Novo Nordisk: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Novo Nordisk (NYSE: NVO) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark that owns 14 consumer brands.[1]
Novo Nordisk is a Danish pharmaceutical company focused on diabetes and obesity care. Its 2025 Form 20-F reports sales of GLP-1 and insulin products and rare disease medicines.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Novo Nordisk A/S
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇰 Bagsværd, Denmark
- Founded
- 1923
- Tickers
- NYSE: NVO
- SEC CIK
- 0000353278
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Novo Nordisk in numbers
- Novo Nordisk owns 14 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is healthcare & pharma with 14 brands.[1]
Everything Novo Nordisk owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Novo Nordisk in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 549300DAQ1CVT6CXN342
- Registered name
- NOVO NORDISK A/S (DK)
- Registration status
- Issued · record updated 22 December 2025
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Official recalls involving Novo Nordisk products
2 recall notices from government regulators matched to Novo Nordisk. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
- Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 0.5 mg/0.5 mL, 4 Single-Dose Prefilled Pens, Manufactured by: Novo Nordisk A/S, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark, Product of… — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: Presence of Particulate Matter: Hair was found in a prefilled syringe
Recalling firm: Novo Nordisk Inc. · Brand: Wegovy
- Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 1 mg/0.5 mL, 4 Single-Dose Prefilled Pens, Manufactured by: Novo Nordisk A/S, DK-2880 Bagsvaerd, Denmark, Product of Denmark,… — FDA, · Class II
Reason given: Presence of Particulate Matter: Hair was found in a prefilled syringe
Recalling firm: Novo Nordisk Inc. · Brand: Wegovy
Matched automatically from FDA, USDA FSIS, UK Food Standards Agency and CPSC records only when the recalling firm corresponds to this ownership record and, for a brand, the brand name appears in the product description. Check the linked notice for exact products and lots. Method.
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Novo Nordisk own?
Novo Nordisk owns 14 consumer brands tracked here, including Norditropin, NovoSeven, Rybelsus, Xultophy, Levemir and NovoLog.
Is Novo Nordisk a Danish company?
Yes. Novo Nordisk is headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark and was founded in 1923.
Who owns Novo Nordisk?
Novo Nordisk is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as NVO on the NYSE.
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] Novo Nordisk A/S Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 20 October 2026.
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