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BASF: brands it owns and its ownership tree

BASF (XETRA: BAS) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]

BASF is the largest chemical company in the world, founded in 1865 in Ludwigshafen. It appears in this dataset as the buyer of the seed and herbicide businesses the United States Department of Justice required Bayer to divest before it could acquire Monsanto.

Company facts

Legal name
BASF SE
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇩🇪 Ludwigshafen, Germany
Founded
1865
Tickers
XETRA: BAS
Wikidata
Q9401
Website
www.basf.com
Last verified
· 1 sources

BASF in numbers

Everything BASF owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything BASF owns Tree of 1 brands under BASF. BASF BASF Agricultural Solutions

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does BASF own?

BASF owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including BASF Agricultural Solutions.

Is BASF a German company?

Yes. BASF is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany and was founded in 1865.

Who owns BASF?

BASF is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as BAS on the XETRA.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] BASF SE Annual Report 2025 — BASF SE, Annual report, published 27 February 2026; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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