Who owns Tripadvisor?
Tripadvisor is owned by Tripadvisor, Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: TRIP).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Needham, Massachusetts
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2000
- Category
- Internet & digital › Online travel › Travel metasearch
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: TRIP
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor holds around a billion reviews of hotels, restaurants and attractions, and a ranking on it can materially change a business's trade. Policing fake reviews at that scale is a permanent problem, and the company publishes an annual transparency report on how many it removes.
Ownership timeline of Tripadvisor
- Current owner Tripadvisor [1] verified
Where Tripadvisor 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
Other brands in travel metasearch, and who owns them
The 8 brands in travel metasearch on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is lastminute.com Group, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Hotelscan | lastminute.com Group | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Qunar | Trip.com Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| KAYAK | Booking Holdings | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Liligo | eDreams ODIGEO | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| trivago | Expedia Group | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Jetcost | lastminute.com Group | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Skyscanner | Trip.com Group | 🇨🇳 China |
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.
🇺🇸 Tripadvisor 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; Tripadvisor is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Tripadvisor?
The parent company of Tripadvisor is Tripadvisor, Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Tripadvisor American?
Yes. Tripadvisor originated in the United States in 2000 and its owner, Tripadvisor, Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Tripadvisor still owned by Tripadvisor, Inc.?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Tripadvisor is still owned by Tripadvisor, Inc. 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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