Who owns Netflix?
Netflix is owned by Netflix, Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: NFLX).[1]
Evidence: Netflix, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-23, SEC EDGAR, 23 January 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Netflix, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Gatos, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Scotts Valley, California
- Founded
- 1997
- Category
- Internet & digital › Streaming & media › Streaming video
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: NFLX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Netflix
Netflix is the largest subscription streaming service in the world and commissions more original programming than any traditional studio. Its 2023 crackdown on password sharing was widely predicted to cost subscribers and instead added them in large numbers. It began commissioning its own programmes in 2013 when studios started withholding licences, and now spends more on content each year than most film studios earn in revenue.
Ownership timeline of Netflix
Where Netflix sits in Netflix
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands in streaming video, and who owns them
The 37 brands in streaming video on Brandtree belong to 25 owners. The largest is AMC Networks, with 5.
About the owner: Netflix
Netflix is a publicly listed company headquartered in Los Gatos, California, United States, founded in 1997. Brandtree records 1 brand under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: NFLX.
Netflix began in 1997 posting DVDs in red envelopes and offered to sell itself to Blockbuster for $50 million in 2000, an offer that was declined and is now the standard cautionary tale in business teaching. It killed its own profitable postal business to move to streaming.
🇺🇸 Netflix and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Netflix is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Netflix?
The parent company of Netflix is Netflix, Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Netflix American?
Yes. Netflix originated in the United States in 1997 and its owner, Netflix, Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Netflix still owned by Netflix, Inc.?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Netflix is still owned by Netflix, 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] Netflix, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-23 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 23 January 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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