diff --git a/src/Profiles.php b/src/Profiles.php
index 4ff831f9..4bed40a2 100644
--- a/src/Profiles.php
+++ b/src/Profiles.php
@@ -6,38 +6,58 @@
 
 final class Profiles {
 
-    private function __construct(
-        /**
-         * @var non-empty-list<non-empty-string> $profiles
-         */
-        private readonly array $profiles
-    ) {
-    }
-
-    public static function defaultOnly() : self {
-        return new self(['default']);
-    }
+    /**
+     * @var non-empty-list<non-empty-string> $profiles
+     */
+    private readonly array $profiles;
 
     /**
      * @param list<string> $profiles
-     * @return self
-     * @throws InvalidProfiles
      */
-    public static function fromList(array $profiles) : self {
+    private function __construct(array $profiles) {
         if ($profiles === []) {
             throw InvalidProfiles::fromEmptyProfilesList();
         }
 
         $clean = [];
-
         foreach ($profiles as $profile) {
             if ($profile === '') {
                 throw InvalidProfiles::fromEmptyProfile();
             }
-
             $clean[] = $profile;
         }
-        return new self($clean);
+
+        $this->profiles = $clean;
+    }
+
+    public static function defaultOnly() : self {
+        return new self(['default']);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param list<string> $profiles
+     * @return self
+     * @throws InvalidProfiles
+     */
+    public static function fromList(array $profiles) : self {
+        return new self($profiles);
+    }
+
+    public static function fromCommaDelimitedString(string $profiles) : self {
+        return self::fromDelimitedString($profiles, ',');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $profilesString
+     * @param non-empty-string $delimiter
+     * @return self
+     * @throws InvalidProfiles
+     */
+    public static function fromDelimitedString(string $profilesString, string $delimiter) : self {
+        return new self(array_map(
+            static fn(string $profile) => trim($profile),
+            explode($delimiter, $profilesString)
+        ));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/Unit/ProfilesTest.php b/test/Unit/ProfilesTest.php
index 5958b3cf..67ff6f53 100644
--- a/test/Unit/ProfilesTest.php
+++ b/test/Unit/ProfilesTest.php
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 
 use Cspray\AnnotatedContainer\Exception\InvalidProfiles;
 use Cspray\AnnotatedContainer\Profiles;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\DataProvider;
 use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Closure;
 
 class ProfilesTest extends TestCase {
 
@@ -55,17 +57,63 @@ public function testIsAnyActiveReturnsFalseIfNoProfileIsListed() : void {
         self::assertFalse($subject->isAnyActive($actual));
     }
 
-    public function testPassEmptyListToProfilesFromListThrowsException() : void {
+    public static function emptyProfilesProvider() : array {
+        return [
+            'fromList' => [static fn() => Profiles::fromList([])],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('emptyProfilesProvider')]
+    public function testPassEmptyListToProfilesFromListThrowsException(Closure $closure) : void {
         $this->expectException(InvalidProfiles::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('A non-empty list of non-empty strings MUST be provided for Profiles.');
 
-        Profiles::fromList([]);
+        $closure();
     }
 
-    public function testPassEmptyProfileToProfilesFromListThrowsException() : void {
+    public static function emptyProfileProvider() : array {
+        return [
+            'fromList' => [static fn() => Profiles::fromList([''])],
+            'fromDelimitedString' => [static fn() => Profiles::fromDelimitedString('', ',')],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('emptyProfileProvider')]
+    public function testPassEmptyProfileToProfilesFromListThrowsException(Closure $closure) : void {
         $this->expectException(InvalidProfiles::class);
         $this->expectExceptionMessage('All profiles MUST be non-empty strings.');
 
-        Profiles::fromList(['']);
+        $closure();
+    }
+
+    public static function delimitedStringProvider() : array {
+        return [
+            ['foo,bar,baz', ',', ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']],
+            ['erykah|badu|on|on', '|', ['erykah', 'badu', 'on', 'on']],
+            ['harry/mack/goat', '/', ['harry', 'mack', 'goat']],
+            ['  check   ;   for    ;     trailing ; leading   ; spaces', ';', ['check', 'for', 'trailing', 'leading', 'spaces']],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('delimitedStringProvider')]
+    public function testDelimitedStringParsedCorrectly(string $profiles, string $delimiter, array $expected) : void {
+        $profiles = Profiles::fromDelimitedString($profiles, $delimiter);
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $profiles->toArray());
+    }
+
+    public static function commaDelimitedStringProvider() : array {
+        return [
+            ['foo,bar,baz', ['foo', 'bar', 'baz']],
+            [' not  ,  worth  ,  it  ', ['not', 'worth', 'it']],
+            ['some|non|comma|delimiter', ['some|non|comma|delimiter']],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    #[DataProvider('commaDelimitedStringProvider')]
+    public function testCommaDelimitedStringParsedCorrectly(string $profiles, array $expected) : void {
+        $profiles = Profiles::fromCommaDelimitedString($profiles);
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $profiles->toArray());
     }
 }