Who owns Facebook?
Facebook is owned by Meta (the United States, NASDAQ: META).[1]
Evidence: Meta Platforms, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-29, SEC EDGAR, 29 January 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Meta Platforms, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Menlo Park, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Social networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: META
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Facebook
Facebook was written in a Harvard dormitory in 2004 and opened to anyone over thirteen two years later. It remains the largest social network in the world by users, and the Cambridge Analytica affair in 2018 led to a $5 billion penalty from the Federal Trade Commission.
What Meta's annual report says about Facebook
Sentences about Facebook from Meta's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Facebook helps give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.
Ownership timeline of Facebook
Where Facebook sits in Meta
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Meta
Meta controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Instagram (2010)
- Messenger (2011)
- Meta Quest (2012)
- Threads (2023)
- WhatsApp (2009)
Other brands in social networks, and who owns them
Meta has more brands in social networks on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 19.
About the owner: Meta
Meta is a publicly listed company headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States, founded in 2004. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: META.
Meta was called Facebook until 2021, when it renamed itself after the virtual worlds it was then betting on. It owns four of the most used communication services in the world, and American regulators spent years arguing in court that two of those were bought specifically to remove competitors.
🇺🇸 Facebook 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; Facebook is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Facebook?
The parent company of Facebook is Meta, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Facebook American?
Yes. Facebook originated in the United States in 2004 and its owner, Meta, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Facebook still owned by Meta?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Facebook is still owned by Meta. 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] Meta Platforms, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-29 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 29 January 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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