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Shell plc

ACTIVE
Energy CompanyHolding / corporate group
ShellRoyal Dutch ShellRoyal Dutch Shell plcRoyal Dutch Petroleum Company"Shell" Transport and Trading Company

British multinational oil, gas and energy company headquartered in London, active across the entire oil and gas value chain.

Founded1907United Kingdom
HQLondonUnited Kingdom
01 · About

Shell plc

Founded 1907 · London, United Kingdom

Shell plc is a British multinational oil, gas and energy company headquartered in London. The company was formed in April 1907 through the merger of the Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Petroleum Company and the UK-based "Shell" Transport and Trading Company; the current legal entity was created in 2005 as Royal Dutch Shell plc and renamed Shell plc in 2022. Shell is vertically integrated and operates across every segment of the oil and gas industry: exploration and production, refining, transport, distribution and retail marketing, petrochemicals, power generation and trading. It operates in dozens of countries and runs a global network of service stations. Shell is a public company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New York Stock Exchange.

  • Marcus Samuel

    Co-founder (Shell Transport and Trading Company)

  • Henri Deterding

    Co-founder (Royal Dutch Petroleum Company)

02 · What they do

Domain of activity

1 industries
Who for1Industries
  • Energy
03 · Geography

Global presence

HQ London · 1 regions
Global
04 · Metrics

Scale & funding

founded 1907
1907founded
approx. 96,000 (2026, Shell data)employees
maturedevelopment stage
Publiclisted
activestatus
06 · Relations

Organizational relations

3 brands
07 · Classification

Profile & metadata

4 classification · 6 external links

Classification

  • Statusactive
  • Development stagemature
  • Listed onYesSHEL
  • Organization typeEnergy Company+ Holding / corporate group