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Who owns Google?

Google is a U.S. technology company owned by Alphabet Inc.

United States connection

Direct

Origin
United States
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Sourced connections
2
High confidenceLast checked Sep 2026

Key facts

Company
Google LLC
Origin
United States
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Ownership
Subsidiary
Parent company
Alphabet
Listed on
NASDAQ: GOOGL/GOOG
Manufacturing
Unknown

Why Whownit classifies Google this way

  • Founded in California.

  • Google LLC is a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

Sources: company filingsAll sources

Ownership snapshot

  1. Google

    Google LLC

  2. owned by

    Alphabet

    Alphabet Inc.

Owned by Alphabet

Google is owned by Alphabet Inc.

Country connections

Each relationship is recorded separately, with its own sources.

What Google owns

Entities with a sourced, current ownership relation to Google.

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Sources

Primary sources are listed first. Facts on this page were last checked in Sep 2026.

  1. sec.gov

    sec.gov — goog-20251231 (opens in a new tab)
    SEC filingAccessed Sep 11, 2026

  2. blog.google

    Google Maps and Waze, outsmarting traffic together (opens in a new tab)
    CompanyAccessed Sep 11, 2026

Quick answers

Who owns Google?

Google is owned by Alphabet Inc.

Where is Google from?

Founded in California, United States.

Where is Google headquartered?

Google is headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

Is Google an American company?

Whownit records 2 sourced connections between Google and the United States (Origin, Ownership). At least one is direct — through the company itself.

What does Google own?

Whownit records 2 entities owned by Google: Waze and YouTube.