Who owns Seznam Email?
Seznam Email is owned by Seznam (the Czech Republic).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Seznam.cz — About us: our history, Seznam.cz, a.s. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Seznam.cz, a.s. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, Prague
- Origin
- 🇨🇿 Czech Republic
- Founded
- 1998
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Email & messaging
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Seznam Email
Seznam Email is the free email service of Seznam.cz, a Czech company, launched in 1998 under the plain name Email. Seznam says it gained about 300,000 clients in its first year, bought the Email.cz service in 2004 and folded it into Seznam Email along with the @email.cz domain, and later added the paid Email Profi product, which lets businesses use addresses on their own domain.
Ownership timeline of Seznam Email
Where Seznam Email sits in Seznam
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Seznam
Seznam controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in email & messaging, and who owns them
The 18 brands in email & messaging on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Snap, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Messenger | Meta | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Firefox Relay | Mozilla | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bitmoji | Snap | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Mail.ru Email | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Gmail | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Yahoo Mail | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KakaoTalk | Kakao | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| LINE | LY Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: Seznam
Seznam is a privately held company headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1996. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Seznam.cz, a.s. is a Czech internet company registered at Radlicka 3294/10, Prague 5 (company number 26168685). Ivo Lukacovic launched Seznam.cz in 1996 as an internet catalogue; it became a joint stock company in 2000 and, in 2016, Lukacovic again became the sole owner with 100 per cent after buying back a 30 per cent stake held by foreign investors. Its own history page lists a search engine, maps, email, news, video, price comparison and advertising services.
🇨🇿 Seznam Email and other Czech brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 42 brands that began in the Czech Republic. 11 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Seznam Email is not one of them.
- Allegro.cz — Allegro 🇵🇱
- Becherovka — Maspex 🇵🇱
- Bernard — Duvel Moortgat 🇧🇪
- Brit — VAFO 🇨🇿
- FATRAFLOOR — AGROFERT 🇨🇿
- Holba — Kofola 🇨🇿
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Seznam Email?
The parent company of Seznam Email is Seznam, a privately held company headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is Seznam Email Czech?
Yes. Seznam Email originated in the Czech Republic in 1998 and its owner, Seznam, is also headquartered in the Czech Republic.
Is Seznam Email still owned by Seznam?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, Seznam Email is still owned by Seznam. 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] Seznam.cz — About us: our history — Seznam.cz, a.s., Official document; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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