Getty Images

American visual media company
Organization photo_archive Q1520122
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 6 annual filings
Revenue
$981.29M
▲ 4.5% YoY FY2025
Assets
$3.24B
▲ 26.4% YoY FY2025
EPS (diluted)
$-0.50
▼ 600.0% YoY FY2025
$0.00$269.85M$539.71M$809.56M$1.08B FY2020: $815.40MFY2021: $918.69MFY2022: $926.24MFY2023: $916.55MFY2024: $939.29MFY2025: $981.29M '20'21'22'23'24'25
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2025-12-31 · accession 0001628280-26-018160

Summary

Getty Images is a photo archive[1]. It draws 15,611 Wikipedia views per month (photo_archive category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Getty Images was a member of Copyright Alliance[3].
  • Getty Images is in the country of United States[4].
  • Getty Images's instance of is recorded as photo archive[5].
  • Getty Images's instance of is recorded as photo agency[6].
  • Getty Images's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Getty Images's instance of is recorded as joint-stock company[8].
  • Getty Images's founder is recorded as Mark Getty[9].
  • Getty Images's founder is recorded as Jonathan Klein[10].
  • Getty Images's item operated is recorded as Black History & Culture Collection[11].
  • Getty Images is owned by Mark Getty[12].
  • Getty Images followed PhotoDisc[13].
  • Getty Images's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[14].
  • Getty Images's headquarters location is recorded as Seattle[15].
  • Getty Images's chief executive officer is recorded as Craig Peters[16].
  • Getty Images's child organization or unit is recorded as Q131889938[17].
  • Getty Images's child organization or unit is recorded as Getty Images Belgium[18].
  • Getty Images's child organization or unit is recorded as iStock[19].
  • Getty Images's Commons category is recorded as Getty Images[20].
  • Getty Images's stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[21].
  • Getty Images's industry is recorded as publishing[22].
  • Getty Images's chairperson is recorded as Jonathan Klein[23].
  • Getty Images comprises Hulton Archive[24].
  • Getty Images comprises Keystone View Company[25].
  • Getty Images comprises Bettmann Archive[26].
  • January 1, 1995 marks the founding of Getty Images[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Other[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1995[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: db2e4c55-1626-4fc9-958b-ca1766c27316[31]

Body

Founding

Founders include Mark Getty[9] and Jonathan Klein[10]. January 1, 1995 marks the founding of Getty Images[27].

Identity

Getty Images followed PhotoDisc[13].

Leadership

Getty Images's chief executive officer is recorded as Craig Peters[16]. Its chairperson is recorded as Jonathan Klein[23].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Seattle[14], a city in the United States[32], in United States[33], founded in 1851[34]. Subsidiaries include Q131889938[17]; Getty Images Belgium[18]; and iStock[19], a business[35], in Canada[36], founded in 2000[37], headquartered in Calgary[38].

Industry

Getty Images's industry is recorded as publishing[22].

Ownership

Getty Images is owned by Mark Getty[12]. Its stock exchange is recorded as New York Stock Exchange[21]. Its product or material produced is recorded as digital image[39].

Why It Matters

Getty Images draws 15,611 Wikipedia views per month (photo_archive category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Global LEI Index. wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . EDGAR. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [3] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sec.gov. Retrieved . sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [38] ↑ . 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. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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