The Lego Group

Lego A/S
The Lego Group
Company typePrivate
IndustryToys
Founded10 August 1932 (1932-08-10)
FounderOle Kirk Christiansen
Headquarters
Billund
,
Denmark
Number of locations
42 offices (2017)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsLego
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Owners
  • Kirkbi A/S (75%)[4]
  • The Lego Foundation (25%)
Number of employees
24,484[3] (March 2021)
ParentKirkbi[5]
Websitelego.com

Lego A/S,[6] also known as the Lego Group, is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund.[7] It creates the Lego-branded toys. The Lego Group has also built many amusement parks around the world, each known as Legoland.

The company was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Christiansen.[8] In the first half of 2015, the Lego Group became the world's largest toy company by revenue, with sales amounting to US$2,100,000,000, passing Mattel, which had US$1,900,000,000 in sales.[9][10]

References

  1. "Jørgen Vig Knudstorp". The LEGO Group. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
  2. "Executive Leadership Team". The Lego Group. Archived from the original on 18 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Trangbæk, Roar Rude (3 March 2021). "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). The Lego Group. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2021. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  4. "Ownership". The LEGO Group. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  5. Lukpat, Alyssa (April 15, 2025). "Elaine Wynn, Casino Billionaire and Philanthropist, Dies at 82". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved April 15, 2025.
  6. "LEGO A/S". OpenCorporates. 1975-12-19. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
  7. "About Us". The LEGO Group. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
  8. "Celebrating 80 Years of LEGO". Archived from the original on 30 November 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. "Here's why Mattel ousted its CEO Bryan Stockton". Fortune. Archived from the original on 4 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  10. Finans, Ritzau (4 September 2014). "Lego er nu verdens største" [Lego is now the world's largest]. finans.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2018.