Apple
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. Its current name was adopted in 2007 as the company expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is one of the Big Tech companies.
Basic company information
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- Ticker / security symbols
- AAPL [1]
- Listing exchanges
- Nasdaq [1]
- SEC industry
- Electronic Computers [1]
- Business sectors
- software development; software industry; mobile phone industry; information technology industry; consumer electronics industry; digital distribution [2]
- Company / filing name
- Apple Inc. [1]
- Headquarters location
- Apple Park; Cupertino [2]
- Business address
- ONE APPLE PARK WAY, CUPERTINO, CA, 95014 [1]
- Founded
- 1976-04-01 [2]
- Legal form
- corporation [2]
- Incorporation jurisdiction
- California, United States [1]
- Founders
- Steve Wozniak; Steve Jobs [2]
- Official website
- https://apple.com/ae/; https://apple.com/am/; https://apple.com/az/; https://apple.com/benl/; https://apple.com/bg/; https://apple.com/bh-ar/ [2]
- Employees
- 164,000 · reported year 2022 [2]
- Annual revenue
- USD 416,161,000,000 · reported year 2025 [2]
- Fiscal year end
- September 26 (SEC record) [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US0378331005 [2]
- CIK
- 0000320193 [1]
- SIC code
- 3571 [1]
- Country in background record
- United States [2]
Company positioning and business
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. Its current name was adopted in 2007 as the company expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is one of the Big Tech companies. [3]
The company was founded to market Wozniak's Apple I computer. Its successor, the Apple II, became one of the first successful mass-produced personal microcomputers. Apple introduced the Lisa in 1983 and the Macintosh in 1984, popularizing graphical user interfaces navigated by a mouse. By 1985, internal conflicts led to Jobs leaving the company to form NeXT and Wozniak stepping back from active employment. During the 1990s, Apple lost considerable market share to lower-priced Wintel computers, Intel-powered PC clones running Windows. By 1997, Apple was reporting major losses and struggling to deliver a modernized operating system, leading it to acquire NeXT, which brought Jobs back to the company. Under his leadership, Apple returned to profitability through the iMac, iPod, iPhone, and iPad, the iTunes Store, the Apple Store retail chain, and the "Think different" advertising campaign. Jobs resigned in 2011 for health reasons and died later that year. [3]
Apple's product lineup includes portable and home hardware like the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and AirPods; several in-house operating systems such as iOS, iPadOS, and macOS; and various software and services including Apple Pay and iCloud, as well as multimedia streaming services like Apple Music and Apple TV. Since 2011, Apple has for the most part been the world's largest company by market capitalization, and, as of 2024, is the largest manufacturing company by revenue, the fourth-largest PC vendor, the largest vendor of tablet computers, and the largest vendor of mobile phones. Apple became the first publicly traded US company to be valued at over $1 trillion in 2018, and, as of October 2025, is valued at just over $4 trillion. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Apple Inc.. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Understanding company scale
Employees: 164,000 · reported year 2022. [2]
Annual revenue: USD 416,161,000,000 · reported year 2025. [2]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
The SEC submissions record gives Apple a fiscal year end of 0926 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]
History and key events
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
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Source-verified relationships
Companies in the same industry
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Related entities and concepts
Frequently asked questions
When was Apple founded?
Founded: 1976-04-01. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Where is the headquarters of Apple?
Headquarters location: Apple Park; Cupertino. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Which business sectors are recorded for Apple?
Business sectors: software development; software industry; mobile phone industry; information technology industry; consumer electronics industry; digital distribution. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Apple relationship map
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2 verified direct relationships. Industry peers are not relationship edges.
Sources and review dates
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Reviewed 23 October 2026. Financial periods and historical event dates are shown separately. Figures reflect their stated source dates; this page is not a live quote or investment recommendation.