Does Amazon own Google?

No, Amazon doesn't own Google. Rival technology giant Alphabet owns search giant Google.

What businesses has Amazon bought?

Amazon has acquired more than 100 businesses throughout the years. Its 10 biggest acquisitions include Whole Foods, MGM, One Medical, Zoox, Zappos, Ring, PillPack, Twitch, Kiva Systems, and Souq.com.

What is Amazon's largest purchase in history?

Whole Foods is the largest acquisition Amazon has made in its history. It bought the natural and organic grocery store operator for $13.7 billion in 2017.

Which company owned Amazon?

No single company owns Amazon. It's a publicly traded company owned by its shareholders. Founder Jeff Bezos is the company's largest shareholder. He still owns 8.2% of its outstanding shares, as of mid-2026. Most of its other top shareholders are large asset management firms that own shares on behalf of their mutual fund and exchange-traded fund (ETF) clients. Amazon's three largest institutional investors are BlackRock (NYSE:BLK), The Vanguard Group, and State Street (NYSE:STT), with holdings of 6.9%, 5.9%, and 3.7%, respectively, as of October 2026.

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What Companies Does Amazon Own?

By Matthew DiLallo – Updated Oct 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM EST | Fact-checked by Frank Bass

Key Points

Amazon has acquired multiple companies over the years, led by Whole Foods, for $13.7 billion in 2017.
Amazon also invests in companies, including Anthropic.
Its latest deal was agreeing to acquire Globalstar for $11.6 billion in 2026.

Amazon (AMZN +0.44%) is a retail and cloud computing leader. The company rang up $200.6 billion in net sales in the second quarter of 2026, a 20% increase. Sales from Amazon Web Services (AWS) jumped 37% year-over-year, -- it's fastest growth in 18 quarters -- as demand for its AI and cloud products and services surged.

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The e-commerce giant has expanded into several new areas over the years, partly driven by acquiring other companies. Here's a look at some of the notable companies Amazon has purchased and ones it might buy in the future. Understanding the companies it owns is an important aspect of investment research for those interested in learning how to invest money in Amazon stock.

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E-commerce

E-commerce is the buying and selling of goods online and the related businesses that facilitate it

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What companies does Amazon own?

Amazon has a large and increasingly diversified business. It's much more than an e-commerce site. While the company groups its operations into three segments (North America, International, and AWS), there are many moving parts.

The company owns a portfolio of e-commerce sites, manufactures several consumer electronic devices (Alexa, Kindle, Fire, Ring, and Blink), and offers a variety of services through its Amazon Prime membership program, including video streaming (Prime Video), music streaming (Prime Music), and health services. It's also a large cloud services provider.

Amazon has built its business through heavy investment in research and development (R&D) and targeted acquisitions. Here's a look at the 10 largest companies Amazon has acquired throughout its history.

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Whole Foods

Amazon bought natural and organic grocery store operator Whole Foods for $13.7 billion in 2017. The transaction provided Amazon with a physical retail presence. It's Amazon's biggest acquisition so far. Acquiring Whole Foods enables Amazon to offer grocery services to its customers.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Amazon bought MGM in 2021 for $8.5 billion. The deal provided the company with a treasure trove of content, including more than 4,000 movies and 17,000 TV shows. The acquisition complements Amazon Studios, which primarily focuses on producing TV shows. It also added content for the company's streaming service (Amazon Prime).

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One Medical

The company purchased One Medical for $3.9 billion in cash in 2022. One Medical is a technology-powered primary care organization. Amazon saw the transaction as a way to transform the healthcare industry by leveraging its technology to make healthcare more accessible and affordable.

Zoox

The tech titan bought Zoox in 2020 for $1.2 billion. The self-driving vehicle start-up is developing a fully autonomous ridesharing solution.

Zappos

Amazon bought online apparel and footwear sales platform Zappos.com in 2009. It paid an estimated $1.2 billion. The company continues to operate the website as part of its global e-commerce platform.

Ring

Amazon bought Ring, a video doorbell maker, for $1 billion in 2018. The transaction enabled Ring to accelerate its mission to reduce crime through its affordable home security products. Amazon has expanded Ring to include a subscription services component powered by AWS.

PillPack

The company purchased PillPack for $1 billion in 2018. PillPack is an online pharmacy. The acquisition is part of Amazon's move into the healthcare sector.

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Twitch

The technology company bought Twitch for $970 million in 2014. Twitch is the leading live video streaming platform for gamers. The deal broadened Amazon's reach into the gaming market.

Kiva Systems

Amazon bought robotics company Kiva Systems for $775 million in 2012. The company builds robots for warehouses. Now Amazon Robotics, Kiva has helped Amazon automate its distribution network.

In addition to these larger purchases, Amazon has also acquired a few other notable companies, including:

Souq.com: Amazon bought Souq.com, an e-commerce leader in the Middle East, in 2017 for $580 million.
Audible: It bought the spoken-audio information and entertainment company for $300 million in 2008.
Blink: Amazon bought video monitor company Blink for about $90 million in 2017.
Goodreads: In 2013, the company paid $150 million for Goodreads, a site that helps users track the books they've read.
IMDb: It bought the online database for the entertainment industry for $55 million in 1998.
Fauna Robotics: The company bought the "approachable" humanoid robot start-up in 2026.

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Investments in companies Amazon doesn't own

Amazon has also made a few notable investments in companies that it doesn't own, including:

Rivian (RIVN -3.38%): Amazon owns 16.6% of the electric vehicle maker's shares. Rivian has a deal to supply Amazon with 100,000 electric delivery vans by 2030.
Anthropic: Amazon signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Anthropic in 2023 to advance generative artificial intelligence (AI), which it deepened in late 2024. The company has already invested about $18 billion into Anthropic and could invest up to $15 billion more.
Diamond Sports: It invested $115 million into the operator of regional sports channels, giving it a minority stake. The deal helped save Diamond, which was in bankruptcy and facing closure. The investment will allow Prime Video viewers to access some live sports content.
X-Energy (XE +0.85%): Amazon led a $500 million investment round for the nuclear energy start-up in 2024 and backed its $1 billion initial public offering in April 2026. Amazon has committed to buying 5 gigawatts of electricity from X-Energy's small modular reactors, with construction beginning in 2031 in Richland, Washington.

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What companies could Amazon buy in the future?

Amazon has acquired more than 100 companies over the years. Many of its deals are smaller purchases of talent or technology. However, the company will make a larger acquisition when it finds the right product or platform fit. It had a couple of pending and reported deals underway as of October 2026:

Globalstar: Amazon agreed to buy Globalstar in a $11.6 billion deal in April 2026, setting it up to compete against SpaceX (SPCX -0.40%). The company expects the transaction to close in 2027. The deal will boost its satellite network.
Decart: The company was reportedly in talks to buy AI start-up Decart for around $7 billion in October 2026. It developed Lucy, which can edit video in real time, and Oasis, which generates simulated environments for training and testing robots and autonomous driving systems.

It certainly has the financial flexibility to continue making big acquisitions as opportunities arise. The company had $123 billion in cash, equivalents, and marketable securities on its balance sheet at the end of the second quarter of 2026, compared with $128.9 billion in long-term debt.

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While Amazon's operating cash flow has increased 33% over the last 12 months to $161.4 billion, it's no longer generating free cash flow (negative $7.6 billion over the last 12 months, primarily due to heavy investments in artificial intelligence. Given its enormous size (roughly $2.8 trillion in market capitalization as of October 2026), further acquisitions could be forthcoming.

However, getting a sizable deal to pass regulatory approval will likely be challenging. The company abandoned its $1.7 billion acquisition of vacuum robot maker iRobot (NASDAQ:IRBT) in 2024 after finding "no path to regulatory approval for the deal." Government regulators are getting increasingly concerned about competition in the tech industry, leading them to take a very hard look at acquisitions.

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Mergers and Acquisitions

The consolidation of companies through various transactions like mergers, acquisitions, or takeovers.

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That rejection will likely cause Amazon to focus on acquiring start-ups that fly under regulators' radar, like Decart. The company has purchased several AI, fintech, and robotics start-ups over the past few years, and could continue down this path of likely least resistance.

However, that doesn't mean Amazon won't try to find a deal that's a good strategic fit and can pass regulatory scrutiny. One potential option Amazon could consider is getting deeper into the healthcare industry by acquiring a pharmacy chain like CVS Healthcare (CVS -1.01%). There are some interesting potential synergies, as with Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods. Buying a pharmacy operator would give it a physical retail footprint to combine with its PillPack and One Medical operations.

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Brick-and-Mortar

Brick-and-mortar refers to physical businesses with physical locations, as opposed to online or virtual enterprises.

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In addition, CVS Healthcare has expanded deeper into the healthcare industry over the years. It has a pharmacy and consumer wellness segment, health services (including pharmacy benefits management), and a healthcare benefits provider.

A different path Amazon could take is to buy a cybersecurity company to bolster its AWS capabilities and compete with rivals like Microsoft (MSFT +1.54%). Palo Alto Networks (PANW +2.60%), CrowdStrike (CRWD +1.65%), and Zscaler (ZS +2.08%) are some of the leading cloud security providers.

Buying one of these companies would enable Amazon to provide even greater security to AWS customers, similar to Alphabet's (GOOG -0.97%)(GOOGL -1.06%) Google subsidiary's $32 billion acquisition of Wiz to boost its cloud security offerings. It would also allow the company to tap into a massive and growing market. According to CrowdStrike, the total addressable market opportunity for its AI-native security platform will rise from $140 billion in 2026 to $565 billion by 2034.

The bottom line on the companies Amazon owns

Amazon has been an active acquirer over the years, with more than 100 deals under its belt. While most of those have been smaller acquisitions of talent and technology, it has also made notable purchases such as Whole Foods, MGM, and Twitch, which have helped drive growth.

The company will likely try to continue making deals in the future, although it's becoming increasingly challenging from a regulatory perspective. However, if Amazon can find the right strategic acquisition that can pass regulatory scrutiny, it could help drive additional growth in the years ahead and make the tech titan an even better stock to buy and hold for the long term.

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About the Author

Matt DiLallo has been a contributing Motley Fool stock analyst specializing in the energy, industrials, and real estate sectors since 2012. He also covers dividend-paying stocks, pre-IPO companies, ETFs, and other investing topics. He holds an MBA from Liberty University.

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Matt DiLallo has positions in Alphabet, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, and Zscaler and has the following options: long June 2028 $180 calls on Amazon and short September 2026 $280 calls on Amazon. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Microsoft, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Zscaler. The Motley Fool recommends CVS Health and Palo Alto Networks. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

What Companies Does Amazon Own?