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Ancestry.com Inc.

American online genealogy company
Organization business Q4752572
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 3 annual filings
Revenue
$683.11M
▲ 10.3% YoY FY2015
Net Income
$29.42M
▲ 257.1% YoY FY2015
Assets
$1.62B
▼ 5.8% YoY FY2015
$0.00$187.85M$375.71M$563.56M$751.42M FY2013: $540.39M · NI -$79.70M (-14.7% margin)FY2014: $619.54M · NI -$18.73M (-3.0% margin)FY2015: $683.11M · NI $29.42M (4.3% margin) '13'14'15
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2015-12-31 · accession 0001575319-16-000021

Ancestry.com Inc.

Summary

Ancestry.com Inc. is a business[1]. Ancestry.com Inc. ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,039 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s field of work was genealogy[3].
  • Ancestry.com Inc. received the BigBrotherAwards[4].
  • Ancestry.com Inc. is in the country of United States[5].
  • Ancestry.com Inc. is in the country of US[6].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business[7].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s instance of is recorded as database[8].
  • Ancestry.com Inc. is owned by Blackstone Inc.[9].
  • Ancestry is named after Ancestry.com Inc.[10].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Lehi[11].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s Commons category is recorded as Ancestry.com[12].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s review score is recorded as 3.8/5[13].
  • 1983 marks the founding of Ancestry.com Inc.[14].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 40.772471822570736, 'lon': -111.89072328317832}[15].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s official website is recorded as https://www.ancestry.com/[16].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as software[17].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ancestry.com Inc.'}[18].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[19].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s legal form is recorded as XTIQ[20].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as ProGenealogists[21].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as IArchives, Inc.[22].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as Fold3[23].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as Newspapers.com[24].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as genealogy.com[25].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as Ancestry[26].
  • Ancestry.com Inc.'s owner of is recorded as archives.com[27].

Body

Founding

1983 marks the founding of Ancestry.com Inc.[14].

Identity

Ancestry.com Inc.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Ancestry.com Inc.'}[18].

Operations

Ancestry.com Inc.'s headquarters location is recorded as Lehi[11].

Industry

Ancestry.com Inc.'s field of work was genealogy[3].

Ownership

Ancestry.com Inc. is owned by Blackstone Inc.[9]. Ancestry.com Inc.'s product or material produced is recorded as software[17].

Recognition

Ancestry.com Inc. received the BigBrotherAwards[4].

Why It Matters

Ancestry.com Inc. ranks in the top 2% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,039 views/month).[2] Ancestry.com Inc. has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ancestry.com Inc. is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did Ancestry.com Inc. receive?

Honors received include BigBrotherAwards[4].

Related Entities

Blackstone Inc. business ProGenealogists software United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . blackstone.com. Retrieved . blackstone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . media.ccc.de. Retrieved . media.ccc.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Glassdoor. Retrieved . glassdoor.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . National Software Reference Library. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ancestry.com. Retrieved . ancestry.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14750 → F2CE-DC49-71AB-804E-F3AC
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  2. 4w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described at url → —
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 152
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P973]]: https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Ancestry.com, migrated to ‎[[P:P14350|P14350]] ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/752f6a15b80|details]])"
  3. 15w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Field of work → genealogy
    Inception → —
    Owner of → ProGenealogists, IArchives, Inc., Fold3 +5
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