COMCAST CORP
Comcast Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Holdings, is an American multinational mass media, telecommunications, and entertainment conglomerate. Comcast's corporate headquarters is at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, while NBCUniversal, Comcast's New York operations and other major Comcast assets are headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The company was ranked 51st in the Forbes Global 2000 in 2023. It is the fourth-largest telecommunications company by worldwide revenue, after AT&T, Verizon, and China Mobile. Comcast is the third-largest pay-TV company, the second-largest cable TV company by subscribers, and the largest home Internet service provider in the United States.
Basic company information
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- Ticker / security symbols
- CMCSA, CCZ [1]
- Listing exchanges
- Nasdaq, NYSE [1]
- SEC industry
- Cable & Other Pay Television Services [1]
- Business sectors
- telecommunications industry [2]
- Company / filing name
- COMCAST CORP [1]
- Headquarters location
- Philadelphia [2]
- Business address
- ONE COMCAST CENTER, PHILADELPHIA, PA, 19103-2838 [1]
- Founded
- 1963-06-28 [2]
- Incorporation jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania, United States [1]
- Leadership in background record
- Brian L. Roberts [2]
- Founders
- Julian A. Brodsky; Ralph J. Roberts [2]
- Official website
- http://corporate.comcast.com; https://www.cmcsa.com/ [2]
- Annual revenue
- USD 123,731,000,000 · reported year 2024 [2]
- Fiscal year end
- December 31 (SEC record) [1]
- ISIN (reported securities)
- US20030N2001 [2]
- CIK
- 0001166691 [1]
- SIC code
- 4841 [1]
- Country in background record
- United States [2]
Company positioning and business
Comcast Corporation, formerly known as Comcast Holdings, is an American multinational mass media, telecommunications, and entertainment conglomerate. Comcast's corporate headquarters is at the Comcast Center in Philadelphia, while NBCUniversal, Comcast's New York operations and other major Comcast assets are headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The company was ranked 51st in the Forbes Global 2000 in 2023. It is the fourth-largest telecommunications company by worldwide revenue, after AT&T, Verizon, and China Mobile. Comcast is the third-largest pay-TV company, the second-largest cable TV company by subscribers, and the largest home Internet service provider in the United States. [3]
It owns and operates the Xfinity residential cable communications business segment and division; Comcast Business, a commercial services provider; and Xfinity Mobile, an MVNO of Verizon. The company is also the nation's third-largest home telephone service provider, serving residential and commercial customers in 40 states and the District of Columbia. [3]
Comcast has owned NBCUniversal and its various mass media subsidiaries since 2013. It is a high-volume producer of films for theatrical exhibition and television programming through its film studios: Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, Illumination, and Focus Features. Its over-the-air national broadcast network channels include the National Broadcasting Company (NBC, one of America's Big Three television networks), Spanish-language channels Telemundo, TeleXitos, and Universo, television stations like Cozi TV, and pay-TV channel Bravo. NBCUniversal also works in news (NBC News and Noticias Telemundo) and sports (NBC Sports, NBCSN and Telemundo Deportes), bolstered by its 1996 acquisition of professional sports company Spectacor. It owns the video-on-demand streaming service Peacock; its holdings in digital distribution include thePlatform, acquired in 2006; and ad-tech company FreeWheel, acquired in 2014. Comcast has been the parent company of Sky Group since 2018, when it dropped out of the running to buy 21st Century Fox, Sky's then-largest shareholder, and instead acquired the company from Fox and other shareholders. The company also operates theme parks under its Universal Destinations & Experiences subsidiary. [3]
Background text: Wikipedia contributors, Comcast. Selected introductory paragraphs, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Official filing data is cited separately.
Management and corporate governance
The Wikidata background record identifies Brian L. Roberts in the chief-executive role. This background entry is not an official confirmation of the current board or executive roster. [2]
Understanding company scale
Annual revenue: USD 123,731,000,000 · reported year 2024. [2]
Financial year, securities and disclosures
The SEC submissions record gives COMCAST CORP a fiscal year end of 1231 (MMDD). Individual filings below identify their own reporting period; the filing date is the publication event, not the financial year end. [1]
Listed securities: CMCSA (Nasdaq), CCZ (NYSE). Multiple symbols may represent different share classes or securities of the same registrant. [4]
History and key events
Financial results and regulatory disclosures
Annual, quarterly and current reports from the collected SEC record. Insider Forms 4 and 144 are excluded. This is a selected list, not a live filing feed.
Source-verified relationships
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Frequently asked questions
When was COMCAST CORP founded?
Founded: 1963-06-28. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Where is the headquarters of COMCAST CORP?
Headquarters location: Philadelphia. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
Which business sectors are recorded for COMCAST CORP?
Business sectors: telecommunications industry. The linked source provides the background record. [2]
COMCAST CORP relationship map
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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.