Boeing

The Boeing Company
Formerly
  • Pacific Aero Products Co. (1916‍–‍1917)
  • Boeing Airplane Company (1917‍–‍1961)
TypePublic
IndustryAerospace
FoundedJuly 15, 1916 (1916-07-15), in Seattle
FounderWilliam E. Boeing
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Production output
  • Increase 600 commercial aircraft
  • Increase 127 military aircraft
  • Increase 4 satellites (2025)
RevenueIncrease US$89.5 billion (2025)
Increase US$4.28 billion (2025)
Increase US$2.24 billion (2025)
Total assetsIncrease US$168.2 billion (2025)
Total equityIncrease US$5.45 billion (2025)
Number of employees
Increase 182,000 (2025)
Divisions
Subsidiaries
Websiteboeing.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes
Financials as of December 31, 2025
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The Boeing Company (/ˈboʊɪŋ/ BO-ing) is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services. Boeing is among the largest global aerospace manufacturers; it is the fourth-largest defense contractor in the world based on 2022 revenue and is the largest exporter in the United States by dollar value. Boeing was founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing in Seattle, Washington. The present corporation is the result of the Boeing acquisition of McDonnell Douglas on August 1, 1997.

The Boeing Company's corporate headquarters is located in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington County, Virginia, near Washington, DC. The company is organized into three primary divisions: Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), and Boeing Global Services (BGS). In 2021, Boeing recorded $62.3 billion in sales. Boeing is ranked 54th on the Fortune 500 list (2020), and ranked 121st on the Fortune Global 500 list (2020).