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Shutterstock: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) is a publicly listed company headquartered in New York, New York, United States that owns 1 consumer brand, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

Shutterstock licenses stock photography, video and music, and was founded in 2003 by a photographer who could not find a market for his own images. It bought Giphy from Meta in 2023 for a fraction of what Meta had paid, because a competition regulator had ordered the sale.

Company facts

Legal name
Shutterstock, Inc.
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States
Founded
2003
Tickers
NYSE: SSTK
SEC CIK
0001549346
Website
www.shutterstock.com
Last verified
· 2 sources

Shutterstock in numbers

Everything Shutterstock owns

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Everything Shutterstock owns Tree of 1 brands under Shutterstock. Shutterstock GIPHY

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Brand portfolio by category

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Acquisitions by Shutterstock

Divestiture closed

Shutterstock acquires GIPHY

Meta sold Giphy to Shutterstock for a reported $53 million, about a sixth of what it had paid three years earlier, to comply with the divestiture ordered by the Competition and Markets Authority.

Value
$53m
Seller
Meta
Regulatory
None recorded

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Shutterstock own?

Shutterstock owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including GIPHY.

Is Shutterstock an American company?

Yes. Shutterstock is headquartered in New York, New York, United States and was founded in 2003.

Who owns Shutterstock?

Shutterstock is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SSTK on the NYSE.

What was Shutterstock's most recent acquisition?

The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is GIPHY on 23 May 2023.

Sources (2) & 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. [1] Shutterstock, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-17 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 17 February 2026; retrieved 8 September 2026.
  2. [2] Shutterstock, Inc. Form 8-K — acquisition of GIPHY, Inc. — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 23 May 2023; retrieved 8 September 2026.

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