Stihl

German manufacturer of garden, forestry, agricultural and construction power tools and hand tools
Organization business Q239372
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Stihl

Summary

Stihl is a business[1]. Stihl ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,696 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Stihl is in the country of Germany[3].
  • Stihl is in the country of US[4].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as brand[7].
  • Stihl's instance of is recorded as company[8].
  • Stihl's founder is recorded as Andreas Stihl[9].
  • Stihl's headquarters location is recorded as Waiblingen[10].
  • Stihl's child organization or unit is recorded as Stihl (Japan)[11].
  • Stihl's Commons category is recorded as Stihl[12].
  • Stihl's industry is recorded as mechanical engineering[13].
  • Stihl's industry is recorded as machinery industry and plant construction[14].
  • 1926 marks the founding of Stihl[15].
  • 1974-08-13 marks the founding of Stihl[16].
  • Stihl's location of formation is recorded as Waiblingen[17].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihl.com/[18].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihlusa.com/[19].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://contactostihl.com/[20].
  • Stihl's official website is recorded as https://www.stihl.rs/[21].
  • Stihl's described at URL is recorded as http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/andreas-stihl-ag-co-kg-history/[22].
  • Stihl's legal form is recorded as Kommanditgesellschaft[23].
  • Stihl's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[24].
  • Stihl's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'STIHL'}[25].
  • Stihl's owner of is recorded as Zama Group[26].
  • Stihl's different from is recorded as Stihl[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): 5493005ZGZWG22V40S40[28]

  • Registered legal name: Stihl Incorporated[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

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

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1974-08-13[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-04-04[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-08-05[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-08-31[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 804487[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Stihl's founder is recorded as Andreas Stihl[9]. Recorded inception include 1926[15] and 1974-08-13[16]. Stihl's location of formation is recorded as Waiblingen[17].

Identity

Stihl's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'STIHL'}[25].

Operations

Stihl's headquarters location is recorded as Waiblingen[10]. Stihl's child organization or unit is recorded as Stihl (Japan)[11].

Industry

Industries include mechanical engineering[13] and machinery industry and plant construction[14].

Why It Matters

Stihl ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,696 views/month).[2] Stihl has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Stihl is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child organization or unit Stihl (Japan)
    Industry mechanical engineering, machinery industry and plant construction
    Social media followers {'amount': '+81500'}, {'amount': '+85700'}, {'amount': '+90500'} +1
    Headquarters
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q431289]], Moving to [[Q139906155]]"
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