43/100BPPL company profile
- CEO
- Vincent Sorgi
- Employees
- 6,546
- Headquarters
- 645 Hamilton Street, Suite 601, Allentown, PA 18101, US
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Electric
- IPO date
- 17 Mar 1980
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US69351T1060
Website:pplweb.com
About the company
PPL Corporation provides electricity and natural gas to approximately 3.6 million customers in the United States. It operates in three segments: Kentucky Regulated, Pennsylvania Regulated, and Rhode Island Regulated. The company engages in the transmission and distribution of electricity in eastern and central Pennsylvania; generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in Kentucky, Virginia, and Rhode Island; distribution and sale of natural gas in Kentucky and Rhode Island; sale of wholesale electricity in Kentucky; and generation of electricity from power plants in Kentucky. It generates electricity from coal, gas, hydro, and solar sources. The company was formerly known as PP&L Resources, Inc. and changed its name to PPL Corporation in 2000. PPL Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Employees
PPL had about 300 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 95.5% 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 PPL
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 91.9% of PPL's shares on 30 June 2026, 1,067 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 PPL
Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings