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Stiftung Warentest

German foundation for product testing
Organization foundation Q509708
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Summary

Stiftung Warentest is a foundation[1]. It draws 1,487 Wikipedia views per month (foundation category, ranking #37 of 236).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Federal Consumer Protection Agency[3], International Consumer Research & Testing[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Instance of: consumer organization[6]
  • Founder: West Germany[7]
  • Headquarters location: Q118367473[8], Berlin[9]
  • Commons category: Stiftung Warentest[10]
  • Industry: voluntary sector[11]
  • Has part(s): Q28738268[12]
  • Inception: December 4, 1964[13]
  • Official website: https://www.test.de/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Stiftung Warentest[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5d2c8736-dde8-4695-b370-394315f42729[16]
  • Director / manager: Hubertus Primus[17]
  • Employees: 359[18]
  • Legal form: private foundation[19]
  • Total revenue: 53,849,000 euro[20]
  • Total assets: 225,459,000 euro[21]
  • Endowment: 175,000,000 euro[22]
  • Social media followers: 64,500[23]
  • Impressum URL: https://www.test.de/impressum/[24]
  • Organisation tax status: tax-exempt under the German Fiscal Code[25]
  • P14715: Stiftung Warentest[26]

Why It Matters

Stiftung Warentest has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Related Entities

Germany West Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . international-testing.org. Retrieved . international-testing.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . test.de. test.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . test.de. Retrieved . test.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q125526764. Retrieved . bundesfinanzministerium.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · NGOgo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['cs', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pl', 'ru', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → foundation, consumer organization
    Wikidata description → German foundation for product testing
    P14715 → Stiftung Warentest
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14715: Q509708, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1785524324610"
  3. 21w ago · Dharmoslap · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → —
    Has part(s) → Q28738268
    Founded by → —
    Endowment → {'unit': 'Q4916', 'amount': '+175000000'}
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Legal form: private foundation"
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