Who owns Postmates?
Postmates is owned by Uber (the United States, NYSE: UBER), which has owned the brand since 1 December 2020.[1]
Evidence: Uber Technologies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13, SEC EDGAR, 13 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Uber Technologies, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, San Francisco, California
- Founded
- 2011
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Food delivery
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: UBER
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Postmates
Postmates was one of the first on-demand delivery services in the United States, founded in 2011 and delivering anything a courier could carry. Uber acquired it in 2020 for about $2.65 billion in stock and folded it into Uber Eats.
What Uber's annual report says about Postmates
Sentences about Postmates from Uber's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We also plan to invest resources to develop offerings and technologies in the markets in which Postmates operate.
We have also received an audit for the years 2018 - 2020 covering couriers who used the Postmates platform and received an assessment in June 2023.
How often Uber names Postmates 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 Postmates
Where Postmates sits in Uber
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Uber
Uber controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in food delivery, and who owns them
The 24 brands in food delivery on Brandtree belong to 13 owners. The largest is Delivery Hero, with 4; Uber has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Baemin | Delivery Hero | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Caviar | DoorDash | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Coupang Eats | Coupang | 🇺🇸 United States |
| GoFood | GoTo | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| GrabFood | Grab | 🇸🇬 Singapore |
| Eldum rétt | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
| aiqfome | Magalu | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| Skagenfood | Salling Group | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
About the owner: Uber
Uber is a publicly listed company headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States, founded in 2009. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: UBER.
Uber launched in 2009 as a black car booking app and expanded by operating in cities before local rules permitted it, a strategy that produced bans, court cases and a change of chief executive in 2017. Whether its drivers are employees or contractors is still being litigated in several countries.
🇺🇸 Postmates 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; Postmates is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Postmates?
The parent company of Postmates is Uber, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Postmates American?
Yes. Postmates originated in the United States in 2011 and its owner, Uber, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Uber owned Postmates?
Uber has owned Postmates since 1 December 2020.
Is Postmates still owned by Uber?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Postmates is still owned by Uber. 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] Uber Technologies, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-13 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 13 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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