Company and industry profiles often lack much of the information in standard reference list citations.
These examples demonstrate how to adapt the profiles to APA citation style.
Company profile with author listed
Author, A. A. (Year). Title of report. Database name.
Colbert, C. (2011). Netflix, Inc. Los Gatos, CA United States. Hoovers database.
Company profile with no author
Title of report. (Year). Database name.
Netflix, Inc. Lansing, MI United States. (2011). Hoovers database.
Company profile retrieved from a website
Author or Group Name. (Date). Title. URL
MetroPCS Communications. (n.d.). metroPCS: Wireless for all: Annual report 2010. http://www.annualreports.com/HostedData/AnnualReports/PDF/PCS2011.pdf
For more information, see the guide by Indian River State College.
APA reference citations have four elements: author, publication date, title, and source. These examples are color-coded for your reference.
Journal Article
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Year). Title of the article. Name of the Periodical, volume(issue), #-#, https://doi.org/xxxx (if available)
Rawlings, D., & Tieman, J. (2015). Patient and care information: Can they read and understand it? An
example from palliative care. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 58(2), 43-52.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2011.08.021
Book
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Copyright Year). Title of the book. Publisher. DOI or URL (if available)
Armenta, A. (2017). Protect, serve, and deport: The rise of policing as immigration enforcement. University
of California Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/j.ctt1w8h204
Website
Author, A. A., & Author, B. B. (Date). Title of work. Website Name. URL
Bologna, C. (2018, June 27). What happens to your mind and body when you feel homesick? HuffPost.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-happens-mind-body-
homesick_n_5b201ebde4b09d7a3d77eee1
Name of Group. (Date). Title of work. Site Name (if different from author). URL
World Health Organization. (2018, March). Questions and answers on immunization and vaccine safety.
https://www.who.int/features/qa/84/en/