Valve: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Valve is a privately held company headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
Valve is privately held and majority-owned by its co-founder, a former Microsoft employee. It publishes no financial results, has no conventional management hierarchy, and runs the dominant PC games store, which makes it one of the most commercially significant private companies in entertainment.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Valve Corporation
- Type
- privately held company · see all privately held company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Bellevue, Washington, United States
- Founded
- 1996
- Wikidata
- Q207936
- Website
- www.valvesoftware.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Valve in numbers
- Valve owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is internet & digital with 4 brands.[1]
Everything Valve owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Valve own?
Valve owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Dota 2 and Steam.
Is Valve an American company?
Yes. Valve is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, United States and was founded in 1996.
Who owns Valve?
Valve is privately held. Valve is privately held and majority-owned by its co-founder, a former Microsoft employee.
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] Valve Corporation — about — Valve Corporation, Official document; retrieved 8 September 2026.
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