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METRO Group

German wholesale company
Organization business Q169167
METRO Group
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Summary

METRO Group is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,471 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: BigBrotherAwards[3]
  • Member of: European Movement Germany[4], Stiftung Bildungspakt Bayern[5], Food Federation Germany[6], Asien-Pazifik-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft[7], bitkom[8], Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz[9], DIRK e.V.[10], Deutsches Aktieninstitut[11], Indo-German Chamber of Commerce[12], European Movement International[13], Handelsverband Deutschland - Der Einzelhandel[14], PrOut@Work Foundation[15], German Association of Political Consultants[16], Ost-Ausschuss der Deutschen Wirtschaft[17]
  • Country: Germany[18]
  • Instance of: enterprise[19], public company[20]
  • Founder: Otto Beisheim[21]
  • Owned by: EP Global Commerce[22]
  • Headquarters location: Düsseldorf[23]
  • Chief executive officer: Steffen Greubel[24]
  • Has organizational division: Metro Cash & Carry[25]
  • Child organization or unit: Makro[26], MAKRO Cash & Carry ČR[27], Metro Cash & Carry[28], Metro Cash and Carry[29], METRO Cash & Carry Slovakia[30], Metro Cash & Carry Bulgaria[31]
  • Part of: CDAX[32]
  • Commons category: METRO Group[33]
  • Stock exchange: Frankfurt Stock Exchange[34]
  • Industry: wholesale[35], retail[36]
  • Inception: 1964[37]
  • Location of formation: Düsseldorf[38]
  • Official website: https://www.metroag.de/[39]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Metro Group[40]
  • Email address: mailto:info@metrogroup.de[41]
  • Described at URL: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/metro-ag-history/[42]
  • Product or material produced: cash and carry[43]
  • Employees: 146,301 full-time equivalent[44], 94,944[45], 95,141[46], 97,639[47]
  • Phone number: +49 211 6886-0[48]
  • Official name: METRO AG[49]
  • Legal form: Aktiengesellschaft[50]

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): 984500Q38B3ECD4HD878[51]

  • Registered legal name: Metro Group INC.[52]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CA-ON[53]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[54]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): O90R[55]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[56]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[57]

  • Entity created: 2020-07-01[58]

  • LEI first registered: 2023-12-19[59]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-03-03[60]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-03-03[61]

  • Managing LOU: 529900T8BM49AURSDO55[62]

  • Registration authority: RA000079[63]

  • Authority entity ID: 5034285[64]

  • Other names: Odomatic INC.[65]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[66]

Body

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for METRO Group include Düsseldorf Marathon[67], a marathon[68], in Germany[69], founded in 2003[70].

Why It Matters

METRO Group has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]

Entities named for it include Düsseldorf Marathon[67], a marathon[68], in Germany[69], founded in 2003[70].

FAQs

What awards did METRO Group receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[3].

Related Entities

business Frankfurt Stock Exchange Germany METRO Cash & Carry International public company

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [22] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . bigbrotherawards.de. bigbrotherawards.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [26] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [28] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [29] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [30] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [4] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [5] ↑ . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Retrieved . bildungspakt-bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [6] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . lebensmittelverband.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [7] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  25. [8] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [9] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [10] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [11] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [12] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [13] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  31. [14] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  32. [15] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [16] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  34. [17] ↑ . Bundestag Lobby Register. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . metrogroup.de. metrogroup.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . reports.metroag.de. reports.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . annual report. investors.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . berichte.metroag.de. berichte.metroag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . metrogroup.de. metrogroup.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [51] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [54] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [55] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [56] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [57] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [58] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [59] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [60] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [61] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [62] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [63] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [64] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [65] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  16. [66] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [67] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [68] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [69] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [70] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [71] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [72] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Mykhal · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 38
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'azb', 'bg', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fi',
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  2. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Total assets → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+12855000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+12819000000'}, {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+11648000000'}
    Part of → —
    Child organization or unit → Makro, MAKRO Cash & Carry ČR, Metro Cash & Carry +3
    P14750 → 07C4-BA90-C86E-397A-8A66
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