Who owns Google Chrome?
Google Chrome is owned by Alphabet (the United States, NASDAQ: GOOGL).[1]
Evidence: Alphabet Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-05, SEC EDGAR, 5 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Alphabet Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Mountain View, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2008
- Category
- Internet & digital › Platforms & devices › Operating systems & browsers
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: GOOGL
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Google Chrome
Chrome launched in 2008, announced through a comic book drawn by Scott McCloud that was posted early by mistake. It became the most used web browser within four years, and the open-source Chromium engine beneath it now also powers Microsoft Edge and several other browsers.
Ownership timeline of Google Chrome
Where Google Chrome sits in Alphabet
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Alphabet
Alphabet controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Android (2003)
- Fitbit (2007)
- Gmail (2004)
- Google Cloud (2008)
- Google DeepMind (2010)
- Google Maps (2005)
- Google Nest (2010)
- Google Play (2008)
- Google Search (1998)
- Waymo (2009)
- Waze (2008)
- YouTube (2005)
Other brands in operating systems & browsers, and who owns them
The 18 brands in operating systems & browsers on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Apple, with 7; Alphabet has 2.
About the owner: Alphabet
Alphabet is a publicly listed company headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: GOOGL.
Alphabet was created in 2015 as a holding company above Google, separating the search and advertising business from ventures such as Waymo and Verily. Google itself was founded in 1998 by two Stanford graduate students, and advertising against search results still produces the overwhelming majority of the group's revenue.
🇺🇸 Google Chrome and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Google Chrome is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Google Chrome?
The parent company of Google Chrome is Alphabet, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Google Chrome American?
Yes. Google Chrome originated in the United States in 2008 and its owner, Alphabet, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Google Chrome still owned by Alphabet?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Google Chrome is still owned by Alphabet. 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] Alphabet Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-05 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 5 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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