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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany: 43,508 legal entities with an LEI

43,508 legal entities with a legal address in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, have a record in the Global LEI Index of November 7, 2026. 30,940 (71.1%) hold a current LEI and 9,629 have lapsed. The most common legal form is Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH). 3,748 registered in the last 12 months.

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• 43,508Legal entities with an LEI record
• 30,940 (71.1%)Current LEIs (issued)
• 9,629 (22.1%)Lapsed LEIs (not renewed)
• 2,782Retired LEIs (entity closed or merged)
• 3,748Registered in the last 12 months
• 387Registered in the last 30 days
• 6,355Current LEIs that renew in the next 90 days
• 1,587Funds
• 265Sole proprietors (counted, never named)
• November 6, 2026Newest registration

Legal forms

By ISO 20275 legal form code. Entities with no listed form are left out of this table.

Cities with the most entities

By city of the legal address, as the register spells it.

Registrations by year

Year of the first LEI registration, for entities that are still in the register.

Entity types

Who issued the LEIs

Local operating units (LOUs) that manage the LEI records.

Newest registrations

Current LEIs of active entities, by date of first registration. Funds and sole proprietors are not listed.

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), LEI Level 1 golden copy. CC0 1.0 public domain dedication (GLEIF). Counts are legal entities with a record in the GLEIF Level 1 golden copy of November 7, 2026, current or not: a record stays in the register after its LEI lapses. A current LEI has the registration status issued; a lapsed LEI was not renewed in time; a retired LEI belongs to an entity that closed or merged. The country is the country of the legal address. Individuals who register as sole proprietors are counted and never named. This page uses GLEIF data and is not endorsed or certified by GLEIF. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.