Who owns Grindr?
Grindr is owned by Grindr Inc. (the United States, NYSE: GRND).[1]
Evidence: Grindr Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02, SEC EDGAR, 2 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Grindr Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, West Hollywood, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2009
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Dating apps
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GRND
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Grindr
Grindr is a location-based social and dating app for gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults, established in 2009 and used in more than 190 countries and territories. It averaged 15.0 million monthly active users in 2025, of whom 1.3 million paid. Grindr says it was owned and controlled by the Chinese group Kunlun until 2020, when it was sold to new owners, and it has been a listed American company since November 2022.
Ownership timeline of Grindr
- Current owner Grindr Inc. [1] verified
Where Grindr sits in Grindr Inc.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in dating apps, and who owns them
The 20 brands in dating apps on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is ParshipMeet, with 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| eharmony | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Hinge | Match Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Badoo | Bumble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| happn | Hello Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| VK Dating | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| ElitePartner | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| GROWLr | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| LOVOO | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Grindr Inc.
Grindr Inc. is a publicly listed company headquartered in West Hollywood, California, United States. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GRND.
Grindr Inc. is the West Hollywood company that operates the Grindr app, listed on the New York Stock Exchange since a merger with the blank-cheque company Tiga Acquisition Corp. closed in November 2022. It is a controlled company: Ray Zage has held more than half of its shares since September 2025, and a proposal he and James Lu made that October to buy the rest was later withdrawn. Its revenue comes from subscriptions and from advertising shown to users who do not pay.
🇺🇸 Grindr 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; Grindr is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Grindr?
The parent company of Grindr is Grindr Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Grindr American?
Yes. Grindr originated in the United States in 2009 and its owner, Grindr Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Grindr still owned by Grindr Inc.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Grindr is still owned by Grindr 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] Grindr Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-02 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 2 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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