Verizon

American broadband and telecommunications company
Organization business Q467752
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$138.19B
▲ 2.5% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$17.17B
▼ 1.9% YoY FY2025
Assets
$404.26B
▲ 5.1% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$4.06
▼ 1.9% YoY FY2025
$0.00$38.00B$76.01B$114.01B$152.01B FY2007: $93.47B · NI $5.52B (5.9% margin)FY2008: $97.35B · NI -$2.19B (-2.3% margin)FY2009: $107.81B · NI $4.89B (4.5% margin)FY2010: $106.56B · NI $2.55B (2.4% margin)FY2011: $110.88B · NI $2.40B (2.2% margin)FY2012: $115.85B · NI $875.00M (0.8% margin)FY2013: $120.55B · NI $11.50B (9.5% margin)FY2014: $127.08B · NI $9.62B (7.6% margin)FY2015: $131.62B · NI $17.88B (13.6% margin)FY2016: $125.98B · NI $13.13B (10.4% margin)FY2017: $126.03B · NI $30.10B (23.9% margin)FY2018: $130.86B · NI $15.53B (11.9% margin)FY2019: $131.87B · NI $19.27B (14.6% margin)FY2020: $128.29B · NI $17.80B (13.9% margin)FY2021: $133.61B · NI $22.07B (16.5% margin)FY2022: $136.84B · NI $21.26B (15.5% margin)FY2023: $133.97B · NI $11.61B (8.7% margin)FY2024: $134.79B · NI $17.51B (13.0% margin)FY2025: $138.19B · NI $17.17B (12.4% 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 0000732712-26-000007

Verizon

Summary

Verizon is a business[1]. Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,073 views/month, #193 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Verizon was a member of Wi-Fi Alliance[3].
  • Verizon was a member of OpenID Foundation[4].
  • Verizon is in the country of United States[5].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as telecommunication company[8].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as internet service provider[9].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as media company[10].
  • Verizon's instance of is recorded as public company[11].
  • Verizon is owned by The Vanguard Group[12].
  • Verizon is owned by BlackRock[13].
  • Verizon followed AT&T Corporation[14].
  • Verizon followed GTE[15].
  • Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[16].
  • Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Dan Schulman[17].
  • Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon Pennsylvania[18].
  • Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as AOL[19].
  • Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo[20].
  • Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Verizon[21].
  • Verizon's child organization or unit is recorded as Yahoo Inc.[22].
  • Verizon is part of Dow Jones Industrial Average[23].
  • Verizon is part of S&P 500[24].
  • Verizon is part of S&P 100[25].
  • Verizon's Commons category is recorded as Verizon[26].
  • Verizon's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 2S72QS2UO2OESLG6Y829[28]

  • Registered legal name: Verizon Communications INC.[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: 1983-10-07[35]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-06-06[36]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-03-23[37]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-04-19[38]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[39]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[40]

  • Authority entity ID: 2018751[41]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

Recorded inception include October 7, 1983[43] and June 16, 2000[44].

Identity

Verizon's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Verizon Communications Inc.'}[45]. Part of include Dow Jones Industrial Average[23], a stock market index[46], in United States[47], founded in 1896[48]; S&P 500[24], a stock market index[49], in United States[50], founded in 1957[51]; and S&P 100[25], a stock market index[52], in United States[53], founded in 1976[54]. Predecessors include AT&T Corporation[14] and GTE[15].

Leadership

Verizon's chief executive officer is recorded as Dan Schulman[17].

Operations

Verizon's headquarters location is recorded as New York City[16]. Subsidiaries include Verizon Pennsylvania[18], a business[55], in United States[56], founded in 1879[57], headquartered in Philadelphia[58]; AOL[19], an online service provider[59], in United States[60], founded in 1983[61], headquartered in New York City[62]; Yahoo[20], a web portal[63], in United States[64], founded in 1994[65], headquartered in Sunnyvale[66]; Verizon[21], a brick and mortar[67], in United States[68], founded in 2000[69], headquartered in Basking Ridge[70]; and Yahoo Inc.[22], a division[71], in United States[72], founded in 2006[73], headquartered in New York City[74].

Industry

Verizon's industry is recorded as telecommunications[75].

Ownership

Owners include The Vanguard Group[12], a business[76], in United States[77], founded in 1975[78], headquartered in Malvern[79] and BlackRock[13], a company[80], in United States[81], founded in 1988[82], headquartered in New York City[83]. Stock exchanges include Nasdaq[27] and New York Stock Exchange[84].

Why It Matters

Verizon ranks in the top 0.65% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,073 views/month, #193 of 29,529).[2] Verizon has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[85] Verizon is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[86]

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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  2. [85] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [86] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Bob08 · 2026-09-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instagram username → verizon
    Opencorporates id → us_de/2018751
    Youtube channel id → UCDF1rHyRH8LcxbHX5_mrZ0w
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'et',
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1320]]: us_de/2018751, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1790621713842"
  2. 4w ago · ItGetsWorseB4ItGetsWorse · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Social media followers → {'amount': '+76323'}, {'amount': '+6600000'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8687]]: 6,600,000"
  3. 4w ago · ItGetsWorseB4ItGetsWorse · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chief executive officer → Lowell McAdam, Hans Vestberg, Dan Schulman
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P169]]: [[Q5214356]]"
  4. 6w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → 3D3A-6CBF-F3EE-D457-EC8D
    Headquarters location → New York City
    Coordinate location → —
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  5. 8w ago · Wowo2024 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Owner of → Yahoo Inc., go90, Tele-TV +11
    Mac address block large id → 485D36, 20C047
    Headquarters location → New York City
    Coordinate location → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P625]]: 40°45'16.682"N, 73°59'5.078"W"
  6. 9w ago · ~2026-41555-11 · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → American broadband and telecommunications company
    X (twitter) username → VerizonSupport, verizon, vzpublicsector
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2002]]: vzpublicsector"
  7. 11w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of israel j9u id → 987013317328005171
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987013317328005171, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783595065105; Based on LC id in the National Library of Israel"
  8. 15w ago · Yogithab06 · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Delaware division of corporations file number → 2018751
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P10871]]: 2018751"
  9. 20w ago · MineoBot bot · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image last checked license → —
    Image needs reharvest → —
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    Musicbrainz label id → f4843253-bcea-4aad-a45c-101c17b0c945
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P966]]: f4843253-bcea-4aad-a45c-101c17b0c945"
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