Who owns iOS?
iOS is owned by Apple (the United States, NASDAQ: AAPL).[1]
Evidence: Apple Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-10-31, SEC EDGAR, 31 October 2025. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Apple Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cupertino
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Operating systems & browsers
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: AAPL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About iOS
iOS is the operating system on which Apple builds its iPhone line of smartphones, as Apple's 10-K describes it. The filing names iOS among the software Apple changed in the European Union to comply with the Digital Markets Act, including new business terms and alternative methods of distributing apps. It lists iOS 26 among the current releases.
What Apple's annual report says about iOS
Sentences about iOS from Apple's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, in the U.S., the Company has implemented changes to how developers communicate with consumers within apps on the U.S. storefront of the iOS and iPadOS App Store regarding alternative purchasing mechanisms and is currently subject to a court order preventing it from imposing any commission or fee on certain purchases that consumers make.
How often Apple names iOS in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of iOS
Where iOS sits in Apple
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Apple
Apple controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in operating systems & browsers, and who owns them
Apple has more brands in operating systems & browsers on Brandtree than any other owner: 7 of 18.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Opera | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Android | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Firefox | Mozilla | 🇺🇸 United States |
| DuerOS | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Yandex Browser | Yandex | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Opera Air | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Opera GX | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
| Opera Mini | Kunlun Tech | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: Apple
Apple is a publicly listed company headquartered in Cupertino, United States. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: AAPL.
Apple Inc. is a California corporation headquartered in Cupertino whose common stock trades on Nasdaq as AAPL. Its annual report describes a line of smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables and home devices, each built on an operating system the company also makes, plus services such as the App Store, Apple Music and Apple Pay. This entry covers the software and service names the 10-K for the year to September 2025 lists; it does not list the hardware product lines (iPhone, Mac, iPad) as brands.
🇺🇸 iOS and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; iOS is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of iOS?
The parent company of iOS is Apple, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is iOS American?
Yes. iOS originated in the United States and its owner, Apple, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is iOS still owned by Apple?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, iOS is still owned by Apple. 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] Apple Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2025-10-31 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 31 October 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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