Private company

IRIS Group

Logo: inconnu, marque déposée, via Wikipedia⁴

IRIS Group is a joint-stock company registered in Belgium, founded in 1987, part of Canon Inc.¹ It is headquartered in Louvain-la-Neuve.¹

IRIS Group (abréviation de Image Recognition Integrated Systems Group) est une société informatique d'origine belge, créée en 1987 et détenue à 100 %, depuis 2013, par la société japonaise Canon. IRIS est spécialisée dans la gestion de l'information, proposant des produits et des services aux entreprises, aux administrations publiques et aux particuliers, notamment des solutions de reconnaissance optique de caractères et de lecture automatique de document. Son siège est à Louvain-la-Neuve, dans le Brabant wallon.² From the French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1987Founded¹

HeadquartersLouvain-la-Neuve, Belgium¹
Websitewww.iriscorporate.com
Legal formNaamloze vennootschap³
LEI967600H0FZWGVLUTFJ59³
StatusActive³
LEI statusIssued and current³
Registered addressAvenue De Bale 5, 1140 Brussels, Belgium³
Registered withFederal Public Service Economy (Ministry of Economy), 0418161060³

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Corporate structure

IRIS Group is part of a group headed by Canon Inc.. 49 entities, 18 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Canon Inc. 東京都, Japan
- Canon Europa N.V. 100% · Amstelveen, Netherlands
  - Docspro B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
  - I.R.I.S. Nederland B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Elsloo, Netherlands
  - Nokavision Software B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
  - Canon (Schweiz) AG Subsidiary · Wallisellen, Switzerland
  - Canon Austria GmbH Subsidiary · Wien, Austria
  - Canon Deutschland GmbH Subsidiary · Krefeld, Germany
  - CANON ITALIA S.P.A. Subsidiary · Cernusco Sul Naviglio, Italy
  - Canon Luxembourg S.A. Subsidiary · Capellen, Luxembourg
- Axis Communications Lund, Sweden
- Canon (Australia) Macquarie Park, Australia
- IRIS Group Brussels, Belgium
  - IRIS FACILITY SOLUTIONS Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
  - IRIS GREENCARE Subsidiary · Evere, Belgium
  - IRIS INDUSTRY SOLUTIONS Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
- Milestone Systems Brøndby, Denmark
- Canon (Canada) Subsidiary · Mississauga, Canada
- Canon (France) Subsidiary · Cesson-Sévigné, France
- Canon (Netherlands) Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Canon (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Reigate, United Kingdom
- Canon (United States) Subsidiary · Melville, United States
- Canon Computer Systems Subsidiary · Costa Mesa
- Canon Electronics Subsidiary
- Canon Marketing Japan Subsidiary · Kōnan
  - Canon MJ IT Group Holdings Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    - Canon BizAttenda Subsidiary · Shinagawa, Japan
    - Canon IT Solutions Subsidiary · Tokyo
    - Canon ITS Medical Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    - Canon Software Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    - Edifist Learning Subsidiary · Tokyo, Japan
    - Qualysite Technologies Subsidiary · Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
- Canon Medical Systems Corporation Subsidiary · Ōtawara-shi
  - Canon Medical Systems Italia Subsidiary · Rome, Italy
- Canon Norge Subsidiary · Oslo, Norway
- Canon Tokki Subsidiary
- Oita Canon Inc. Subsidiary
- Canon Medical Systems Europe B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Amstelveen, Netherlands
- Canon Production Printing Holding B.V. Subsidiary · 100% · Venlo, Netherlands
  - Canon Production Printing Germany GmbH & Co. KG. Subsidiary · Poing, Germany
- CANON BRETAGNE Subsidiary · Liffre, France
- CANON INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Gurgaon, India
- CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · Gurgaon, India
- Canon Nederland N.V. Subsidiary · \'s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
- CANON RESEARCH CENTRE FRANCE Subsidiary · Cesson-Sevigne, France
- CANON SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
- and 3 more

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.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Canon Inc.

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1987Founded Founded¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataIRIS Group on Wikidata
2
WikipediaIRIS Group on the French Wikipedia
3
GLEIFIRIS Group LEI record (967600H0FZWGVLUTFJ59)
4
Wikimedia CommonsIRIS Group logo by inconnu, marque déposée