Who Apple buys from and sells to
Designs iPhones, Macs and services; outsources the silicon to TSMC and nearly all assembly to contract makers in Asia.
Buys from 6
- TSMCTSMfabricates the A and M series
- Foxconnfinal assembly of most iPhones, in China and India
- BroadcomAVGOwireless components
- QualcommQCOMmodems, on a shrinking share
- MicronMUmobile memory
- AlphabetGOOGLa custom Gemini model behind the new Siri
Sells to 6
- ConsumersiPhone, Mac, iPad, Wearables and paid services
- App developersApp Store commission on digital sales
- AlphabetGOOGLdefault search placement in Safari~$20B in 2022 (US v. Google trial)
- VerizonVZiPhones sold through carrier stores
- AT&TTthe same
- T-Mobile USTMUSthe same
Where the chain could break
- Every A and M series chip comes from TSMC fabs, most of them in Taiwan
- Assembly is concentrated in China and India, exposed to US tariffs on both
- Google's search payment is high-margin services revenue that antitrust remedies could cut
Competes with
- AlphabetGOOGLAndroid and Pixel, and a search payment that funds both
- Samsungpremium Android phones
- Huaweipremium phones in China
Mapped by hand from filings and company reporting, as of October 2026. It shows the relationships that matter most, not every contract: most are never disclosed, and agreements change.