Motorola

American telecommunications company (1928–2011)
Organization business Q259011
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 19 annual filings
Revenue
$11.68B
▲ 8.0% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$2.15B
▲ 36.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$19.39B
▲ 32.8% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$12.75
▲ 38.1% YoY FY2025
$0.00$10.07B$20.14B$30.21B$40.28B FY2007: $36.62B · NI -$49.00M (-0.1% margin)FY2008: $8.14B · NI -$4.24B (-52.1% margin)FY2009: $6.95B · NI -$51.00M (-0.7% margin)FY2010: $7.62B · NI $633.00M (8.3% margin)FY2011: $5.74B · NI $1.16B (20.2% margin)FY2012: $6.27B · NI $881.00M (14.1% margin)FY2013: $6.23B · NI $1.10B (17.6% margin)FY2014: $5.88B · NI $1.30B (22.1% margin)FY2015: $5.70B · NI $610.00M (10.7% margin)FY2016: $6.04B · NI $560.00M (9.3% margin)FY2017: $6.38B · NI -$155.00M (-2.4% margin)FY2018: $7.34B · NI $966.00M (13.2% margin)FY2019: $7.89B · NI $868.00M (11.0% margin)FY2020: $7.41B · NI $949.00M (12.8% margin)FY2021: $8.17B · NI $1.25B (15.2% margin)FY2022: $9.11B · NI $1.36B (15.0% margin)FY2023: $9.98B · NI $1.71B (17.1% margin)FY2024: $10.82B · NI $1.58B (14.6% margin)FY2025: $11.68B · NI $2.15B (18.4% 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 0000068505-26-000010

Summary

Motorola is a business[1]. Motorola has Wikipedia articles in 76 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: National Medal of Technology and Innovation[3]
  • Member of: ANGA[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Instance of: enterprise[6], multinational corporation[7]
  • Founder: Joseph Galvin[8], Paul Galvin[9]
  • Headquarters location: Schaumburg[10]
  • Chief executive officer: Greg Brown[11]
  • Child organization or unit: General Instrument[12], Netopia[13], Good Technology[14], Codex Corporation[15], Motorola (United Kingdom)[16], Motorola (Italy)[17], Motorola (Germany)[18], Motorola (France)[19], Motorola (Canada)[20]
  • Commons category: Motorola[21]
  • Stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange[22], New York Stock Exchange[23]
  • Industry: telecommunications[24], electronics industry[25]
  • Inception: September 25, 1928[26]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 4, 2011[27]
  • Official website: http://www.motorola.com/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Motorola[29]
  • Commons gallery: Motorola[30]
  • Product or material produced: mobile phone[31]
  • Employees: 53,000[32]
  • Replaced by: Motorola Mobility[33], Motorola Solutions[34]
  • Topic has template: Template:Motorola[35]
  • Official name: Motorola, Inc.[36], Galvin Manufacturing Corporation[37]
  • Legal form: public company[38]
  • Owner of: Four-Phase Systems[39]
  • Different from: Motorola Mobility[40]
  • ACM Classification Code (2012): 10011505[41]

Why It Matters

Motorola is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

FAQs

What awards did Motorola receive?

Honors received include National Medal of Technology and Innovation[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . grid.ac. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [9] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . milog.co.il. milog.co.il. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [4] ↑ . anga.de. Retrieved . anga.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . money.cnn.com. money.cnn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → Motorola_Inc., Motorola
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    Central index key → 0000068505
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