Smith & Nephew

a company producing medical equipment
Organization business Q502509
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Summary

Smith & Nephew is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,251 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Smith & Nephew is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Smith & Nephew is in the country of FI[4].
  • Smith & Nephew is in the country of US[5].
  • Smith & Nephew is in the country of AT[6].
  • Smith & Nephew is in the country of DE[7].
  • Smith & Nephew's instance of is recorded as business[8].
  • Smith & Nephew's instance of is recorded as enterprise[9].
  • Smith & Nephew's instance of is recorded as Indian medical surgical planning and 3D printing company[10].
  • Smith & Nephew's instance of is recorded as public company[11].
  • Smith & Nephew's founder is recorded as Thomas James Smith[12].
  • Smith & Nephew's headquarters location is recorded as London[13].
  • Smith & Nephew's chief executive officer is recorded as Roland Diggelmann[14].
  • Smith & Nephew's child organization or unit is recorded as Smith & Nephew (United States)[15].
  • Smith & Nephew's child organization or unit is recorded as Smith & Nephew (Germany)[16].
  • Smith & Nephew is part of FTSE 100 Index[17].
  • Smith & Nephew is part of Natur-Aktien-Index[18].
  • Smith & Nephew's Commons category is recorded as Smith & Nephew[19].
  • Smith & Nephew's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[20].
  • Smith & Nephew's stock exchange is recorded as London Stock Exchange[21].
  • Smith & Nephew's industry is recorded as medical technology industry[22].
  • Smith & Nephew's chairperson is recorded as Roberto Quarta[23].
  • January 1, 1856 marks the founding of Smith & Nephew[24].
  • 1996-07-08 marks the founding of Smith & Nephew[25].
  • 1975-11-06 marks the founding of Smith & Nephew[26].
  • Smith & Nephew's location of formation is recorded as Kingston upon Hull[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): 549300QREBBFVGINOK26[28]

  • Registered legal name: Smith & Nephew Oy[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: FI[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • Entity created: 1996-07-08[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2014-02-05[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2024-02-21[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2015-12-03[38]

  • Managing LOU: 549300O897ZC5H7CY412[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000188[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 1054977-7[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Smith & Nephew's founder is recorded as Thomas James Smith[12]. Recorded inception include January 1, 1856[24], 1996-07-08[25], and 1975-11-06[26]. Its location of formation is recorded as Kingston upon Hull[27].

Identity

Part of include FTSE 100 Index[17], a stock market index[43], in United Kingdom[44], founded in 1984[45] and Natur-Aktien-Index[18], a stock market index[46], in Germany[47].

Leadership

Smith & Nephew's chief executive officer is recorded as Roland Diggelmann[14]. Its chairperson is recorded as Roberto Quarta[23].

Operations

Smith & Nephew's headquarters location is recorded as London[13]. Subsidiaries include it (United States)[15], a business[48], in United States[49], headquartered in Memphis[50] and it (Germany)[16], a business[51], in Germany[52], headquartered in Hamburg[53].

Industry

Smith & Nephew's industry is recorded as medical technology industry[22].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include New York Stock Exchange[20] and London Stock Exchange[21]. Smith & Nephew's product or material produced is recorded as medical device[54].

Why It Matters

Smith & Nephew ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,251 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . smith-nephew.com. smith-nephew.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . nai-index.de. Retrieved . nai-index.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . smith-nephew.com. smith-nephew.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [46] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [47] ↑ . 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. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → C96C-6A8E-79A4-51B6-1974
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14750: C96C-6A8E-79A4-51B6-1974, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269254|batch #269254]]"
  2. 23w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit → Smith & Nephew (United States), Smith & Nephew (Germany)
    Part of → FTSE 100 Index, Natur-Aktien-Index
    Companies house company id → 00324357
    Headquarters location → London
    + 32 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30163|batch #30163]]: OpenCorporates company ID to Companies House company ID"
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