Who owns Dropbox?
Dropbox is owned by Dropbox, Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: DBX).[1]
Evidence: Dropbox, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20, SEC EDGAR, 20 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Dropbox, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco
- Founded
- 2007
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Productivity & developer tools
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: DBX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Dropbox
Dropbox is the cloud storage and content collaboration platform that gives the company its name. The 10-K says the company was founded in 2007 and describes related features sold under the Dropbox name, including Backup, which syncs folders on a computer to the cloud, Transfer for large files, and Rewind for restoring accounts or folders to a point in time.
Ownership timeline of Dropbox
Where Dropbox sits in Dropbox
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Dropbox
Dropbox controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in productivity & developer tools, and who owns them
Dropbox has more brands in productivity & developer tools on Brandtree than any other owner: 6 of 32.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| OpenTable | Booking Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
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About the owner: Dropbox
Dropbox is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2007. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: DBX.
Dropbox, Inc. is a San Francisco company that its 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 says was founded in 2007 and trades on Nasdaq as DBX. It sells a cloud storage and content collaboration platform plus related document products, including Dropbox Sign, DocSend, FormSwift, Dash and, since July 2024, Reclaim.ai.
🇺🇸 Dropbox 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; Dropbox is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Dropbox?
The parent company of Dropbox is Dropbox, Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Dropbox American?
Yes. Dropbox originated in the United States in 2007 and its owner, Dropbox, Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Dropbox still owned by Dropbox, Inc.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Dropbox is still owned by Dropbox, Inc. 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] Dropbox, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-20 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 20 February 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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