As an American electric utility holding company, Southern Company operates from its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. The business also has executive office located in Birmingham, Alabama. In total, there are more 4.3 million customers in the United States that rely on the services offered by the company. Operations of the business are concentrated within the states of Florida, Alabama, Georgia and in Mississippi.
As a holding company, Southern Company operates as the parent business of Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power, Mississippi Power, Southern Company Services, SouthernLINC Wireless, Southern Nuclear, Southern Company Generation, Southern Power and Southern Telecom. It was in September 1949 that the company made its initial public offering in the New York Stock Exchange, where it markets its stocks using the symbol SO.