Who owns Hertz?
Hertz, a digital brand, is owned by Hello Group (China, NASDAQ: MOMO).[1]
Evidence: Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28, SEC EDGAR, 28 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hello Group Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Beijing
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Social networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MOMO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hertz
Voice-based social app that Hello Group lists on its brands page under the Chinese name 赫兹. The page says it has passed 35 million users in seven years and enables connections through voice ID cards. It is one of several Chinese social apps the group operates besides Momo and Tantan, and is unrelated to the car-rental company.
How often Hello Group names Hertz in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Hertz
- Current owner Hello Group [1] verified
Where Hertz sits in Hello Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Hello Group
Hello Group controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in social networks, and who owns them
The 19 brands in social networks on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Meta, with 3; Hello Group has 2.
About the owner: Hello Group
Hello Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beijing, China, founded in 2011. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MOMO.
Cayman Islands holding company, formerly Momo Inc., that runs social and dating apps, with its mainland China operations held through variable interest entities. Its own brands page lists Momo and Tantan alongside happn and Coffee Meets Bagel. Coffee Meets Bagel is not recorded here because the page gives no country of origin for it.
🇨🇳 Hertz and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Hertz is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hertz?
The parent company of Hertz is Hello Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Hertz Chinese?
Yes. Hertz originated in China and its owner, Hello Group, is also headquartered in China.
Is Hertz still owned by Hello Group?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Hertz is still owned by Hello Group. 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] Hello Group Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-28 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 28 April 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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