Private company

RELX PLC

RELX PLC is a public limited company registered in the United Kingdom, active since 1903.¹ It is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.¹

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

May 28, 1903Founded¹

HeadquartersLondon, United Kingdom¹
Legal formPublic Limited Company¹
LEI549300WSX3VBUFFJOO66¹
StatusActive¹
LEI statusIssued and current¹
Registered address1-3 STRAND, WC2N 5JR London, United Kingdom¹
Registered withCompanies House, 00077536¹

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Corporate structure

RELX PLC sits at the top of its group. 73 entities, 17 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

RELX PLC London, United Kingdom
- Masson Issy-Les-Moulineaux, France
- Reed Business Information London, United Kingdom
- RELX London, United Kingdom
  - Academic Press Subsidiary · New York City
  - CMD Group Subsidiary · Norcross
  - DETAIL Business Information GmbH Subsidiary · München, Germany
  - LexisNexis Butterworths Subsidiary
  - ReedPop Subsidiary
  - Welbeck Publishing Group Subsidiary
  - RELX (HOLDINGS) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - RELX Group (Netherlands) Subsidiary · Netherlands
  - RELX Group (United States) Subsidiary · United States
  - RELX SWISS HOLDINGS SA Subsidiary · Neuchâtel, Switzerland
- RELX INC. Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - ThreatMetrix Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - LNRS DATA SERVICES INC. Subsidiary · Newton, Massachusetts, United States
  - WORLD COMPLIANCE, INC. Subsidiary · Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
- ELSEVIER INC. Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
- FIRCOSOFT Subsidiary · Paris, France
- ICIS BENCHMARKING EUROPE B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- LexisNexis GmbH Subsidiary · Düsseldorf, Germany
- LexisNexis Information Technology Co., Ltd. (律商联讯（北京）信息技术有限公司) Subsidiary · 北京, China
- LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL Inc. Subsidiary · Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
- LEXISNEXIS SA Subsidiary · Paris, France
  - LexisNexis Business Information Solutions Holding Subsidiary · Paris, France
    - LEXISNEXIS BUSINESS INFORMATION SOLUTIONS Subsidiary · Paris, France
- LNRS Data Services (Shanghai) Co. Ltd (泛亚律商信息服务（上海）有限公司) Subsidiary · 国上海市, China
- MACK-BROOKS EXHIBITIONS LIMITED Subsidiary · Richmond, United Kingdom
- REED EXHIBITIONS LIMITED Subsidiary · Richmond, United Kingdom
- REED EXPOSITIONS FRANCE Subsidiary · Puteaux, France
- REED MESSE WIEN GMBH Subsidiary · Vienna, Austria
- RELX (UK) LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - BUTTERWORTHS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - ELSEVIER ESPAÑA SL Subsidiary · Barcelona, Spain
  - ELSEVIER LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS UK LIMITED Subsidiary · Cardiff, United Kingdom
  - MLEX LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - RELX (INVESTMENTS) PLC Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- RELX CAPITAL INC. Subsidiary · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
- RELX FINANCE LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- RELX OVERSEAS B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - RELX NEDERLAND B.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands
    - Elsevier Amsterdam, Netherlands
      - 13 more
    - LEXISNEXIS BUSINESS INFORMATION SOLUTIONS B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    - LEXISNEXIS UNIVENTIO B.V. Subsidiary · Leiden, Netherlands
    - LNRS DATA SERVICES B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
    - RELX FINANCE B.V. Subsidiary · Amsterdam, Netherlands
  - ELSEVIER (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD. Subsidiary · Singapore, Singapore
  - LEXISNEXIS RISK SOLUTIONS (EUROPE) LIMITED Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
  - LEXISNEXIS SERVICOS DE ANALISE DE RISCO LTDA. Subsidiary · Sao Paulo, Brazil
  - Reed Elsevier Shared Services (Philippines) Inc. Subsidiary · Quezon City, Philippines
  - REED EXHIBITIONS ALCANTARA MACHADO LTDA Subsidiary · Sao Paulo, Brazil
  - REED EXHIBITIONS MEXICO SA DE CV Subsidiary · Mexico, Mexico
  - RELX (Greater China) Limited Subsidiary · Eastern District, Hong Kong
  - RELX International Finance Designated Activity Company Subsidiary · Dublin, Ireland
- RELX OVERSEAS HOLDINGS LIMITED Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
  - RELX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD Subsidiary · Sydney, Australia
    - REED INTERNATIONAL BOOKS AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED Subsidiary · Sydney, Australia

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

Subsidiaries (GLEIF)

RELX²
RELX INC.³

Also consolidated

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

May 28, 1903Founded RELX PLC is founded¹

Sources

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

1
GLEIFRELX PLC LEI record (549300WSX3VBUFFJOO66)
2
GLEIFRELX: LEI record
3
GLEIFRELX INC.: LEI record
4
GLEIFElsevier: LEI record
5
GLEIFMasson: LEI record
6
GLEIFRELX NEDERLAND B.V.: LEI record
7
GLEIFReed Business Information: LEI record
8
GLEIFThreatMetrix: LEI record