Apple Files 2012 Annual SEC Report with More of Everything
Posted 11/01/2012 at 6:20am
| by J.R. Bookwalter
There's little doubt that Apple is a juggernaut, and now we have some hard numbers to back it up, courtesy of Cupertino's 2012 annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
As noted by MacRumors, Apple Inc. filed its 2012 annual report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, a document available for all to see online which pries the lid off many of the company's financial dealings.
The 2012 SEC report shows the company continuing to balloon in size, with pretty much more of everything as the titan of the tech world continues to grow. That includes employees, with 72,800 "full-time equivalent" around the world, up from 60,400 last year. 42,400 of those work in the retail division, a big jump from 36,000 in 2011.
Speaking of retail, the company's store presence increased from 357 to 390 at the close of Apple's fiscal 2012 year, with an average of $51.5 million made at each location. Notably, Apple plans to open between 30 and 35 new stores in 2013, with three-quarters of those outside of the United States.
Because of that ever-increasing retail presence, Apple has a lot of square footage -- approximately 17.3 million square feet which it owns or leases, although most of the office space is located in the USA. Only 4.1 million square feet is related to "retail store space," with approximately 2.6 million square feet in the company's Cupertino headquarters, which is owned by Apple.
Apple's 2012 SEC filing is just a click away, so dive in and see what other nuggets of information you can dig up!
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