical company[23]
- Founder: George Merck[24]
- Owned by: The Vanguard Group[25], BlackRock[26]
- Follows: Schering-Plough[27]
- Headquarters location: Kenilworth[28], Philadelphia[29], Rahway[30]
- Chief executive officer: Rob Davis[31]
- Child organization or unit: Sirna Therapeutics[32], Merck (Japan)[33], MSD (Netherlands)[34], Merck Sharp & Dohme (Switzerland)[35], MSD Sharp & Dohme GmbH[36], Merck Sharp & Dohme, UAB[37], Merck Sharp & Dohme Latvija, SIA[38], MSD VACCINS[39], Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.[40], MSD Norway AS[41], MSD Czech Republic s.r.o.[42]
- Part of: S&P 500[43], Dow Jones Global Titans 50[44], S&P 100[45], Dow Jones Industrial Average[46]
- Commons category: Merck & Co., Inc.[47]
- Stock exchange: New York Stock Exchange[48]
- Industry: pharmaceutical industry[49]
- Said to be the same as: Merck Sharp & Dohme[50]
- Inception: January 1, 1891[51], 1977-03-29[52], 1989-12-22[53], 2022-09-17[54], 1951-08-23[55]
- Official website: https://www.merck.com[56], https://www.msd.no/[57]
- Topic's main category: Category:Merck & Co.[58]
- Product or material produced: Gardasil[59]
- Employees: 68,000[60], 70,000[61]
- Legal form: Business Corporation[62], WHGH[63], TD8P[64], TTE8[65], R85P[66]
- Owner of: Bain de Soleil[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
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 96760004Q9TBK1DS6T62[68]
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Registered legal name: Merck[69]
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Legal jurisdiction: BE[70]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[71]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): R85P[72]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[73]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[74]
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Entity created: 1951-08-23[75]
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LEI first registered: 2017-12-18[76]
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LEI last updated: 2026-03-13[77]
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LEI next renewal: 2027-04-02[78]
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Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[79]
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Registration authority: RA000025[80]
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Authority entity ID: 0403.047.965[81]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[82]
Why It Matters
Merck & Co. has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[83] Merck & Co. is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[84]