METRO Group

German wholesale company
Organization business Q169167
METRO Group
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METRO Group

Summary

METRO Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,098 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • METRO Group received the BigBrotherAwards[3].
  • METRO Group was a member of European Movement Germany[4].
  • METRO Group was a member of Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern[5].
  • METRO Group was a member of Food Federation Germany[6].
  • METRO Group was a member of Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft[7].
  • METRO Group was a member of bitkom[8].
  • METRO Group was a member of Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz[9].
  • METRO Group is in the country of Germany[10].
  • METRO Group is in the country of US[11].
  • METRO Group's instance of is recorded as business[12].
  • METRO Group's instance of is recorded as enterprise[13].
  • METRO Group's instance of is recorded as public company[14].
  • METRO Group's founder is recorded as Otto Beisheim[15].
  • METRO Group is owned by EP Global Commerce[16].
  • METRO Group's headquarters location is recorded as Düsseldorf[17].
  • METRO Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Steffen Greubel[18].
  • METRO Group's has organizational division is recorded as Metro Cash & Carry[19].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Makro[20].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as MAKRO Cash & Carry ČR[21].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Metro Cash & Carry[22].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Metro Cash and Carry[23].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as METRO Cash & Carry Slovakia[24].
  • METRO Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Metro Cash & Carry Bulgaria[25].
  • METRO Group is part of CDAX[26].
  • METRO Group's Commons category is recorded as METRO Group[27].

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): 5493003HBXO8NDMW5X10[28]

  • Registered legal name: Metro Group, Inc.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-UT[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 2I4P[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2017-08-03[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-04[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2018-07-28[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000638[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 671841-0142[40]

  • Other names: Metro Steel Distributors, Inc., Metro Steel Recyclers, Inc.[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

METRO Group's founder is recorded as Otto Beisheim[15]. 1964 marks the founding of it[43]. Its location of formation is recorded as Düsseldorf[44].

Identity

METRO Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'METRO AG'}[45]. It is part of CDAX[26].

Leadership

METRO Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Steffen Greubel[18].

Operations

METRO Group's headquarters location is recorded as Düsseldorf[17]. Subsidiaries include Makro[20], a business[46], in Netherlands[47], founded in 1968[48], headquartered in Düsseldorf[49]; MAKRO Cash & Carry ČR[21], a business[50], in Czech Republic[51], founded in 2001[52], headquartered in Prague[53]; Metro Cash & Carry[22]; Metro Cash and Carry[23], an organization[54], in France[55], founded in 1994[56], headquartered in Nanterre[57]; METRO Cash & Carry Slovakia[24], an enterprise[58], in Slovakia[59], founded in 2010[60], headquartered in Ivanka pri Dunaji[61]; and Metro Cash & Carry Bulgaria[25], an enterprise[62], in Bulgaria[63], founded in 1998[64], headquartered in Sofia[65].

Industry

Industries include wholesale[66] and retail[67].

Ownership

METRO Group is owned by EP Global Commerce[16]. Its stock exchange is recorded as Frankfurt Stock Exchange[68]. Its product or material produced is recorded as cash and carry[69].

Recognition

METRO Group received the BigBrotherAwards[3].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for METRO Group include Düsseldorf Marathon[70], a marathon[71], in Germany[72], founded in 2003[73].

Why It Matters

METRO Group ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,098 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[74]

Entities named for it include Düsseldorf Marathon[70], a marathon[71], in Germany[72], founded in 2003[73].

FAQs

What awards did METRO Group receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3].

References

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  1. [70] . wikidata.org. → on this site

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [74] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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