Template:Infobox company/doc

This template is used to create an infobox in an article about a company.

Usage
To use this template in an article, copy the template below, then paste the template into an article.

All parameters are optional – those you do not populate with data will not show up in the infobox when the article is saved.

You must remove both the  characters that surround certain entries in order for the data you enter to appear in the published article.

Usage


Accessibility note
Per WP:ACCESS, do not make any text entries smaller than the default font; doing so creates an accessibility problem for many readers with imperfect vision. Specifically, do not use or  in the infobox.

Parameters explained
Do not erase parameters that could logically apply now or in the future because you do not yet have data (such as financial results) or because the parameter does not apply today (such as defunct date), except the  parameter, which pertains only to publishing companies, and the   parameter, which applies only to financial services companies. You may erase a parameter if it can never logically be applicable. The  parameter, for example, only applies to companies based outside the United States and can therefore be erased from articles about United States-based companies.

Note that the examples below are for demonstration purposes only and do not necessarily reflect actual data.

Examples: Caterpillar Inc., General Electric Company, Microsoft Corporation Examples: ETA SA Manufacture Horlogère Suisse, Нефтяна́я Компа́ния Ю́КОС. Example: In the Verizon Wireless article, the "name" parameter is "Cellco Partnership" because that is the full, legal name of the company. However, Cellco Partnership does business as "Verizon Wireless" and you would enter Verizon Wireless in the "trading name" field. For companies that use both a wordmark and a logo, upload a file that shows the two in combination if the combined form serves as the company's primary identity mark. For a wordmark example, see Google; for a logo example, see Apple Inc.; for a combined logo and wordmark example see Altria. Upload a wordmark/logo graphic using the organization logo upload form. Note: uploading trademarked corporate logos by other means or uploading corporate logos to Wikimedia Commons is likely to result in deletion of the logo. Format: Example: Logo used from 1942 to 1966 Examples:  OR Examples:  OR This parameter is used for publishing and media companies only. If this parameter is filled, consider using instead, unless the company is notable for more than publishing. If the article subject is not a publishing or media company, delete this parameter from the article. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries. Example:  OR Examples:  OR Examples:  OR Example: Example:  OR Examples:  or  Examples: Acquired by Cisco Systems, Inc. OR Bankrupted OR Dissolved OR Merged with Thompson Corporation Examples:  OR Example:. Example: Examples:  OR    OR   OR Generally list prominent, current executives within the company holding key positions such as chairman, chief executive officer, president, VP of design, etc., but do not list roles below chief officer level if they are not notable. Do include top executives even not individually notable, but do not wikilink them. Use popular names rather than formal names if the key figure has an existing Wikipedia article. It may be appropriate add, at the end, past executives who played an especially prominent role in the company's history. For defunct companies, list the most prominent former executives. Example: Example:  OR Examples:  OR Example: Example: Example: Example: Example: This entry is used for financial services companies only. If the article subject is not a financial services company, delete this parameter from the article. Example: Example: Example: Example: Example, in the case of Solar Turbines Incorporated: Example, for a fictional telecom corporation: Example, for Caterpillar Inc.:
 * name: The full, legal name of the company, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof. The full legal name of the company may be different from the common name used for the article title.
 * native_name: The full, legal non-English name of the company as it appears in the company's home country language, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof.
 * romanized_name: Native name in Latin script. Use only if the company is based in a non-English speaking country and it has no official rendering of native name in Latin script. If the official rendering of native name in Latin script exists, use native_name parameter instead and omit this non-Latin names entirely.
 * trading_name: Trade name, doing business as, d/b/a or fictitious business name under which a company presents itself to the public. This parameter is used only when the company has a legally registered trade name that is different from the company's full, legal name.
 * logo: The company's current, primary wordmark and/or logo. Use the logo of the legal entity that is the subject of the article; the logo used may be different from the logo used on consumer products, particularly if the article is about a parent company or holding company.
 * caption: Descriptive information for the logo, if necessary. Rarely used.
 * type: Type of company, wikilinked. Use the  parameter to list ownership percentages for private companies and joint ventures, if applicable.
 * traded_as: The stock exchange(s) and stock ticker symbol(s) of publicly traded companies, using stock ticker templates. Information about the company's status as a component of a major index can also be added. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries. A list of available stock ticker symbol templates is available at Category:Ticker symbol templates.
 * genre: Genres of works published by the company, listed alphabetically and wikilinked.
 * predecessor: The full, legal name(s) of any predecessor(s) of the company, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof. If the article subject exists as the result of the merger of two or more legal entities, list the predecessors alphabetically, using to format the entries.
 * successor: The full, legal name(s) of any successor(s) of the company, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof. If the article subject has two or more successors, list the successors alphabetically, using to format the entries.
 * foundation: Location and date of the company's founding (establishment). Use for the date. Location may be in the format of , or simply   if a subnational unit is not conventionally given. Use the most-recognizable names in English and individually wikilink the city and state or province. Per WP:OVERLINK, do not wikilink the country. Per WP:Manual of Style (icons), ; flag icons place an unnecessary emphasis on nationality and can be misleading.
 * founder: Entrepreneur(s) who founded the company. List the founders alphabetically by surname. Use to format the entries. Wikilink the names of founders who are notable as defined by Wikipedia.
 * defunct: Date (at least year, more specific if known) that the company became defunct (legally dissolved). Use for the date.
 * fate: The reason a company became defunct or the change type and the full legal name of the acquiring or merging entity, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof.
 * location_city: Current city, or city and state/province, of the company's headquarters. Use the location's most-recognizable name in English and individually wikilink both the city and the state or province, if not already wikilinked in the  parameter. May be in the format of , or simply   if a subnational unit is not conventionally given. If this parameter is used, also populate location_country. Do not provide a street address, except in the rare case that the location, for example the corporate campus, is independently notable.
 * location_country: Current country of the company's headquarters. Per Use its most-recognizable name in English, but do not wikilink the country per WP:OVERLINK., per WP:Manual of Style (icons). If this parameter is used, also populate location_city.
 * locations: Number of locations the company has physical properties, expressed as a number, followed by the property type, then the applicable year in parentheses.
 * area_served: Geographic area(s) in which the company does business. Use the largest geographic area(s) that apply. If, for example, a company does business in every province in Canada, list Canada, do not list each province. Do not wikilink if it would be redundant with the linking in a previous parameter, such as  or  . If there is more than one entry, list them alphabetically and use  to format the entries.
 * key_people: Up to four key individuals closely associated with the company. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries. List the figures in order of organizational role importance. Give job title(s) in parentheses (round brackets); these job titles are capitalized per WP:Manual of Style (capital letters) because they follow the name. If a founder is already listed in the   parameter, do not list them again here as a founder; you may however list them along with their job title (Chairman, President, etc.)
 * industry: Primary industry(s) in which the company operates, listed alphabetically. If the company offers goods and/or services in more than one industry, use  to format the entries.
 * products: A representative selection of the company's well known current and/or former products, listed alphabetically. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries.
 * production: The number of units produced in the most recent year and the year prior, stating the year in parentheses. Indicate what is being measured, such as vehicles, units or devices. You may include an indicator icon to indicate the change compared to the previous year; to avoid confusion, place the indicator before the number. Please note that this is intended to depict the direction of change compared to the previous year, not the actual numerical change in value.
 * services: A representative selection of the company's well known current and/or former services offered, listed alphabetically. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries.
 * revenue: All income that the company receives from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers in the most recent year and the year prior, indicating the years in parentheses. (Revenue is referred to as "turnover" in the United Kingdom.) Wikilink the currency unit and indicate country for common currency units like "dollar".
 * operating_income: Total earnings before interest and taxes recognized by the company in its most recent fiscal year and the year prior, with the applicable years in parentheses.
 * net_income: Net income or profit (revenue minus costs) realized by the company in its most recent fiscal year and the year prior, with the applicable years in parentheses.
 * aum: The company's total assets under management (AUM) in its most recent fiscal year and the year prior, with the applicable years in parentheses.
 * assets: Total assets controlled by the company in its most recent fiscal year and the year prior, with the applicable year s in parentheses.
 * owner: Use this parameter to list ownership percentages for private companies owned by a few key individuals or to list ownership percentages for joint ventures, if applicable. When listing a company as an owner, use the full legal name of the entity that holds the ownership stake in the article's subject company. List the owners alphabetically and use to format the entries.
 * num_employees: Total number of people employed by the company in the most recent year and the year prior, with the applicable years in parentheses. To separate thousands (e.g. 12,200; 5,200) please use a comma  instead of a full stop (.) per WP:MOSNUM.
 * parent: If the article's subject is a subsidiary of a holding company or parent company, list the full, legal name of the parent company, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof.
 * divisions: The primary functional or operational business divisions of a company, listed alphabetically. These divisions align with the internal organizational structure of the company and may or may not align with the company's legally incorporated subsidiaries. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries. If there are more than five divisions and the article body lists them or discusses them, consider linking to that part of the article rather than listing them in the infobox.
 * subsid: The primary legally incorporated subsidiaries owned by the company, listed alphabetically. Use the full, legal name of each subsidiary, correctly reproducing punctuation and abbreviations or lack thereof. Wikilink each subsidiary that has its own unique article. For publicly traded companies, a list of subsidiaries is disclosed in the company's annual report. If there is more than one entry, use to format the entries. If there are more than five subsidiaries and the article body lists them or discusses them, consider linking to that part of the article rather than listing them in the infobox.
 * homepage: Top level URL of the company's website, using the URL template. Do not include the leading
 * footnotes: Use to list citations that validate the data in the infobox and/or to note information about the terms, names and figures used in the infobox.
 * intl: Enter  in the data area to change some labels from U.S. terminology to international terminology. If the company is based in the United States, remove this parameter.
 * bodystyle: See Infobox/doc. Example: can be used to set width of Infobox to 28 em with:

Instructions for the financial results parameters
The,  ,  ,  ,   and   are used to record a company's financial information.

Wikilink the first occurrence of the currency unit. This is usually in the revenue parameter.

Each parameter entry should include three elements: an indicator icon, the results of the most recent fiscal year and the results of the previous fiscal year.


 * Example:

Indicator icons
You may include an indicator icon to indicate the change compared to the previous fiscal year; to avoid confusion, place the indicator before the number. Please note that this is intended to depict the direction of change compared to the previous year, not the actual numerical change in value.


 * increase, steady, or  decrease


 * Examples:


 * Which display as:
 * US$128,064,032 (2011)

US$111,586,447 (2010)
 * US$128,000,000 (2011)

US$128,000,000 (2010)


 * US$111,586,447 (2011)

US$128,064,032 (2010)

Consistent notation
There are different ways to record financial results that are in the millions or billions of dollars. Pick one and use it consistently in all parameters. If using billions, always wikilink the first occurrence as, since "billion" has more than one meaning. Use  to prevent wrapping between elements of the numbers, per WP:Manual of Style (dates and numbers).

Do not express results as a decimal such as. Instead choose a notation that will allow you to express all results for the period in whole numbers.

In this example use  or   and apply your choice to all the financial results consistently.


 * Examples:

Exact dollars
 * revenue         = US$42,588,363,000 (2011)

US$31,127,556,602 (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3,963,082,345 (2011)

US$3,144,535,447 (2010)
 * net_income      = US$2,700,376,442 (2011)

US$2,223,224,071 (2010)
 * assets          = US$64,020,364,188 (2011)US$59,883,175,007 (2010)
 * equity          = US$10,863,945,862 (2011)US$10,802,835,119 (2010)

Rounded billions
 * revenue         = US$42.588&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$41.754&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3.963&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$3.258&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * net_income      = US$2.700&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$2.615&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * assets          = US$64.020&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$59.878&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * equity          = US$10.864&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$10.111&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)

Rounded millions
 * revenue         = US$42,588&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$41,754&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * operating_income = US$3,963&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$3,258&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * net_income      = US$2,700&amp;nbsp;million (2011

US$2,615&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * assets          = US$64,020&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$59,878&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * equity          = US$10,864&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$10,111&amp;nbsp;million (2010)

Do not use an inconsistent mix of the three styles depicted in the examples above. Below is an example of undesirable, inconsistent notation.
 * revenue         = US$42,588&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$41,754&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * operating_income = US$.963&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$3.258&amp;nbsp;billion (2010)
 * net_income      = US$2,700,376,442 (2011)

US$2,223,224,071 (2010)
 * assets          = US$64,020&amp;nbsp;million (2011)

US$59,878&amp;nbsp;million (2010)
 * equity          = US$10,864,445,862&amp;nbsp;billion (2011)

US$10,802,835,119 (2010)

Examples




Resources

 * Company and financial info:
 * Datamonitor—Provides free company profiles including descriptions, headquarter address, website address, employees, revenue and other financial data, industry categorization, and more. Additional data is available from purchasable company profiles.
 * Yahoo! Finance—Provides revenue [Revenue (ttm)], operating_income [Operating Cash Flow (ttm)] and net_income [Net Income Avl to Common (ttm)] data, plus various other information. Enter the ticker symbol or find company name, then click on the "Key Statistics" link in the left column. Yahoo! also operates websites in many locations worldwide, links to which are located at the bottom of the web page.
 * Hoover's—Provides revenue and net_income data. Also provides num_employees figures.
 * Many companies also provide annual financial reports as downloadable PDF files in the "investor relations" section of their website. Financial figures are typically found in the last half of an annual report.

A list of available stock ticker symbol templates is available at Category:Ticker symbol templates.
 * Stock info:

Stock ticker symbols for publicly traded companies can be looked-up on the website of the exchange on which the companies stock is traded.

In the United States:
 * NASDAQ Stock Market stock ticker template: or
 * NYSE Euronext stock ticker template:

In Germany:
 * Börse Frankfurt stock ticker templates:

In Japan:
 * Tokyo Stock Exchange stock ticker template:

In the United Kingdom:
 * LSE stock ticker template: