Who owns Shopee?
Shopee is owned by Sea (Singapore, NYSE: SE).[1]
Evidence: Sea Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-17, SEC EDGAR, 17 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Sea Limited verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇸🇬 Singapore, Singapore
- Origin
- 🇸🇬 Singapore
- Founded
- 2015
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online commerce › Marketplaces
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: SE
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Shopee
Shopee is the largest e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan and a leading one in Brazil. Sea launched it in Southeast Asia and Taiwan in 2015 and in Latin America in 2019, mobile-first from the outset and social in use, with following, ratings, videos and livestreams built into the shopping itself. It earns its money from seller advertising, transaction fees and value-added services such as logistics, and Sea also buys goods from manufacturers and sells them directly on the platform.
What Sea's annual report says about Shopee
Sentences about Shopee from Sea's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For example, Shopee has been the subject of investigations by competition authorities in connection with its use of logistic services provided by an affiliated business.
For example, with respect to our e-commerce business, we receive complaints alleging that items offered on or sold through our Shopee platform infringe third-party copyrights, trademarks and patents or other intellectual property rights, or contain obscene, defamatory or libelous content.
Although we have adopted measures to reduce infringements or offense by product listings on our Shopee platform before they appear on the marketplace, these efforts may not always be successful.
How often Sea names Shopee 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Shopee
Where Shopee sits in Sea
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Sea
Sea controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
Other brands in marketplaces, and who owns them
The 50 brands in marketplaces on Brandtree belong to 21 owners. The largest is Alibaba, with 7.
| 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 |
| Depop | eBay | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Estante Virtual | Magalu | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
About the owner: Sea
Sea is a publicly listed company headquartered in Singapore, Singapore, founded in 2009. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: SE.
Sea Limited is a technology company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on 8 May 2009 and run from Singapore, where its principal executive offices are at 1 Fusionopolis Place. It operates three businesses in Southeast Asia, Taiwan and Latin America: the e-commerce platform Shopee, the digital financial services business Monee, and the games developer and publisher Garena, which it began at its own inception in 2009. It conducts much of its business through subsidiaries and variable interest entities, and its American depositary shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
🇸🇬 Shopee and other Singaporean brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 36 brands that began in Singapore. 10 of them (28%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Shopee is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Shopee?
The parent company of Shopee is Sea, a publicly listed company headquartered in Singapore.
Is Shopee Singaporean?
Yes. Shopee originated in Singapore in 2015 and its owner, Sea, is also headquartered in Singapore.
Is Shopee still owned by Sea?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Shopee is still owned by Sea. 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] Sea Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 17 April 2026; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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