Apple

As of 2026-10-09, Apple has 121 tracked suppliers and 0 tracked customers in this dataset; its largest supplier by market cap is TSMC.

Sourced from 3 references — SEC filing, primary source — last verified .

Designs A/M-series SoCs and modems for its own devices; TSMC's largest customer.

Ticker
NASDAQ: AAPL
Headquarters
Cupertino
Founded
1976
Employees
164,000
Revenue
$416.2B (FY2025) · +6.4% YoY
Net income
$112.0B
Operating margin
32.0%
Market position
major
Value-chain segment
Custom Silicon Designers
Key products
M-series, A-series, C-series modems

About Apple

Apple, headquartered in United States, operates in the Custom Silicon Designers segment of the semiconductor & AI supply chain and is positioned as a market major there. Its key products include M-series, A-series, C-series modems. wafergraph maps 121 tracked suppliers for Apple across the value chain.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics, software and online services. Founded in 1976 as Apple Computer Company by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne, the company was incorporated by Jobs and Wozniak as Apple Computer, Inc. the following year. Its current name was adopted in 2007 as the company expanded its focus from computers to consumer electronics. Apple is one of the Big Tech companies.

Role in the chain

Apple is a market major in Design (Fabless) (Custom Silicon Designers), headquartered in United States. Designs A/M-series SoCs and modems for its own devices; TSMC's largest customer.

Diligence questions

  1. The dataset records 121 tracked suppliers for Apple. Which of those edges are researched (named in a filing or primary source) versus segment-inferred, and what happens if one of them stops shipping?
  2. 24 of Apple's tracked suppliers are a monopoly or leader (including Analog Devices, Arm Holdings, ASE Technology, Broadcom). Which of those are actually single-source for the process step you care about?
  3. Apple is headquartered in United States. What jurisdiction, export-control or logistics risk sits at that HQ, versus at the fabs or plants the filings actually name?
  4. Apple trades as NASDAQ:AAPL. What does the latest reported period say about capacity and backlog versus the graph position above?
  5. Before treating any edge as a verified relationship, check the provenance labels on the company page and the method note at /methodology.

Full diligence pack for Apple

Key products

  • M-series
  • A-series
  • C-series modems

Suppliers

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Compare with

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Sources

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Cite as: wafergraph, “Apple — supply chain, financials & market position”, https://wafergraph.com/company/apple (data as of 2026-10-09).

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