Who owns Mercado Libre?
Mercado Libre is owned by MercadoLibre (Uruguay, NASDAQ: MELI).[1]
Evidence: MercadoLibre, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- MercadoLibre, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay, Montevideo
- Origin
- 🇦🇷 Argentina, Buenos Aires
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Marketplaces
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MELI
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Mercado Libre
Mercado Libre is the marketplace the company began with in 1999, in what its own filings call a garage in Buenos Aires, and it now operates in 18 countries from Mexico to Argentina. Third-party sellers account for most of what is sold on it; the company sells directly in selected categories where it can improve price or range, and that accounts for under a tenth of volume. Listings run from consumer electronics, apparel and beauty to home goods, car accessories, toys, books and packaged groceries, with cross-border listings from sellers in China and the United States.
What MercadoLibre's annual report says about Mercado Libre
Sentences about Mercado Libre from MercadoLibre's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Mercado Libre Marketplace is a user-friendly online commerce platform that can be accessed through our mobile app or website.
Our users can also list vehicles, properties and services they are looking to sell via Mercado Libre Classifieds.
It is a digital storefront solution that allows sellers to set up, manage and promote their own digital stores, whilst using Mercado Libre's logistics, advertising and payments services.
How often MercadoLibre names Mercado Libre 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 Mercado Libre
- Current owner MercadoLibre [1] verified
Where Mercado Libre sits in MercadoLibre
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full MercadoLibre brand portfolio (7) →
Other brands owned by MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre controls 7 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in marketplaces, and who owns them
The 59 brands in marketplaces on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Alibaba, with 7; MercadoLibre has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 1688.com | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Allegro | Allegro | 🇵🇱 Poland |
| anibis.ch | SMG Swiss Marketplace Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| carsales | CAR Group | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Kaspi.kz | Kaspi.kz | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
| Duo Duo Grocery | PDD Holdings | 🇮🇪 Ireland |
| Cars.com | Cars.com | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Depop | eBay | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: MercadoLibre
MercadoLibre is a publicly listed company headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, founded in 1999. Brandtree records 7 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MELI.
MercadoLibre is the largest online commerce and fintech ecosystem in Latin America and the leader in the region by marketplace gross merchandise value. It was incorporated in Delaware on 15 October 1999 and its principal executive offices are in the World Trade Center Free Zone in Montevideo, Uruguay, though most of its people are elsewhere: of 123,670 employees at the end of 2025, 61,139 were in Brazil, 34,336 in Mexico, 16,726 in Argentina and 1,858 in Uruguay. Its marketplace operates in 18 countries and its Mercado Pago fintech platform in eight.
MercadoLibre: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇦🇷 Mercado Libre and other Argentine brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 117 brands that began in Argentina. 30 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Mercado Libre among them.
- Despegar — Despegar 🇻🇬
- 9 de Oro — Molino Cañuelas 🇦🇷
- ARQ — Grupo Clarín 🇦🇷
- Aerolíneas Argentinas — Aerolíneas Argentinas 🇦🇷
- Aeropuertos Argentina — Corporación América Airports 🇱🇺
- Andes Líneas Aéreas — Andes 🇦🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Mercado Libre?
The parent company of Mercado Libre is MercadoLibre, a publicly listed company headquartered in Uruguay.
Is Mercado Libre Argentine or Uruguayan?
Mercado Libre originated in Argentina in 1999, but it is owned today by MercadoLibre, which is headquartered in Uruguay. So Mercado Libre is an Argentine-origin brand under Uruguayan ownership.
Is Mercado Libre still owned by MercadoLibre?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Mercado Libre is still owned by MercadoLibre. 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] MercadoLibre, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 21 September 2026.
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