Who owns Yandex Maps?
Yandex Maps is owned by Yandex (Russia, MOEX: YDEX).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Yandex Annual Report 2025, Yandex IPJSC, 14 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yandex International Public Joint-Stock Company reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇺 Russia, Moscow
- Origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Founded
- 2004
- Category
- Internet & digital › Digital services › Maps & navigation
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: YDEX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yandex Maps
Yandex Maps is the mapping service of the Yandex group, which its annual report lists with Search and Browser in the Search and AI Services segment. The report dates its release to 2004 and describes Yandex Maps and Yandex Navigator together as GPS navigation applications. Navigator was introduced in 2012. The report also mentions a Yandex Maps API used for last-mile delivery.
Ownership timeline of Yandex Maps
Where Yandex Maps sits in Yandex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Yandex
Yandex controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in internet & digital.
Also in internet & digital
- Kinopoisk
- Yandex Browser (2012)
- Yandex Eats (2018)
- Yandex Go (2011)
- Yandex Mail (2000)
- Yandex Market (2002)
- Yandex Music
- Yandex Search (1997)
Other brands in maps & navigation, and who owns them
The 15 brands in maps & navigation on Brandtree belong to 11 owners. The largest is Garmin, with 2.
About the owner: Yandex
Yandex is a publicly listed company headquartered in Moscow, Russia. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as MOEX: YDEX.
Yandex IPJSC is the parent company of Yandex Group, which its 2025 annual report describes as a leading technology company in Russia. Its head office is in Moscow and its shares trade on the Moscow Exchange under YDEX. The 2025 report says the year was its first full year of operation as YANDEX IPJSC.
🇷🇺 Yandex Maps and other Russian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 75 brands that began in Russia. 5 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Yandex Maps is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yandex Maps?
The parent company of Yandex Maps is Yandex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Maps Russian?
Yes. Yandex Maps originated in Russia in 2004 and its owner, Yandex, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Maps still owned by Yandex?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Yandex Maps is still owned by Yandex. 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] Yandex Annual Report 2025 — Yandex IPJSC, Annual report, published 14 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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