QWEST CORPORATION
Qwest Corporation is a Colorado corporation. The Colorado Secretary of State’s business register lists it under entity ID 19871054618 as a domestic profit corporation formed on 17 July 1911, with the status “Good Standing” when the register was checked on 30 September 2026. It files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission under CIK 0000068622 (IRS employer number 84-0273800). Qwest Corporation is a US telecommunications carrier. Its Form 10-K for 2025 describes networking, broadband and voice services for business and residential (“Mass Markets”) customers, and says most of its revenue comes from a 14-state local service area: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
The company’s own debt indentures identify it under earlier names: The Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company, then U S WEST Communications, Inc. EDGAR lists U S WEST Communications Inc as a former name until 11 October 2000. Its 10-K gives the principal executive office as 931 14th Street, Denver, Colorado.
The registry record on this page comes from the Nebraska Secretary of State (number 0427500, dated 11 January 1978, North Platte). The Nebraska register could not be reached, so it is not confirmed what that entry is. It is not the incorporation: the company was formed in Colorado in 1911. The legal form shown on the card is a UK term. Colorado records a domestic profit corporation.
Company-level figures from the 2025 Form 10-K: total operating revenue was $4,748 million (2024: $5,508 million), including $1,935 million from affiliated companies. The net loss was $1,327 million, after a $2,012 million goodwill impairment and a $235 million loss on a disposal group held for sale (2024: net income of $1,487 million). Total assets were $15,820 million at 31 December 2025. The company had about 9,100 employees at that date.
On 2 February 2026 the company and affiliated companies completed the sale of their Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in 11 states to a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. Gross proceeds of $5.75 billion are the figure for the whole transaction. The company’s common stock is not traded. Its NYSE-listed 6.5% notes due 2056 and 6.75% notes due 2057 were delisted with effect from 11 May 2026. On 11 June 2026 it issued 6.500% notes due 2051 and 6.750% notes due 2052 in an exchange offer. These trade on the NYSE as CTGG and CTHH, and on 25 September 2026 a transfer to Nasdaq was announced, expected on 6 October 2026. After filing Form 15 on 12 June 2026, Qwest Corporation stopped filing its own periodic reports under Rule 12h-5. When checked on 30 September 2026, www.qwest.com redirected to www.centurylink.com.
Sources
- Colorado Secretary of State business entity register (Colorado Information Marketplace open data), entity 19871054618: https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871054618 (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000006862226000005/lumn-20251231.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- SEC EDGAR submissions record, CIK 0000068622: https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0000068622.json (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 25, filed 2026-04-30: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526197865/d139260d25.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Form 8-K (Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation), settlement of exchange offers, filed 2026-06-11: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526267799/d20154d8k.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 15, filed 2026-06-12: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526269576/d112191d1512g.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Lumen Technologies, Inc., Form 10-Q for the quarter ended 30 June 2026 (Note 5, New Qwest Notes and Rule 12h-5), filed 2026-08-04: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892626000060/lumn-20260630.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Lumen Technologies, Inc., Form 8-K (NYSE to Nasdaq listing transfer), filed 2026-09-25: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000094787126000891/ss6865668_8k.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
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Shareholders
Shareholders of Qwest Corporation
Qwest Corporation has one disclosed shareholder. Its consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2025 records its common stock as “one share without par value, owned by Qwest Services Corporation”, with a carrying amount of $10,050 million at both 31 December 2025 and 31 December 2024. So Qwest Services Corporation directly holds 100% of the issued share capital. Item 5 of the same Form 10-K says the company “has one equity holder, whose equity interest is not publicly traded”, and the cover page says all of its capital stock is held by an affiliate. The Colorado register lists Qwest Services Corporation as a Colorado domestic profit corporation, entity ID 19961006176, formed on 16 January 1996 and in Good Standing when checked on 30 September 2026.
The 10-K cover page describes Qwest Corporation as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Louisiana; SEC CIK 0000018926), whose common stock trades as LUMN. The Qwest Corporation securities held by the public are debt: the 6.500% notes due 2051 and 6.750% notes due 2052, guaranteed by Lumen. Noteholders are creditors, not shareholders.
Data availability
Full for the direct holding, which is disclosed in the company’s own filed accounts (information date 31 December 2025). The intermediate companies between Qwest Services Corporation and Lumen Technologies, Inc. are not named in the filings reviewed, and the Colorado register publishes no shareholder data. Lumen’s own shareholders were outside the scope of this review, and no natural person is identified as a beneficial owner of Qwest Corporation.
Sources
- Qwest Corporation, Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 (cover page, Item 5, consolidated balance sheet), filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000006862226000005/lumn-20251231.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Colorado Secretary of State business entity register (open data), Qwest Services Corporation, entity 19961006176: https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19961006176 (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Form 8-K (Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation), filed 2026-06-11: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526267799/d20154d8k.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
Officers
Directors and officers of Qwest Corporation
The Colorado register does not publish the directors and officers of Qwest Corporation. Its open-data record lists only a registered agent, C T Corporation System, which is not an officer. The company’s 2025 Form 10-K omits Item 10 (directors and executive officers) under the SEC’s reduced-disclosure rules for wholly owned subsidiaries. The people below are therefore taken from the signature pages of the company’s own SEC filings.
The Form 10-K signed on 20 February 2026 was signed by Kate Johnson as Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Chris Stansbury as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Director, and Donald Holt as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. In the Form S-4 of 16 April 2026, Qwest Corporation’s signatories were Kate Johnson as Chief Executive Officer and Director, Chris Stansbury as President, Chief Financial Officer and Director, and Donald Holt as Chief Accounting Officer and Controller. So the filings name at least two current directors and three principal officers. They do not show whether the board has other members. Other Qwest Corporation filings in 2026 were signed by Jennifer Hodges (Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer) and Jon Yourkoski (Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Development).
Recent officer changes
- 13 March 2026: Chris Stansbury was appointed President of Lumen Technologies, Inc. (Form 8-K filed 2026-03-17, filed jointly by Qwest Corporation). He signed Qwest Corporation’s 10-K of 20 February 2026 as Executive Vice President and CFO, and its S-4 of 16 April 2026 as President and CFO. The filings do not give an effective date for his Qwest Corporation title.
- 20 April 2026: Mark Hacker stopped serving as Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Public Sector, and Jennifer Hodges took the role of Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer (Form 8-K filed 2026-04-17, filed jointly by Qwest Corporation). Mr Hacker signed Qwest Corporation’s 8-K of 17 March 2026, and Mrs Hodges signed its filings from 30 April 2026.
Data availability
Partial. The officers are those named on SEC signature pages up to 12 June 2026. After that date the company stopped filing its own reports, and the Colorado register does not publish officers. None of these sources discloses nationality or country of residence, so both are not disclosed. The Nebraska Secretary of State record behind this page’s card could not be reached.
Sources
- Qwest Corporation, Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 (Item 10 and signatures), filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000006862226000005/lumn-20251231.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation, Form S-4 (signature pages), filed 2026-04-16: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526157935/d37051ds4.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Form 8-K, Item 5.02 (Lumen Technologies, Inc., Level 3 Parent, LLC and Qwest Corporation), filed 2026-03-17: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526109552/d106321d8k.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Form 8-K, Item 5.02 (Lumen Technologies, Inc., Level 3 Parent, LLC and Qwest Corporation), filed 2026-04-17: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892626000029/lumn-20260413.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 25, filed 2026-04-30: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526197865/d139260d25.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 15, filed 2026-06-12: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526269576/d112191d1512g.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Colorado Secretary of State business entity register (open data), entity 19871054618: https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871054618 (retrieved 2026-09-30)
Group Structure
Group structure of Qwest Corporation
Qwest Corporation is part of the Lumen Technologies group. Its immediate parent is Qwest Services Corporation, a Colorado corporation that holds its single share. Its ultimate parent is Lumen Technologies, Inc., a Louisiana corporation, and the 2025 Form 10-K describes Qwest Corporation as Lumen’s indirect wholly owned subsidiary. The filings reviewed do not name the intermediate companies between Qwest Services Corporation and Lumen.
Exhibit 21 to the 2025 Form 10-K lists seven subsidiaries of Qwest Corporation at 31 December 2025, in Nebraska, Colorado, Delaware and India. Ownership percentages are not stated. The exhibit does not say which subsidiaries are held directly and which indirectly, so the table records each one only as a subsidiary. Two of the names begin “49 Percent”. That is part of the name as filed and is not an ownership figure.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qwest Services Corporation | US (Colorado) | CO SOS 19961006176 | Immediate parent | 100% (one share, sole holder) | Good Standing (CO register) | 31 Dec 2025 / 30 Sep 2026 |
| Lumen Technologies, Inc. | US (Louisiana) | SEC CIK 0000018926 | Ultimate parent (indirect) | 100% indirect, as stated in the 10-K; chain not disclosed | SEC registrant | 20 Feb 2026 |
| The El Paso County Telephone Company | US (Colorado) | CO SOS 19871283806 | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Good Standing (CO register) | 31 Dec 2025 / 30 Sep 2026 |
| 1200 Landmark Center Condominium Association, Inc. | US (Nebraska) | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Qwest India Holdings, LLC | US (Delaware) | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Lumen IT India Private Limited | India | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
| Seal Infotech Private Limited | India | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
| 49 Percent Qwest Sub 1, LLC | US (Delaware) | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
| 49 Percent Qwest Sub 2, LLC | US (Delaware) | Not verified | Subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Not verified | 31 Dec 2025 |
Recent structural changes
- 2 February 2026: Qwest Corporation and affiliated companies completed the sale of the Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business in 11 states to a subsidiary of AT&T Inc. This was a business (asset) disposal, not the sale of a shareholding in Qwest Corporation (Form 10-K 2025).
- 11 June 2026: exchange offers settled. Qwest Corporation issued new 6.500% notes due 2051 and 6.750% notes due 2052, fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lumen Technologies, Inc. Qwest Corporation then stopped filing its own SEC reports (Form 8-K of 11 June 2026; Form 15 of 12 June 2026).
Data availability
Partial. The immediate parent, the ultimate parent and the subsidiary list come from the company’s filings dated 31 December 2025. Subsidiary ownership percentages and the intermediate links above Qwest Services Corporation are not disclosed. Only the Colorado entities were checked against the Colorado register.
Sources
- Qwest Corporation, Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000006862226000005/lumn-20251231.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Exhibit 21 (Subsidiaries of the Registrant as of 31 December 2025), filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000006862226000005/qc20251231ex21.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Lumen Technologies, Inc., Exhibit 21 to Form 10-K for 2025, filed 2026-02-20: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/18926/000001892626000014/lumn20251231ex21.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Colorado Secretary of State business entity register (open data): https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19961006176 and https://data.colorado.gov/resource/4ykn-tg5h.json?entityid=19871283806 (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Form 8-K (Lumen Technologies, Inc. and Qwest Corporation), filed 2026-06-11: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526267799/d20154d8k.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
- Qwest Corporation, Form 15, filed 2026-06-12: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/68622/000119312526269576/d112191d1512g.htm (retrieved 2026-09-30)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does QWEST CORPORATION do?
Qwest Corporation is a Colorado corporation (Colorado register entity ID 19871054618, formed 17 July 1911) that provides networking, broadband and voice telecommunications services, mainly in a 14-state local service area in the western and midwestern United States. It reported company-level operating revenue of $4,748 million and a net loss of $1,327 million for 2025, per its Form 10-K.
Who owns QWEST CORPORATION?
Qwest Corporation has one shareholder: Qwest Services Corporation, a Colorado corporation, owns its single share of common stock (100%), according to the balance sheet in its 2025 Form 10-K.
Who is QWEST CORPORATION's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No natural person is identified as a beneficial owner of Qwest Corporation. It is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lumen Technologies, Inc., a company whose shares are listed on a stock exchange.
What is QWEST CORPORATION's company registration number?
QWEST CORPORATION's registration number is 0427500, filed with Nebraska Secretary of State in United States. Its current status on the register is active.
Is QWEST CORPORATION still an active company?
QWEST CORPORATION's status on Nebraska Secretary of State is listed as active.
When was QWEST CORPORATION incorporated?
QWEST CORPORATION was incorporated on 11 January 1978, according to Nebraska Secretary of State.
What is QWEST CORPORATION's registered address?
The registered address on file for QWEST CORPORATION is NORTH PLATTE, United States.
What legal structure is QWEST CORPORATION registered as?
QWEST CORPORATION is registered as a Public Limited Company in United States.
What is QWEST CORPORATION's revenue?
Qwest Corporation reported total operating revenue of $4,748 million for 2025 (2024: $5,508 million), including $1,935 million from affiliates, and a net loss of $1,327 million after a $2,012 million goodwill impairment, per its Form 10-K filed on 20 February 2026. These are company-level figures, not Lumen group figures.
Is QWEST CORPORATION listed on a stock exchange?
Qwest Corporation has no publicly traded shares; its one share of common stock is held by an affiliate. Its 6.500% notes due 2051 (CTGG) and 6.750% notes due 2052 (CTHH), issued on 11 June 2026, trade on the NYSE, and on 25 September 2026 a transfer to Nasdaq was announced, expected on 6 October 2026.
Who are the officers/directors of QWEST CORPORATION?
The company's SEC filings of February to April 2026 were signed by Kate Johnson (Chief Executive Officer and Director), Chris Stansbury (President, Chief Financial Officer and Director) and Donald Holt (Chief Accounting Officer and Controller). The Colorado register does not publish officers.
Does QWEST CORPORATION have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Qwest Corporation's immediate parent is Qwest Services Corporation and its ultimate parent is Lumen Technologies, Inc. Its Exhibit 21 lists seven subsidiaries as of 31 December 2025, including The El Paso County Telephone Company in Colorado.
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