# Max Planck Society
> Association of German research institutes.

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

- Canonical entity: https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/max-planck-society-q158085
- Website listed in the source snapshot: https://www.mpg.de/de
- Category: [Nonprofit organizations](https://directory.readyscan.ai/directory/nonprofit-organizations)
- Machine record: https://directory.readyscan.ai/discovery/entities/max-planck-society-q158085.json
- Material fingerprint: fnv1a64:87df6d9c3dbdbb94
- Entity revision: fnv1a64:7a178775e2131844
- Published: 2026-09-29
- Modified: 2026-09-29

## Company details
- [Founded](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/max-planck-society-q158085#company-fact-wikidata-p571-51cc61f1add10f64): 1948-02-26 Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q158085.json?revision=2539743930

## Historical figures
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- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/max-planck-society-q158085#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-36586a5fd0fb0f4e): 23,950 employees (as of 2021) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q158085.json?revision=2539743930
- [Employees](https://directory.readyscan.ai/entities/max-planck-society-q158085#company-fact-wikidata-p1128-9e9c49edc703956d): 23,963 employees (as of 2019) Sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q158085.json?revision=2539743930

## Company sources
- [Max Planck Society — Wikidata Q158085](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityData/Q158085.json?revision=2539743930) — Wikidata

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

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