Who owns TheFork?
TheFork is owned by Tripadvisor (the United States, NASDAQ: TRIP), which has owned the brand since 22 May 2014.[1]
Evidence: Tripadvisor, 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
- Tripadvisor, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Needham, Massachusetts
- Origin
- 🇫🇷 France, Paris
- Founded
- 2007
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Productivity & developer tools
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: TRIP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About TheFork
TheFork handles restaurant reservations across France, Spain, Italy and several other European markets, where it holds the position OpenTable holds in the United States. Tripadvisor acquired it in 2014. It was founded in Paris as LaFourchette and renamed for international markets, and it charges restaurants per booking while offering diners discounts at quiet times to fill tables.
What Tripadvisor's annual report says about TheFork
Sentences about TheFork from Tripadvisor's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The Company measures its financial performance within the following business segments: Experiences, Hotels and Other, and TheFork.
The Company's strategy is focused on growing and scaling its Experiences and TheFork marketplaces, which we believe represents an attractive long-term value creation opportunity, while optimizing its legacy offerings within the Hotels and Other segment for profitability.
TheFork segment operates an online dining marketplace by enabling diners to discover and book restaurant reservations in Europe.
How often Tripadvisor names TheFork 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 TheFork
- 2014 – present Tripadvisor [1] verified
Where TheFork sits in Tripadvisor
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Tripadvisor (2000)
- Viator (1995)
Other brands in productivity & developer tools, and who owns them
The 32 brands in productivity & developer tools on Brandtree belong to 20 owners. The largest is Dropbox, with 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| DocSend | Dropbox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baidu Drive | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| 4PS | Hilti | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein |
| Google Cloud | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Angi | IAC | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Base44 | Wix | 🇮🇱 Israel |
| DingTalk | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Amazon Web Services | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
Every brand in productivity & developer tools and its owner →
About the owner: Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor is a publicly listed company headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 2000. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: TRIP.
Tripadvisor was founded in 2000 intending to sell software to travel companies and found that the user reviews it published as a sideline were what people actually wanted. It was owned by Expedia and then by IAC before being spun out as an independent company in 2011.
🇫🇷 TheFork and other French brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 322 brands that began in France. 100 of them (31%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, TheFork among them.
- AMIVAC — HomeToGo 🇱🇺
- Dailymotion — Canal+ 🇫🇷
- Deezer — Deezer 🇫🇷
- GO Voyages — eDreams ODIGEO 🇪🇸
- Jetcost — lastminute.com Group 🇳🇱
- Just Dance — Ubisoft 🇫🇷
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of TheFork?
The parent company of TheFork is Tripadvisor, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is TheFork French or American?
TheFork originated in France in 2007, but it is owned today by Tripadvisor, which is headquartered in the United States. So TheFork is a French-origin brand under American ownership.
Since when has Tripadvisor owned TheFork?
Tripadvisor has owned TheFork since 22 May 2014.
Is TheFork still owned by Tripadvisor?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, TheFork is still owned by Tripadvisor. 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] Tripadvisor, 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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