# BMW
> German automobile manufacturer, and conglomerate.

Basic company reference. Business areas, products and practical answers have not been added.

- Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/bmw-q26678
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.bmw.com
- Category: [Manufacturing](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/manufacturing)
- Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/bmw-q26678.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:770a773b2feb8297
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:8ed171b746db24ae
- Published: 2026-09-26
- Modified: 2026-10-16

## Company details
- [Founded](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/bmw-q26678#company-fact-wikidata-p571-31bdfbe83b08fc2b): 1916-03-07 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q26678.json?revision=2550400127

## Historical figures
Newest available observations first. These figures describe their stated dates, not the company today.
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/bmw-q26678#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-452d60f288d76337): 149,475 employees (as of 2022-12-31) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q26678.json?revision=2550400127

## Company sources
- [BMW — Wikidata Q26678](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q26678.json?revision=2550400127) — Wikidata

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- [CC0 1.0 Universal](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) — Wikidata

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