Who owns CapCut?
CapCut is owned by ByteDance (China).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: ByteDance — about, ByteDance Ltd. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- ByteDance Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Founded
- 2019
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Productivity & developer tools
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About CapCut
CapCut is a free video editor that made the editing style associated with TikTok available to anyone, and it is among the most downloaded applications in the world. Its templates are the reason so many unrelated videos share the same transitions and captions.
Ownership timeline of CapCut
Where CapCut sits in ByteDance
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by ByteDance
ByteDance controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in productivity & developer tools, and who owns them
The 32 brands in productivity & developer tools on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Dropbox, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DocSend | Dropbox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baidu Drive | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| 4PS | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Google Cloud | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angi | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Base44 | Wix | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| DingTalk | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Amazon Web Services | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
Every brand in productivity & developer tools and its owner →
About the owner: ByteDance
ByteDance is a privately held company headquartered in Beijing, China, founded in 2012. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control.
ByteDance was founded in Beijing in 2012 and is among the most valuable private companies in the world. Its recommendation system, which ranks content by predicted engagement rather than by who a user follows, was copied by every major competitor within a few years of TikTok's rise.
🇨🇳 CapCut and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 327 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; CapCut is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of CapCut?
The parent company of CapCut is ByteDance, a privately held company headquartered in China.
Is CapCut Chinese?
Yes. CapCut originated in China in 2019 and its owner, ByteDance, is also headquartered in China.
Is CapCut still owned by ByteDance?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, CapCut is still owned by ByteDance. 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] ByteDance — about — ByteDance Ltd., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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