What is Johnson & Johnson's current founding date?

1,886, dated January 1, 1886, from a primary source (jnj.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 12, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

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Johnson & Johnson founding date

As of November 12, 2026, Johnson & Johnson's founding date on the AsOf record is 1,886, dated January 1, 1886, from a primary source (jnj.com).

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current founding date: 1,886January 1, 1886 · 1 source

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value	valid fromThe day the value took effect, not the day it was published. A period figure (a year's revenue) is dated at the period's end.More in About →	valid to	confidenceHow well the sources support the value, from 0 to 1. A single primary source is asserted from 0.7; nothing below 0.5 is asserted; a dead or disagreeing source lowers it.More in About →	sourcesPrimary: the entity's own filing, feed or site. Secondary: a publisher reporting it. Each claim links every source it has, with the passage that states the value where one was read.More in About →
1,886: founding date 1886 from 1886-01-01, claim clm_7408A6454730 and its sources to present · jnj.com	1886-01-01	present	0.95	jnj.com

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What is Johnson & Johnson's current founding date?: 1,886, dated January 1, 1886, from a primary source (jnj.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 12, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.95).

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Cite Johnson & Johnson founding date

Each form names the value, its as-of date (1886-01-01), the day you read it (2026-11-12), the claim's stable URL and id and its primary source. The URL never changes: a superseded claim stays at the same address.

Plain text

AsOf. "Johnson & Johnson founded: 1886", as of 1886-01-01. Claim clm_7408A6454730, https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730, accessed 2026-11-12. Source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886.

APA

AsOf. (1886). Johnson & Johnson founded: 1886 (as of 1886-01-01) [Record clm_7408A6454730]. Retrieved November 12, 2026, from https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730 (source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886)

BibTeX

@misc{asof_clm_7408A6454730,
  author = {AsOf},
  title = {Johnson \& Johnson founded: 1886},
  year = {1886},
  howpublished = {\url{https://asof.is/claim/clm_7408A6454730}},
  note = {Claim clm\_7408A6454730, as of 1886-01-01; source: https://www.jnj.com/our-heritage/meet-the-innovative-brothers-who-founded-johnson-johnson-in-1886},
  urldate = {2026-11-12}
}

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