Who owns Yandex Search?
Yandex Search 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
- 1997
- Category
- Internet & digital › Search & social › Search engines
- Parent ticker
- MOEX: YDEX
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Yandex Search
Yandex Search is the search engine at the base of the Yandex group. The annual report dates the company's official birthday to 23 September 1997, when the Yandex web search engine was announced, and says its share of the Russian search market grew by 3 percentage points in 2025 to 69.3 per cent. Search also carries the Yandex Direct and Advertising Network ad business that is the group's main source of revenue.
Ownership timeline of Yandex Search
Where Yandex Search sits in Yandex
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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See the full Yandex brand portfolio (9) →
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 Maps (2004)
- Yandex Market (2002)
- Yandex Music
Other brands in search engines, and who owns them
The 10 brands in search engines on Brandtree belong to 9 owners. The largest is Apollo, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| AOL | Apollo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Quark | Alibaba | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| Google Search | Alphabet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Baidu Search | Baidu | 🇨🇳 China |
| Yahoo! JAPAN | LY Corporation | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Bing | Microsoft | 🇺🇸 United States |
| NAVER | NAVER | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Seznam Search | Seznam | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
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 Search 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 Search is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Yandex Search?
The parent company of Yandex Search is Yandex, a publicly listed company headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Search Russian?
Yes. Yandex Search originated in Russia in 1997 and its owner, Yandex, is also headquartered in Russia.
Is Yandex Search still owned by Yandex?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Yandex Search 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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