Dolby

American company specializing in audio noise reduction and audio encoding/compression
Organization business Q261288
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 18 annual filings
Revenue
$1.35B
▲ 5.9% YoY FY2025
Net Income
$255.02M
▼ 2.6% YoY FY2025
Assets
$3.23B
▲ 3.8% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$2.62
▼ 2.6% YoY FY2025
$0.00$371.01M$742.02M$1.11B$1.48B FY2008: $640.23M · NI $199.46M (31.2% margin)FY2009: $719.50M · NI $242.99M (33.8% margin)FY2010: $922.71M · NI $283.45M (30.7% margin)FY2011: $961.07M · NI $309.27M (32.2% margin)FY2012: $933.01M · NI $264.30M (28.3% margin)FY2013: $909.67M · NI $189.27M (20.8% margin)FY2014: $960.18M · NI $206.10M (21.5% margin)FY2015: $970.64M · NI $181.39M (18.7% margin)FY2016: $1.03B · NI $185.86M (18.1% margin)FY2017: $1.08B · NI $206.48M (19.1% margin)FY2018: $1.05B · NI $41.75M (4.0% margin)FY2019: $1.24B · NI $255.15M (20.5% margin)FY2020: $1.16B · NI $231.36M (19.9% margin)FY2021: $1.28B · NI $310.23M (24.2% margin)FY2022: $1.25B · NI $184.09M (14.7% margin)FY2023: $1.30B · NI $200.66M (15.4% margin)FY2024: $1.27B · NI $261.82M (20.6% margin)FY2025: $1.35B · NI $255.02M (18.9% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'18'20'22'24'25
Revenue Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-09-26 · accession 0001308547-25-000007

Dolby

Summary

Dolby is a business[1]. Dolby ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dolby is in the country of United States[3].
  • Dolby is in the country of US[4].
  • Dolby's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Dolby's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Dolby's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Dolby's founder is recorded as Ray Dolby[8].
  • Dolby's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9].
  • Dolby's child organization or unit is recorded as Dolby (Netherlands)[10].
  • Dolby's Commons category is recorded as Dolby Laboratories, Inc.[11].
  • Dolby's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12].
  • Dolby's industry is recorded as audio signal processing[13].
  • January 1, 1965 marks the founding of Dolby[14].
  • Dolby's official website is recorded as https://www.dolby.com/[15].
  • Dolby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dolby Laboratories[16].
  • Dolby's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+1667'}[17].
  • Dolby's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dolby Laboratories[18].
  • Dolby's legal form is recorded as Q130264295[19].
  • Dolby's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[20].
  • Dolby's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[21].
  • Dolby's owner of is recorded as Dolby Cinema[22].
  • Dolby's MAC Address Block Large ID is recorded as 00D046[23].
  • Dolby's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+52745'}[24].
  • Dolby's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+47815'}[25].
  • Dolby's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+63277'}[26].
  • Dolby's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+70175'}[27].

Body

Founding

Dolby's founder is recorded as Ray Dolby[8]. January 1, 1965 marks the founding of Dolby[14].

Operations

Dolby's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[9]. Dolby's child organization or unit is recorded as Dolby (Netherlands)[10].

Industry

Dolby's industry is recorded as audio signal processing[13].

Ownership

Dolby's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Dolby include Dolby Atmos[28], a sound format[29], founded in 2012[30].

Why It Matters

Dolby ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,787 views/month).[2] Dolby has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Dolby is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Dolby is credited with the discovery of Dolby Atmos[33], a sound format[34], founded in 2012[35]; Dolby Digital EX[36], a sound format[37]; Dolby Surround[38]; and Dolby Surround Pro Logic II[39], a sound format[40]. Entities named for Dolby include Dolby Atmos[28], a sound format[29], founded in 2012[30].

FAQs

What did Dolby discover?

Dolby is credited as discoverer of Dolby Atmos[33], Dolby Digital EX[36], Dolby Surround[38], and Dolby Surround Pro Logic II[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . lobbyfacts.eu. Retrieved . lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . investor.dolby.com. Retrieved . investor.dolby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . ROR release v1.19. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.dolby.com/
    Owner of Dolby Cinema
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