66/100BBP company profile
- CEO
- Marguerite Eileen O'Neill
- Employees
- 93,700
- Headquarters
- 1 St James's Square, London, GL SW1Y 4PD, GB
- Sector
- Energy
- Industry
- Oil & Gas Integrated
- IPO date
- 3 Jan 1977
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US0556221044
Website:bp.com
About the company
BP p.l.c. operates as a global energy company, offering a wide array of carbon-based and sustainable products and services. Its operations are structured across three primary segments: Gas & Low Carbon Energy, Oil Production & Operations, and Customers & Products. The Gas & Low Carbon Energy division is responsible for the extraction and integrated generation of natural gas and power. It actively trades gas and both renewable and non-renewable electricity. This segment also manages onshore and offshore wind farms and develops innovative solutions like hydrogen production and carbon capture and storage facilities. Meanwhile, the Oil Production & Operations segment focuses on crude oil extraction. The Customers & Products arm encompasses a diverse portfolio, including convenience stores and retail fuel sales, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and the Castrol lubricants brand. It extends its reach to aviation and business-to-business (B2B) services, alongside midstream operations (like transportation and storage), refining activities, oil trading, and the expanding bioenergy sector. Established in 1908, BP maintains its headquarters in London, United Kingdom.
Employees
BP had about 93,700 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 6.8% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns BP
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 14.0% of BP's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,235 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about BP
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