UCB
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UCB
Summary
UCB is a business[1]. UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,532 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- UCB is in the country of Belgium[3].
- UCB's instance of is recorded as business[4].
- UCB's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
- UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6].
- UCB followed Celltech[7].
- UCB followed Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8].
- UCB followed Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].
- UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[10].
- UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels-Capital Region[11].
- UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Germany)[12].
- UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13].
- UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (France)[14].
- UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15].
- UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16].
- UCB is part of BEL20[17].
- UCB's Commons category is recorded as UCB (company)[18].
- UCB's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[19].
- UCB's stock exchange is recorded as Euronext Brussels[20].
- UCB's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[21].
- UCB's industry is recorded as chemical industry[22].
- January 18, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[23].
- UCB's official website is recorded as http://www.ucb.com/[24].
- UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[25].
- UCB's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+9378'}[26].
- UCB's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+10117'}[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
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Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2138008J191VLSGY5A09[28]
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Registered legal name: U C B[29]
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Legal jurisdiction: BE[30]
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GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]
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Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): R85P[32]
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Entity status: ACTIVE[33]
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LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]
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Entity created: 1925-05-26[35]
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LEI first registered: 2014-02-05[36]
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LEI last updated: 2026-01-13[37]
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LEI next renewal: 2027-03-11[38]
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Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[39]
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Registration authority: RA000025[40]
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Authority entity ID: 0403.053.608[41]
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Other names: Ucb SA[42]
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Conformity flag: CONFORMING[43]
Body
Founding
UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6]. January 18, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[23].
Identity
UCB is part of BEL20[17]. Predecessors include Celltech[7], Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8], and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].
Operations
Headquarters locations include Brussels metropolitan area[10], a metropolitan area[44], in Belgium[45], founded in 0979[46] and Brussels-Capital Region[11], a region of Belgium[47], in Belgium[48], founded in 1989[49]. Subsidiaries include UCB Pharma (Germany)[12], a business[50], in Germany[51], headquartered in Q504521[52]; UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13]; UCB Pharma (France)[14], a business[53], in France[54], headquartered in Colombes[55]; UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15], a business[56], in Netherlands[57], founded in 1928[58], headquartered in Breda[59]; and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16], an organization[60], in Belgium[61], founded in 1932[62], headquartered in Brussels[63].
Industry
Industries include pharmaceutical industry[21] and chemical industry[22].
Ownership
Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group[19] and Euronext Brussels[20]. UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[25].
Why It Matters
UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,532 views/month).[2] UCB has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] UCB is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]