Southern Company Services

Southern Company Services, Inc.
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryElectric Utility
Founded1963; 61 years ago (1963)
HeadquartersBirmingham, Alabama, US
Key people
Mark Lantrip (CEO and president)
ProductsShared Services
Number of employees
4,536 (2008)
ParentSouthern Company
Websitesoutherncompany.com

Southern Company Services, Inc., headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, is the shared services division of Southern Company. Formed in 1963, as Southern Services, the company provides administrative and operational services to all of Southern Company's operating divisions. The company also provides engineering services to Alabama Power, Georgia Power, Gulf Power and Mississippi Power.