The Hershey Company

Summary

The Hershey Company is a business^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.59% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,796 views/month, #174 of 29,529).^[2]

Key Facts

• The Hershey Company was a member of Big Chocolate^[3].
• The Hershey Company is in the country of United States^[4].
• The Hershey Company is in the country of US^[5].
• The Hershey Company's instance of is recorded as business^[6].
• The Hershey Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise^[7].
• The Hershey Company's instance of is recorded as public company^[8].
• The Hershey Company's founder is recorded as Milton S. Hershey^[9].
• The Hershey Company is owned by Hershey Trust Company^[10].
• Milton S. Hershey is named after The Hershey Company^[11].
• The Hershey Company's headquarters location is recorded as Hershey^[12].
• The Hershey Company is part of Big Chocolate^[13].
• The Hershey Company is part of S&P 500^[14].
• The Hershey Company's Commons category is recorded as Hershey Company^[15].
• The Hershey Company's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[16].
• The Hershey Company's industry is recorded as manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery^[17].
• 1894 marks the founding of The Hershey Company^[18].
• 1927-10-24 marks the founding of The Hershey Company^[19].
• The Hershey Company's official website is recorded as https://www.thehersheycompany.com/en_us/home.html^[20].
• The Hershey Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:The Hershey Company^[21].
• The Hershey Company's product or material produced is recorded as list of products manufactured by The Hershey Company^[22].
• The Hershey Company's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation^[23].
• The Hershey Company's legal form is recorded as XTIQ^[24].
• The Hershey Company's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Hershey Company'}^[25].
• The Hershey Company's different from is recorded as Hershey Creamery Company^[26].
• The Hershey Company's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'United States dollar', 'amount': '+4946716000'}^[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

• Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 21X2CX66SU2BR6QTAD08^[28]

• Registered legal name: The Hershey Company^[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: 1927-10-24^[35]

• LEI first registered: 2012-11-15^[36]

• LEI last updated: 2026-01-15^[37]

• LEI next renewal: 2027-01-24^[38]

• Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12^[39]

• Registration authority: RA000602^[40]

• Authority entity ID: 224803^[41]

• Conformity flag: CONFORMING^[42]

Body

Founding

The Hershey Company's founder is recorded as Milton S. Hershey^[9]. Recorded inception include 1894^[18] and 1927-10-24^[19].

Identity

Part of include Big Chocolate^[13], a corporate identity^[43] and S&P 500^[14], a stock market index^[44], in United States^[45].

Operations

The Hershey Company's headquarters location is recorded as Hershey^[12].

Industry

The Hershey Company's industry is recorded as manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery^[17].

Ownership

The Hershey Company is owned by Hershey Trust Company^[10]. Its stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange^[16]. Its product or material produced is recorded as list of products manufactured by it^[22].

Why It Matters

The Hershey Company ranks in the top 0.59% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (19,796 views/month, #174 of 29,529).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[46] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[47]