Who owns Ticketmaster?
Ticketmaster is owned by Live Nation (the United States, NYSE: LYV), which has owned the brand since 25 January 2010.[1]
Evidence: Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Beverly Hills, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Phoenix, Arizona
- Founded
- 1976
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Live & sport › Live events & ticketing
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: LYV
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster sells the large majority of concert tickets in the United States and its fees have drawn complaint for decades, from Pearl Jam's 1994 Justice Department filing to congressional hearings after a failed Taylor Swift on-sale in 2022. Live Nation argues the fees are set by venues and artists rather than by the platform, an explanation that has not satisfied legislators in either the United States or Britain.
What Live Nation's annual report says about Ticketmaster
Sentences about Ticketmaster from Live Nation's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Ticketmaster provides ticket sales services and marketing and distribution globally through www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com and our mobile apps, other websites and numerous retail outlets, distributing 646 million tickets through our systems in 2025.
Ticketmaster serves 10,500 clients worldwide across multiple event categories, providing ticketing services for leading arenas, stadiums, festival and concert promoters, professional sports franchises and leagues, college sports teams, performing arts venues, museums and theaters.
In addition, approximately 300 million tickets were sold, for which we did not receive a fee, using our Ticketmaster systems, including season seat packages, our venue clients' box offices, and other channels.
Ownership timeline of Ticketmaster
- 2010 – present Live Nation [1] verified
Where Ticketmaster sits in Live Nation
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Live Nation
Live Nation controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Live Nation Concerts (2005)
Other brands in live events & ticketing, and who owns them
The 37 brands in live events & ticketing on Brandtree belong to 19 owners. The largest is CTS Eventim, with 9; Live Nation has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Eventim Apollo | CTS Eventim | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Beacon Theatre | MSG Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Casino de Monte-Carlo | Monte-Carlo SBM | 🇲🇨 Monaco |
| Playdium | Cineplex | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| KCON | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| AMF | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
| The Battery Atlanta | Atlanta Braves Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Signal Iduna Park | Borussia Dortmund KGaA | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Live Nation
Live Nation is a publicly listed company headquartered in Beverly Hills, California, United States, founded in 2010. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: LYV.
Live Nation was formed in 2010 by merging the largest concert promoter with the largest ticketing company, a combination American regulators approved with conditions and then sued to unwind in 2024, seeking to break the company up.
🇺🇸 Ticketmaster 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; Ticketmaster is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Ticketmaster?
The parent company of Ticketmaster is Live Nation, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Ticketmaster American?
Yes. Ticketmaster originated in the United States in 1976 and its owner, Live Nation, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Live Nation owned Ticketmaster?
Live Nation has owned Ticketmaster since 25 January 2010.
Is Ticketmaster still owned by Live Nation?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Ticketmaster is still owned by Live Nation. 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] Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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