Who owns Amazon.com?
Amazon.com is owned by Amazon (the United States, NASDAQ: AMZN).[1]
Evidence: Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-06, SEC EDGAR, 6 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Amazon.com, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Seattle, Washington
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Seattle, Washington
- Founded
- 1994
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Online retail
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: AMZN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Amazon.com
Amazon.com opened in 1994 selling books, chosen because there were more titles than any shop could stock. It now sells almost everything, and roughly half the units it moves come from third-party sellers rather than from Amazon itself. Its Prime subscription, launched in 2005 as unlimited two-day delivery for a flat annual fee, was widely expected to lose money and instead became the mechanism that locks in repeat buyers.
Ownership timeline of Amazon.com
Where Amazon.com sits in Amazon
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Amazon
Amazon controls 11 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Amazon Web Services (2006)
- Audible (1995)
- Goodreads (2007)
- IMDb (1990)
- Ring (2013)
- Twitch (2011)
- Zappos (1999)
Founded in the 1990s
- 365 by Whole Foods Market (1997)
Other brands in online retail, and who owns them
The 32 brands in online retail on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Wayfair, with 6; Amazon has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| AllModern | Wayfair | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Época Cosméticos | Magalu | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Rakuten 24 | Rakuten | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| eobuwie | MODIVO | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| Delio (Poland) | Żabka Group | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg |
| Freshippo | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Apohem | Axfood | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Cargills Online | Cargills | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
About the owner: Amazon
Amazon is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States, founded in 1994. Brandtree records 11 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: AMZN.
Amazon began selling books online in 1994 and is now among the largest companies in the world. Its 2017 purchase of Whole Foods Market gave it a physical grocery estate, and it has since built its own grocery and household brands sold through its store.
🇺🇸 Amazon.com and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Amazon.com is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Amazon.com?
The parent company of Amazon.com is Amazon, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Amazon.com American?
Yes. Amazon.com originated in the United States in 1994 and its owner, Amazon, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Amazon.com still owned by Amazon?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Amazon.com is still owned by Amazon. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Amazon.com, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-06 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 6 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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