Who owns eBay?
eBay is owned by eBay Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: EBAY).[1]
Evidence: eBay Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- eBay Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Jose, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Jose, California
- Founded
- 1995
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Marketplaces
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: EBAY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About eBay
eBay is the original consumer auction site and still one of the largest marketplaces in the world, though most sales are now fixed-price rather than auctions. Its buyer and seller feedback system was among the first mechanisms to make trade between strangers online workable.
Ownership timeline of eBay
Where eBay sits in eBay
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by eBay
eBay controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Depop (2011)
Other brands in marketplaces, and who owns them
The 57 brands in marketplaces on Brandtree belong to 26 owners. The largest is Alibaba, with 7; eBay has 2.
About the owner: eBay
eBay is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Jose, California, United States, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: EBAY.
eBay was written over a weekend in 1995 by a programmer whose first sale was a broken laser pointer, bought deliberately by a collector of broken laser pointers. It pioneered the idea that strangers would trade with each other online if a feedback score stood in for trust.
🇺🇸 eBay 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; eBay is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of eBay?
The parent company of eBay is eBay Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is eBay American?
Yes. eBay originated in the United States in 1995 and its owner, eBay Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is eBay still owned by eBay Inc.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, eBay is still owned by eBay 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] eBay Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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