Who owns Tinder?
Tinder is owned by Match Group (the United States, NASDAQ: MTCH).[1]
Evidence: Match Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Match Group, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Dallas, Texas
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, West Hollywood, California
- Founded
- 2012
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Dating apps
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: MTCH
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tinder
Tinder introduced the swipe in 2012 and became the most downloaded dating app in the world, a gesture since copied across categories that have nothing to do with dating. It generates the largest share of Match Group's revenue. Its parent has faced repeated criticism and litigation over paid features that promise more matches, and over how much of the experience is gated behind a subscription.
What Match Group's annual report says about Tinder
Sentences about Tinder from Match Group's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Tinder , launched in 2012, rose to scale and popularity faster than any other service in the online dating category.
Tinder emphasizes low-pressure discovery supported by its patented Swipe technology.
Tinder achieved significant and rapid adoption, particularly among 18 to 30 year-old users, who were historically underserved by the online dating category.
How often Match Group names Tinder 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 Tinder
- Current owner Match Group [1] verified
Where Tinder sits in Match Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Match Group ownership tree →
See the full Match Group brand portfolio (6) →
Other brands owned by Match Group
Match Group controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Hinge (2012)
- Match.com (1995)
- Meetic (2001)
- OkCupid (2004)
- Plenty of Fish (2003)
Other brands in dating apps, and who owns them
The 20 brands in dating apps on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is ParshipMeet, with 8; Match Group has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| eharmony | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Badoo | Bumble | 🇺🇸 United States |
| happn | Hello Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| Grindr | Grindr Inc. | 🇺🇸 United States |
| VK Dating | VK | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| ElitePartner | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| GROWLr | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| LOVOO | ParshipMeet | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Match Group
Match Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, United States, founded in 1995. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: MTCH.
Match Group owns most of the large dating apps in the western world, which means the apps people switch between when one is not working generally belong to the same company. It was built inside IAC and fully separated from it in 2020.
🇺🇸 Tinder and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Tinder is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tinder?
The parent company of Tinder is Match Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Tinder American?
Yes. Tinder originated in the United States in 2012 and its owner, Match Group, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Tinder still owned by Match Group?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Tinder is still owned by Match Group. 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] Match Group, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
Report a correction Opens a pre-filled GitHub issue. See our corrections policy.