National Football League (NFL)
Spectator SportsNew York, United States5001-10000 Employees
The National Football League is the leading professional football league in the United States, made up of 32 franchises that compete each season for the Super Bowl, the game's flagship championship event. Founded in 1920, the NFL helped define the modern model for professional sports leagues through broad national and international distribution, revenue sharing, and consistently strong franchises. The league is headquartered in New York City and maintains a wide network of offices, including NFL Media in Inglewood, California, and an NFL Films operation in Mt. Laurel, New Jersey, with additional satellite offices in Atlanta, Washington DC, and Chicago, along with international offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, China, Mexico, and Canada. In recent years the NFL has expanded its footprint beyond the United States, establishing expanded operations in Australia and New Zealand to support regional engagement and to host games abroad, such as a first regular-season game in Melbourne. Operating in the spectator sports industry, the NFL provides a platform for football and distributes games across national and international markets. Based in New York City, the league is a large, long-established organization with a global presence that continues to influence the structure of professional football.