# National Institute of Standards and Technology parent company

entity: /record/nist.md  
predicate: parent  
page: /record/nist/parent  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, National Institute of Standards and Technology's parent company on the AsOf record is United States Department of Commerce, undated on the record, from a primary source (nist.gov) and one further source (usa.gov). The record holds 1 claim on National Institute of Standards and Technology's parent company, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current parent company

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/record/nist.md) | parent | [United States Department of Commerce](/record/us-department-of-commerce.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_B40B504A83F3](/claim/clm_B40B504A83F3.md)
  sources: https://www.nist.gov/about-nist, https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176691

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [National Institute of Standards and Technology](/record/nist.md) | parent | [United States Department of Commerce](/record/us-department-of-commerce.md) | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_B40B504A83F3](/claim/clm_B40B504A83F3.md)
  sources: https://www.nist.gov/about-nist, https://www.usa.gov/federal-agencies/national-institute-of-standards-and-technology, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176691

## Questions this record answers

### What is National Institute of Standards and Technology's current parent company?

United States Department of Commerce, undated on the record, from a primary source (nist.gov) and one further source (usa.gov). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/nist/parent (this fact) · /v1/entities/nist?predicates=parent (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "nist", predicates: ["parent"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/nist/parent.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/nist.md · timeline: /timelines/nist.md

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