Longest Company Names for Companies in the Financial Markets
When designing websites or mobile apps it's important that you allow for the extremities in the content to avoid breaking your design -even more so if you're dealing with a data website such as an e-commerce website or financial markets.
Don't be tempted to create all your designs with just BP because it's simple, use real data, below is a list of the longest company names by major market as well as the longest part (in case you're wrapping your text).
| Index | Longest Company Name | Length | Longest Name Part | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTSE 100 | International Consolidated Airlines Group SA | 44 | InterContinental | 16 |
| FTSE 250 | Perpetual Income & Growth Investment Trust PLC | 46 | Moneysupermarket.com | 20 |
| EURO STOXX 50 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | 31 | UNIBAIL-RODAMCO | 15 |
| DAX | Muenchener Rueckversicherungs Gesellschaft in Muenchen AG | 57 | Rueckversicherungs | 18 |
| CAC 40 | Essilor International Compagnie Generale d'Optique SA | 53 | Etablissements | 14 |
| Bel 20 | Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA | 27 | Anheuser-Busch | 14 |
| IBEX 35 | ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA | 46 | Infraestructuras | 16 |
| NIKKEI 225 | Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co Ltd | 40 | Pharmaceutical | 14 |
| Dow 30 | International Business Machines Corporation | 43 | Communications | 14 |
| NASDAQ 100 | Expeditors International of Washington Inc. | 43 | Pharmaceuticals, | 16 |
| S&P 500 | Fidelity National Information Services Inc | 42 | AmerisourceBergen | 17 |
| FTSE MIB (FTMIB) 40 | UnipolSai (or UnipolSai Assicurazioni) post raggruppamento | 58 | STMicroelectronics | 18 |
Amusingly there is a company registered in the UK called THIS IS THE COMPANY WITH THE LONGEST NAME SO FAR INCORPORATED AT THE REGISTRY OF COMPANIES IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND ENCOMPASSING THE REGISTRIES BASED IN SCOTLAN.
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