Southern Company

US electricity corporation
Organization business Q2304693
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$29.55B
▲ 10.6% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$4.34B
▼ 1.4% YoY FY2025
Assets
$155.72B
▲ 7.3% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$3.92
▼ 1.8% YoY FY2025
$0.00$8.13B$16.25B$24.38B$32.51B FY2007: $15.35BFY2008: $17.13BFY2009: $15.74BFY2010: $17.46BFY2011: $17.66BFY2012: $16.54BFY2013: $17.09BFY2014: $18.47BFY2015: $17.49BFY2016: $19.90BFY2017: $23.03BFY2018: $23.50BFY2019: $21.42BFY2020: $20.38BFY2021: $23.11BFY2022: $29.28BFY2023: $25.25B · NI $3.98B (15.7% margin)FY2024: $26.72B · NI $4.40B (16.5% margin)FY2025: $29.55B · NI $4.34B (14.7% margin) '07'09'11'13'15'17'19'21'23'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0000092122-26-000006

Southern Company

Summary

Southern Company is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (975 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Southern Company is in the country of United States[3].
  • Southern Company is in the country of US[4].
  • Southern Company's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Southern Company's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Southern Company's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Southern Company's instance of is recorded as energy company[8].
  • Southern Company's headquarters location is recorded as Atlanta[9].
  • Southern Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Georgia Power[10].
  • Southern Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Southern Linc[11].
  • Southern Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Mississippi Power[12].
  • Southern Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Alabama Power[13].
  • Southern Company is part of S&P 500[14].
  • Southern Company is part of S&P 100[15].
  • Southern Company's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[16].
  • Southern Company's industry is recorded as energy industry[17].
  • Southern Company's industry is recorded as electric power industry[18].
  • 1945 marks the founding of Southern Company[19].
  • 1945-11-09 marks the founding of Southern Company[20].
  • Southern Company's official website is recorded as http://www.southerncompany.com/[21].
  • Southern Company's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Southern Company[22].
  • Southern Company's product or material produced is recorded as electricity[23].
  • Southern Company's replaces is recorded as Commonwealth & Southern Corporation[24].
  • Southern Company's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[25].
  • Southern Company's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[26].
  • Southern Company's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+61544'}[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 549300FC3G3YU2FBZD92[28]

  • Registered legal name: The Southern Company[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[34]

  • Entity created: 1945-11-09[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2013-02-01[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2025-10-09[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2026-10-16[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 397021[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include 1945[19] and 1945-11-09[20].

Identity

Part of include S&P 500[14], a stock market index[43], in United States[44] and S&P 100[15], a stock market index[45], in United States[46], founded in 1976[47].

Operations

Southern Company's headquarters location is recorded as Atlanta[9]. Subsidiaries include Georgia Power[10], a business[48], in United States[49], founded in 1902[50], headquartered in Atlanta[51]; Southern Linc[11], a business[52], in United States[53], founded in 1996[54], headquartered in Atlanta[55]; Mississippi Power[12], a business[56], in United States[57], founded in 1925[58], headquartered in Gulfport[59]; and Alabama Power[13], a business[60], in United States[61], founded in 1906[62], headquartered in Birmingham[63].

Industry

Industries include energy industry[17] and electric power industry[18].

Ownership

Southern Company's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[16]. Its product or material produced is recorded as electricity[23].

Why It Matters

Southern Company ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (975 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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