How to Create a Wikipedia Page for Your Company

Yes, you can create a Wikipedia page for your company. But you cannot simply create one because you want one.

Your company must first meet Wikipedia’s notability requirements and be covered by significant independent sources. If it does, you can prepare a draft, submit it for review, and disclose your connection with the company if you are involved with it.

This guide explains how to create a Wikipedia page for your company, how to check whether your company is eligible, how to prepare the article, and what to do if a previous article has already been deleted.

I draw on my experience from helping many company leaders or communication managers create or update their company’s Wikipedia page: Naos (cosmetic laboratory), i-PRO (video security), CMA-CGM (logistics), etc.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Does Your Company Qualify for a Wikipedia Page?

It’s very common for us at Wikiconsult to receive messages like this:

In this message, the leader might imply that because their company is 7 years old, it should have a Wikipedia page.

However, the fact that a company is 7 years old (or even 50 or 100 years old) is not a valid criterion for creating a Wikipedia page.

There are both general criteria for justifying a page about a subject, and specific criteria for businesses.

🚨 Before you start creating your page, you need to make sure you meet these criteria! Otherwise, your page might be deleted (or never published), and it will be even harder to get it back online once you do meet the criteria.

This is one of the most important steps in the entire process. If your company is not considered notable, a carefully written article can still be rejected or deleted.

Wikipedia generally expects a topic to have received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject. Companies and organizations can also be assessed against specific notability guidance.

Wikipedia’s specific criteria for companies

Here are the 2 criteria defined by Wikipedia to justify the creation of a page for a business:

You will need to conduct some research to see if the business in question meets these criteria.

Here are some examples of rankings that can count:

• Forbes Global 2000
• Fortune 500
• FT 1000

However, being listed in a ranking does not automatically guarantee that a Wikipedia article will be accepted. The overall evidence and the applicable Wikipedia guidelines still matter.

What if your company does not meet a specific criterion?

This does not necessarily mean that you cannot create a Wikipedia article.

You should then look at Wikipedia’s general notability guideline and, most importantly, at the sources that have written about your company.

The key question is not:

“Is my company successful?”

It is:

“Has my company received significant coverage in reliable, independent sources?”

This distinction is essential.

Your own website, press releases, company blog, LinkedIn posts, advertising campaigns, customer testimonials, or announcements published by the company are generally not enough to establish notability.

You should instead look for substantial coverage in independent publications.

Examples might include:

• The New York Times
• The Washington Post
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Financial Times
• BBC
• The Guardian
• Forbes
• The Times
• The Independent
• major national newspapers
• reputable specialist publications with substantial editorial coverage

The exact publication is less important than the quality, independence and depth of the coverage.

An article that simply reproduces a company’s press release is very different from an independent article that investigates the company, explains its development, analyzes its activities, or devotes substantial attention to it.

Source: Wikipedia – Notability

What sources should you look for?

When assessing your company’s eligibility, ask yourself:

• Is the source independent from the company?
• Is it a reliable publication?
• Does it discuss the company in significant detail?
• Is the company itself the main subject of the coverage?
• Is the article more than a brief mention?
• Is the information editorially produced rather than supplied directly by the company?

Do not confuse media mentions with significant coverage.

A company can have hundreds of mentions in the press and still struggle to demonstrate Wikipedia notability if those mentions are only brief references.

To identify relevant sources, you can use Google News, Google Scholar, newspaper databases, the American Archive of Public Broadcasting in the United States, or the INA directory in France. You can also ask the PR agency handling your company’s media relations for a list of previous coverage.

Before you start creating your page, I strongly recommend carrying out this research first.

Can You Create a Wikipedia Page for Your Own Company?

Yes, you can technically create or propose an article about your own company.

However, this is where things become more complicated.

If you are the founder, executive, employee, consultant, PR agency, or otherwise connected to the company, you have a conflict of interest (COI).

Wikipedia strongly discourages editors from directly editing articles when they have a conflict of interest. This is particularly important when the person is being paid to contribute.

That does not mean that your company cannot have a Wikipedia page.

It means that you should approach the process transparently and avoid treating Wikipedia like another company communication channel.

For example, you should not:

• write promotional claims about your company;
• remove negative information simply because you dislike it;
• add information that cannot be supported by reliable sources;
• create multiple accounts to influence the article;
• hide your relationship with the company;
• present paid contributions as independent editorial work.

Instead, if you have a conflict of interest, the safer approach is to prepare a draft or propose changes and allow independent Wikipedia editors to review them.

If you are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikimedia’s terms of use require disclosure of your employer, client and affiliation.

This is one reason why creating a company Wikipedia page is very different from publishing a company profile on your own website.

How to Check if Your Company Already Has a Wikipedia Page

Before creating a new article, check whether one already exists—or existed in the past.

If someone has created a page for this company in the past, and it was deleted, it will be logged on Wikipedia.

You need to check if this has happened, because in that case, you will have to follow a different process to recreate the page: a page restoration request.

To do this, go to Wikipedia’s main public logs, and type the name of the company in question in “Target”, then click on “Show” (warning: The image below displays the interface of the main logs in the French version of Wikipedia).

This is an important step that many companies overlook.

How to Research Sources for Your Company Wikipedia Page

Once you know that your company may be notable, the next step is to gather the sources that will support the article.

This is often much more important than the writing itself.

Use independent sources

The strongest sources are generally those that are independent of your company.

For example:

Strong:

An independent newspaper investigates your company’s business model and devotes a substantial article to it.

Much weaker:

Your company publishes a press release, which is then reproduced almost word-for-word on a news website.

The second example may demonstrate that the company made an announcement, but it does not necessarily establish independent coverage.

Look for substantial coverage

A short mention such as:

“Company X was founded in 2018 and is based in Boston.”

is very different from a several-page article examining Company X, its history, activities, financing, controversies or impact.

When collecting sources, therefore, don’t simply count links.

Read them.

Ask how much of the article is actually about your company and whether the information comes from independent editorial work.

Don’t rely only on your company’s own sources

Your website can be useful for checking basic facts, dates, names and terminology.

However, it should not become the foundation of the article.

The Wikipedia article should be based primarily on information that has already been published by reliable, independent sources.

This is also why having a sophisticated website, thousands of customers, a large social-media following, or substantial revenue does not automatically make a company notable on Wikipedia.

Build a source table before writing

One practical approach is to create a simple table containing:

Source	Date	Independent?	Company is the main subject?	Significant coverage?	Information supported
Newspaper article	2025	Yes	Yes	Yes	History, activities
Company press release	2025	No	Yes	No	Funding announcement
Industry ranking	2024	Depends	Yes	Depends	Ranking
Interview	2023	Usually limited	Yes	Depends	Statements by executives

This makes it much easier to determine whether you have enough material before investing time in writing.

How to Write a Wikipedia Page for Your Company

If your company has never had a Wikipedia article, you can start preparing a draft.

The easiest way to begin is to look at well-developed articles about comparable companies and study their structure. For example, the page for BAE Systems, a British aerospace company.

But do not copy another company’s article.

Use it to understand how Wikipedia articles are structured and how information is presented.

Here are the most important things to keep in mind when writing your draft:

1. Every important statement should be supported by a reliable source

Wikipedia is not the place to reproduce your company’s presentation materials.

If you write:

“The company is the world’s leading provider of…”

you need a reliable source supporting that statement—and, in many cases, the wording itself may be too promotional for Wikipedia.

Instead, write what the sources actually say.

2. Use a neutral, encyclopedic tone

Avoid marketing language.

Words such as:

• leading;
• innovative;
• revolutionary;
• world-class;
• unique;
• prestigious;
• groundbreaking;

should immediately make you stop and ask whether the wording belongs in an encyclopedia.

Wikipedia is not a brochure.

The article should describe the company rather than promote it.

3. Avoid writing from the company’s perspective

Instead of:

“We developed an innovative solution for…”

write:

“The company developed…”

And, whenever possible, support the statement with an independent source.

4. Avoid turning the article into a list of achievements

A common mistake is to create a long list of:

• awards;
• clients;
• products;
• partnerships;
• milestones;
• funding rounds;
• press mentions.

Wikipedia articles are not résumés or company presentations.

Information should be selected according to its encyclopedic relevance and supported by reliable sources.

5. Keep the structure simple

A typical company article might include sections such as:

• History
• Activities
• Products or services
• Operations
• Corporate affairs
• Reception
• References

The exact structure depends on the company and the available sources.

You should not create sections simply because they appear in another company’s article.

What about the company’s website?

You can generally include the company’s official website as an external link when appropriate.

However, do not create a Wikipedia article simply to obtain an SEO link.

Wikipedia links are generally nofollow, and Wikipedia’s purpose is to build an encyclopedia—not to provide companies with backlinks.

A Wikipedia article can nevertheless have important indirect effects on a company’s online visibility and search presence.

Learn more about Wikipedia and SEO

How to Add Your Company’s Logo to Wikipedia

All images on Wikipedia must first be uploaded to a third-party site: Wikimedia Commons. You must also follow strict copyright rules: you can only upload photos you took yourself and own the rights to. You must also publish them under a free license.

You can then insert the logo in the page’s infobox by typing its name in the dedicated box.

How to Submit Your Wikipedia Draft for Review

Once your draft is ready, you have several options depending on the Wikipedia edition and your situation.

If you have a conflict of interest, submitting a draft for independent review is essential to directly publishing an article about your own company.

Use the Articles for Creation process on the English Wikipedia

On the English Wikipedia, you can use the Articles for Creation process to submit a draft for review (here).

A Wikipedia volunteer can then review the draft and either accept it, decline it with recommendations for improvement, or identify problems that need to be addressed.

🚨 Publishing an article does not mean that the article is safe from deletion.

Even after publication, other Wikipedia editors can review the article and propose changes or deletion if they believe it does not comply with Wikipedia’s policies and guidelines.

This is why getting the article right before publication is much more important than simply getting it online.

At Wikiconsult, we have created and worked on dozens of Wikipedia pages for companies, institutions and public figures. We therefore generally work with a complete source review and article preparation process before publication.

Declare the Context of Your Contribution on Wikipedia

Did you write the page for your own company as an executive, employee, intern, or apprentice? Or for someone close to you or a client?

In that case, you must be transparent and disclose your connection with the company for which you created the article.

You can do this on your profile.

See also: What’s the Price for a Professionnal Wikipedia Page? and Who Can Edit Wikipedia?

What If Your Company’s Wikipedia Page Is Rejected or Deleted?

A rejection or deletion does not necessarily mean that your company can never have a Wikipedia page.

First, you need to understand why the article was rejected or deleted.

Common problems include:

• insufficient evidence of notability;
• lack of independent sources;
• promotional language;
• poor sourcing;
• conflict-of-interest editing;
• copyright problems;
• a previous article that was recreated without addressing the reasons for its deletion.

Do not simply change a few sentences and submit the same article again.

If the underlying problem is a lack of independent coverage, rewriting the article will not solve it.

Likewise, if an earlier article was deleted because the sources did not establish notability, recreating the same article with the same sources can lead to the same result.

In some situations, the appropriate solution may be to improve the draft.

In others, particularly where an article was previously deleted, a restoration request or another Wikipedia process may be appropriate.

This is one of the situations where a notability audit before rewriting the article can save a considerable amount of time.

How Long Does It Take to Create a Wikipedia Page for a Company?

Based on our experience at Wikiconsult, once a draft is submitted for review, the process can take from a few hours to around three months.

There is no fixed timeline, and there is little you can do to speed up the process. Patience is key, as Wikipedia editors are volunteers and review times depend on their availability and workload.

Can You Pay Someone to Create a Wikipedia Page?

Yes, companies do hire consultants, writers and agencies to help them with Wikipedia-related work.

The important distinction is between paying for assistance and paying for a guaranteed Wikipedia result.

No legitimate consultant can guarantee that Wikipedia will accept or keep an article.

A professional service can help with:

• source research;
• notability assessment;
• draft preparation;
• formatting;
• disclosure;
• communication with Wikipedia editors;
• monitoring and maintenance.

But the final decision belongs to the Wikipedia community.

Be particularly cautious if someone promises:

“Guaranteed Wikipedia page.”

or:

“Permanent Wikipedia page.”

or:

“We can make sure nobody deletes your page.”

Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia, not a paid publication platform.

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I hope you find this information useful, and I wish you successful contributions to the encyclopedia!