Who owns Mastercard?
Mastercard is owned by Mastercard Incorporated (the United States, NYSE: MA).[1]
Evidence: Mastercard Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11, SEC EDGAR, 11 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Mastercard Incorporated verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Purchase, New York
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1966
- Category
- Finance & insurance › Payments & lending › Card networks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: MA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mastercard
Mastercard is the primary brand of Mastercard Incorporated, whose operating subsidiary Mastercard International was formed in November 1966. The 10-K says the company switches (authorises, clears and settles) payment transactions on its network, and its branded debit programmes cover standard, premium and affluent offerings under the Mastercard name.
Ownership timeline of Mastercard
- Current owner Mastercard [1] verified
Where Mastercard sits in Mastercard
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Mastercard
Mastercard controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in finance & insurance.
Also in finance & insurance
Other brands in card networks, and who owns them
The 5 brands in card networks on Brandtree belong to 2 owners. The largest is Visa, with 3; Mastercard has 2.
About the owner: Mastercard
Mastercard is a publicly listed company headquartered in Purchase, New York, United States, founded in 1966. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: MA.
Mastercard is a payments technology company whose 10-K says it makes transactions easier through a family of brands: Mastercard, Maestro and Cirrus. It runs its business through Mastercard International Incorporated, a membership corporation formed in November 1966, and switches more than 70% of all transactions on Mastercard and Maestro cards. In December 2024 it bought the threat intelligence company Recorded Future for $2.7 billion in cash.
🇺🇸 Mastercard 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; Mastercard is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mastercard?
The parent company of Mastercard is Mastercard Incorporated, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Mastercard American?
Yes. Mastercard originated in the United States in 1966 and its owner, Mastercard Incorporated, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Mastercard still owned by Mastercard Incorporated?
Yes. As of 15 October 2026, Mastercard is still owned by Mastercard Incorporated. 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] Mastercard Incorporated Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-11 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 11 February 2026; retrieved 15 October 2026.
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