Epic Games: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Epic Games is a privately held company headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, United States that owns 3 consumer brands.[1]
Epic Games is privately held, with its founder retaining control and Tencent holding a large minority stake bought in 2012. It sued both Apple and Google over app store commissions, litigation that has reshaped the rules for digital payments on phones.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Epic Games, Inc.
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Cary, North Carolina, United States
- Founded
- 1991
- Wikidata
- Q1273031
- Website
- www.epicgames.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Epic Games in numbers
- Epic Games owns 3 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 3 brands.[1]
Everything Epic Games owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Epic Games in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 549300I2RHITL4UP9K78
- Registered name
- EPIC GAMES, INC. (US)
- Registration status
- Lapsed · record updated 4 August 2023
- Parent
- None named: it reports that it has no parent that consolidates its accounts.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Epic Games own?
Epic Games owns 3 consumer brands tracked here, including Unreal Engine, Fortnite and Epic Games Store.
Is Epic Games an American company?
Yes. Epic Games is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, United States and was founded in 1991.
Who owns Epic Games?
Epic Games is privately held. Epic Games is privately held, with its founder retaining control and Tencent holding a large minority stake bought in 2012.
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] Epic Games — about — Epic Games, Inc., Official document; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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