Thales Group

Summary

Thales Group is an organization^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.23% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,736 views/month, #21 of 9,083).^[2]

Key Facts

• Thales Group was a member of Union des Industries Ferroviaires Européennes^[3].
• Thales Group was a member of FIDO Alliance^[4].
• Thales Group was a member of ITU Radiocommunication Sector^[5].
• Thales Group was a member of Trusted Connectivity Alliance^[6].
• Thales Group is in the country of France^[7].
• Thales Group is in the country of FR^[8].
• Thales Group's instance of is recorded as organization^[9].
• Thales Group's instance of is recorded as multinational corporation^[10].
• Thales Group is owned by Q54734727^[11].
• Thales Group is owned by Présidence de la République française^[12].
• Thales Group is owned by Dassault Aviation^[13].
• Thales Group is owned by Q16626550^[14].
• Thales Group is owned by employee stock ownership^[15].
• Thales Group is owned by public float^[16].
• Thales Group followed Thomson-CSF^[17].
• Thales Group followed Racal^[18].
• Thales Group's headquarters location is recorded as Meudon^[19].
• Thales Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Patrice Caine^[20].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Air Defence^[21].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Underwater Systems^[22].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Nederland^[23].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Australia^[24].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Training & Simulation^[25].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales^[26].
• Thales Group's child organization or unit is recorded as Thales Group (Germany)^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 529900FNDVTQJOVVPZ19^[28]

• Registered legal name: Thales^[29]

• Legal jurisdiction: FR^[30]

• GLEIF entity category: GENERAL^[31]

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

• Entity status: ACTIVE^[33]

• LEI registration status: ISSUED^[34]

• Entity created: 1995-04-25^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2014-01-17^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-03-13^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-04-19^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5299000J2N45DDNE4Y28^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000192^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 552 059 024^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include December 6, 2000^[43] and 1995-04-25^[44]. Thales Group's location of formation is recorded as Paris^[45].

Identity

Thales Group's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'THALES'}^[46]. It is part of CAC 40^[47]. Predecessors include Thomson-CSF^[17] and Racal^[18].

Leadership

Thales Group's chief executive officer is recorded as Patrice Caine^[20]. Its chairperson is recorded as Patrice Caine^[48].

Operations

Thales Group's headquarters location is recorded as Meudon^[19]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as Agence des participations de l'État^[49]. Subsidiaries include Thales Air Defence^[21], an organization^[50], in United Kingdom^[51], founded in 1993^[52], headquartered in Belfast^[53]; Thales Underwater Systems^[22], an organization^[54], in France^[55], founded in 2001^[56]; Thales Nederland^[23], a subsidiary company^[57], in Netherlands^[58], headquartered in Hengelo^[59]; Thales Australia^[24], a business^[60], in Australia^[61], founded in 2000^[62], headquartered in Sydney^[63]; Thales Training & Simulation^[25], a business^[64], in FR^[65], founded in 1946^[66]; and Thales^[26], a business^[67], in United Kingdom^[68], founded in 1992^[69], headquartered in Glasgow^[70].

Industry

Industries include weapons industry^[71], aerospace industry^[72], telecommunications^[73], activities of head offices^[74], computer security^[75], and software industry^[76].

Ownership

Owners include Q54734727^[11], a single-person simplified joint-stock company^[77], in France^[78]; Présidence de la République française^[12], an organization^[79], in France^[80]; Dassault Aviation^[13], an aerospace manufacturer^[81], in France^[82], founded in 1929^[83], headquartered in Paris^[84]; Q16626550^[14]; employee stock ownership^[15]; and public float^[16], a term^[85]. Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group^[86] and Euronext Paris^[87]. Products include remote weapon station^[88], radar^[89], infantry mobility vehicle^[90], and aeronautics^[91].

Why It Matters

Thales Group ranks in the top 0.23% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,736 views/month, #21 of 9,083).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[92] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[93]