Private company
Austria Press Agency
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
National news agency of Austria
The Austria Press Agency (German: Austria Presse Agentur, APA) is the national news agency and the leading information provider in Austria. It is owned by Austrian newspapers and the national broadcaster ORF.2 It is headquartered in Vienna.1 It employed 511 people in 2023.1 Its revenue was €75.8 million in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
- Industryjournalism1
- HeadquartersVienna1
- Websitewww.apa.at
- Legal formeingetragene Genossenschaft1
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The Austria Press Agency (German: Austria Presse Agentur, APA) is the national news agency and the leading information provider in Austria. It is owned by Austrian newspapers and the national broadcaster ORF.2
Corporate structure
Austria Press Agency sits at the top of its group. 7 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Austria Press Agency Vienna
- APA-OTS Subsidiary
- Swiss Telegraphic Agency Stake · 30% · Bern
- Illustrations- und Photopress AG Subsidiary · Switzerland
- European Pressphoto Agency Stake · 6.91% · Frankfurt
- APA-DeFacto Subsidiary · Austria
- APA-IT Subsidiary · Austria
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
What it owns
What Austria Press Agency reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.
Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)
Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- APA-DeFacto
- APA-IT
- APA-OTS
Also owns
From Wikidata.1
Employees over time
Revenue over time
As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.
Revenue
- 202375.8M EUR1
Controversies and legal
Legal case
In 1994, prior to Austria's accession to the European Union, the Austrian government contracted with APA under an indefinite term agreement for the supply of press-related services. The contract was subsequently amended, transferring the contract from APA to a wholly-owned subsidiary, APA-OTS, converting the cost to Euros, adjusting the price, and revising the contract's price indexation clause. A rival business, pressetext Nachrichtenagentur GmbH, challenged the amendments, arguing that they constituted the award of a new contract which should have been procured competitively under the legal regime for procurement which applied to Austria after it joined the EU. The issues were referred by the Austrian Bundesvergabeamt (Federal Procurement Office) to the European Court of Justice, which issued a preliminary ruling on 19 June 2008. The Court ruled that in the circumstances, the amendments did not amount to a material change to the contract, and the government actions were justified.
From Wikipedia’s article on Austria Press Agency, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Timeline
- 1849Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.apa.at1
- X (Twitter)x.com/apa_at1
- WikipediaAustria Press Agency
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ680662
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataAustria Press Agency on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAustria Press Agency on Wikipedia
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- 5Wikimedia CommonsAustria Press Agency photo by Septembercloud, CC BY-SA 4.0