Spire Inc
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| Public | |
| Traded as | : SR S&P 600 Component |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 1857 as The Laclede Gas Light Company |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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Area served
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St. Louis, Missouri |
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Key people
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Suzanne Sitherwood (CEO) |
| Products |
Natural gas |
| Services | Natural gas distribution |
| Revenue |
 $1.457 Billion (2016) |
 $0.282 Billion (2016) |
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$0.144 Billion (2016) |
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| Total assets |
$6.077 Billion (2016) |
| Total equity |
$1.8 Billion (2016) |
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Number of employees
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3,296 (2016) |
| Subsidiaries |
Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco) EnergySouth, Inc. Laclede Gas Company |
| Website | www |
Spire Inc. (: SR) is a public utility holding company based in St. Louis, Missouri, providing natural gas service through its regulated core utility operations while engaging in non-regulated activities that provide business opportunities. Its primary subsidiary Laclede Gas Company is the largest natural gas distribution utility in Missouri, serving approximately 631,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers in the City of St. Louis and ten counties in eastern Missouri. Its corporate headquarters is located in the 700 Market building in downtown St. Louis.
On April 29, 2016, the company began trading on the under the symbol SR. It had previously been known as the Laclede Group, trading under the symbol LG.
The company was one of the original 12 industrial companies that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average but was removed in 1899. On December 7, 2009, executives from The Laclede Group visited the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to ring the closing bell and commemorate the company’s 120th anniversary of trading on the exchange. The Company first listed its stock on November 14, 1889, making it the 8th-oldest listed stock on the NYSE.
In 2014, Laclede acquired Missouri Gas Energy from Southern Union Company. In 2014 Laclede group also acquired Alabama Gas Corporation (Alagasco).
In 2016, Spire acquired Energy South, Inc from Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, the parent company of Mobile Gas and Willmut Gas.
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