Private company

Lexicon

Logo: Lexicon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons⁴

American audio equipment manufacturer

Lexicon is an American company that engineers, manufactures, and markets audio equipment as a brand of Harman International Industries. The company was founded in 1971 with headquarters in Waltham, Massachusetts, and offices in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was acquired by Harman in 1993.² Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1971Founded¹

Industryaudio electronics¹
HeadquartersWoodbury¹
Websitelexiconpro.com/en
Legal formsubsidiary company¹
LEI549300IM4GWV3MD5W052³
StatusActive³
LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)³
Registered addressC/O DAN C YOUNG, 72201 Little Rock, United States³
Registered withBusiness & Commercial Services, 100031070³

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Corporate structure

Lexicon is part of a group headed by Samsung Electronics. 65 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Samsung Electronics Suwon, South Korea
- Harman International Industries 100% · Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - Lexicon Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
  - A&R Cambridge Ltd Subsidiary · Waterbeach
  - AKG Acoustics Subsidiary · Vienna, Austria
  - AMX LLC Subsidiary · Richardson, Texas, United States
  - Bowers & Wilkins Subsidiary · Worthing
  - Crown International Subsidiary · Elkhart
  - Dbx, Inc. Subsidiary · Sandy
  - DOD Electronics Subsidiary
  - Harman (China) Subsidiary · Suzhou, People's Republic of China
  - Harman International (United Kingdom) Subsidiary · Bridgend, United Kingdom
  - Harman Kardon Subsidiary · Stamford
  - JBL Subsidiary · Peosta, Iowa, United States
  - Mark Levinson Subsidiary · United States
  - Martin Professional Subsidiary · Aarhus, Denmark
  - Revel Audio Subsidiary · Stamford
  - Revox Subsidiary · Regensdorf
  - Soundcraft Subsidiary · Potters Bar
  - HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC. Subsidiary · Farmington Hills, Michigan, United States
  - Harman Industries Holding Mauritius, Ltd. Subsidiary · Trianon, Mauritius
  - Infinity Subsidiary
- Harman Becker Automotive Systems Karlsbad, Germany
- HARMAN CONSUMER NEDERLAND B.V. Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Dacor Subsidiary · 100% · City of Industry
- Joyent Subsidiary · 100% · San Francisco
- Samsung Display Subsidiary · 100% · Yongin
- SmartThings Subsidiary · 100% · Mountain View
- Samsung Medison Subsidiary · 68.5% · Seoul
- Samsung Electronics Hellas Subsidiary · Marousi, Greece
- Samsung Electronics Vietnam Subsidiary · Bắc Ninh, Vietnam
- Samsung Heavy Industries Subsidiary · Seongnam-si
- Samsung Biologics Stake · 31.5% · Incheon
- Cheil Worldwide Stake · 25.2% · Seoul
  - McKinney Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
- Samsung Electro-Mechanics Stake · 23.7% · Suwon
- Samsung SDS Stake · 22.6% · Samsung SDS Tower
- Samsung SDI Stake · 19.6% · Yongin, South Korea
  - Werk für Fernsehelektronik Subsidiary · Behrensbau, East Germany
  - Samsung SDI Magyarország Gyártó és Értékesítő Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság Subsidiary · Göd, Hungary
- Tomen Devices Stake · 12.2% · Harumi, Japan
- Samsung (China) Semiconductor Subsidiary · 100% · China
- Samsung Electronics America Subsidiary · 100% · United States
- Samsung Electronics Benelux B.V. Subsidiary · 100%
- Samsung Electronics Czech and Slovak Subsidiary · 100% · Czechia
- Samsung Electronics Holding Subsidiary · 100% · Germany
- Samsung Electronics Slovakia Subsidiary · 100% · Slovakia
- SAMSUNG R&D INSTITUTE INDIA - BANGALORE PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary · 99.99% · Bangalore, India
- Samsung Mobile Display Subsidiary · 84.8% · South Korea
- and 12 more

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

In 1971, Francis F. Lee founded the Lexicon company, based in Waltham, Massachusetts. The company was purchased by Harman in 1993.

From Wikipedia’s article on Lexicon (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.⁵

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Harman International Industries

Owners

Samsung Group

From Wikidata.¹

Controversies and legal

Lexicon BD-30/THX certification controversy

In 2010, an Audioholics.com review revealed that the chassis and internal components of Lexicon's BD-30 Blu-ray player (retail price $3500) was identical to that of the Oppo BDP-83 (retail price $500); audiovisual testing indicated no changes were made in performance either. Furthermore, it appears that this player was given THX certification (the first Blu-ray player with this distinction), despite failing fundamental THX tests. Currently, evidence of its certification has largely disappeared from the THX website after this was revealed.