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EBSCO Industries

Logo: EBSCO Industries, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

American conglomerate, founded 1944

EBSCO Industries is an American company founded in 1944 by Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The "EBSCO" acronym is based on Elton Bryson Stephens Company. EBSCO Industries is a diverse company of over 40 businesses engaged in activities including information services (EBSCO Information Services), outdoor products, manufacturing, general services, publishing services, and real estate.2 It was founded by Elton B. Stephens.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1944Founded1
  • Industryinformation technology1
  • HeadquartersBirmingham1
  • Founded inBirmingham1
  • Websitewww.ebscoind.com
  • Legal formCorporation3
  • LEI549300MZI5MIYJ02ZU333
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, 19808 Wilmington, United States3
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 4597143

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EBSCO Industries is an American company founded in 1944 by Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. The "EBSCO" acronym is based on Elton Bryson Stephens Company. EBSCO Industries is a diverse company of over 40 businesses engaged in activities including information services (EBSCO Information Services), outdoor products, manufacturing, general services, publishing services, and real estate.2

Corporate structure

EBSCO Industries sits at the top of its group. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • EBSCO Industries Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    • ALL CURRENT HOLDING COMPANY Subsidiary · Birmingham, Alabama, United States
      • All Current Electrical Sales, Inc Subsidiary · Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    • EBSCO INFORMATION SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · New Delhi, India
    • A Tender Chord Owned · United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What EBSCO Industries reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • A Tender Chord

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Elton B. Stephens in 1944, in Birmingham.1

EBSCO was co-founded by Elton Bryson Stephens Sr. and his wife Alys Robinson Stephens in 1944 to sell magazine subscriptions, personalized binders and magazine racks to the U.S. Armed Forces. They named this "Military Service Company", and over the next decade acquired several other companies that were eventually combined to form EBSCO Industries Inc.

In 2011, EBSCO Publishing took over H. W. Wilson Company.

From Wikipedia’s article on EBSCO Industries, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led EBSCO Industries, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • A Tender Chord

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1944Founded Founded in Birmingham1

Sources

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