This page contains a list of major international wire services.
| Abbreviation | Name | Origin | Headquarters | Type | | Reuters | Reuters | UK | London | Public company |
| AP | Associated Press | USA | Non-profit cooperative[1] |
| PA | Press Association | UK | London | Non-profit cooperative[2] |
| PAT | Pressat | UK | London | Private corporation[3] |
| ANP | Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau | Netherlands | The Hague | Public company (since 2000) |
| AFP | Agence France-Presse | France | Paris | State-owned enterprise |
| CP | Canadian Press
La Presse Canadienne | Canada | Toronto | Not-for-profit cooperative |
| DPA | Deutsche Presse-Agentur | Germany | Hamburg | Public company (with a limit that no shareholder may own more than 1.5% of the shares)[4] |
| AA | Anadolu Agency | Turkey | Ankara | State-owned enterprise |
| ANSA | Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata | Italy | Rome | Not-for-profit cooperative |
| BNO | BNO News | Netherlands | Tilburg | Public company[5] |
| UPI | United Press International | USA |
| EFE | Agencia EFE | Spain | Madrid | State-owned enterprise |
| 4E | Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation | USA | Public-benefit corporation[6] |
| FW | Factwire News Agency | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Private corporation (crowd-founded by 3,300 Hongkongers)[7] |
| KNW | Korea Newswire | South Korea | Seoul | Private corporation[8] |
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1. ^http://www.ap.org/pages/about/faq.html#2
2. ^http://www.pressassociation.com
3. ^http://www.pressat.co.uk
4. ^dpa - Ownership
5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://bnonews.com/site/index.php/about-us/|title=About Us - BNO News|work=BNO News|access-date=2018-07-16|language=en-US}}
6. ^https://www.fourthestate.co
7. ^https://factwire.news/en/about.html
8. ^http://www.koreanewswire.co.kr/?cd=90