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Facebook's Competitors, Revenue, Number of Employees, Funding and Acquisitions

Facebook operates as an online social networking platform that enables people to connect, share, discover and communicat... Read more

Based on data from Facebook's latest SEC filings

Annual Revenue

Based on data from Facebook's latest SEC filings

Employees

Mark Zuckerberg's photo - Chairman & CEO of Facebook

Chairman & CEO

Mark Zuckerberg

CEO Approval Rating

69/100

OVERVIEW

Founded:

2004

Headquarters:

Menlo ParkCalifornia

Status:

PublicIndependent Company of NYSEFB

Industry Sector:

Internet Software

Application Software

SIC Code:

7372NAICS listing »

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Trending News for Facebook and Facebook's Competitors

November 16, 2019

International Business Times

2 Big Benefits Of Facebook's New Payments Platform

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November 15, 2019

SFGate

Supreme Court to hear Oracle-Google copyright case

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November 15, 2019

CNBC

Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook set to tour computer plant in Texas Wednesday

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Competitive Analysis

TOP COMPETITORS OR ALTERNATIVES

Google is one of Facebook's top rivals. Google was founded in Mountain View, California} in 1998. Google is in the IT Services industry. Compared to Facebook, Google generates $88.5B more revenue.

Apple is Facebook's #2 competitor. Apple was founded in 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. Apple competes in the Computer Hardware industry. Apple generates $193.6B more revenue vs. Facebook.

Amazon is a top competitor of Facebook. Amazon's headquarters is in Seattle, Washington, and was founded in 1994. Amazon operates in the Retail Distributors industry. Amazon generates 399% of Facebook's revenue.

RANK

COMPANY

LEADERSHIP

CEO SCORE

EMPLOYEES

TOTAL FUNDING

REVENUE

Mark Zuckerberg

Chairman & CEO

- -
35,587
$31.3B
$66.5B
1

Sundar Pichai

CEO

74/100
101,251
$1.7B
$155.1B
2

Timothy Cook

CEO

89/100
132,000
$1B
$260.2B
3

Jeffrey P. Bezos

Chairman & CEO

75/100
647,500
$56M
$265.5B
4

Susan Wojcicki

CEO

74/100
1,121
$8M
$20B
5

Jack Dorsey

Co-Founder & CEO

89/100
3,920
$3B
$3.4B
6

Satya Nadella

CEO

85/100
131,000
$61M
$129.8B
7

Evan Spiegel

Co-Founder & CEO

64/100
2,884
$6.1B
$1.5B
8

Ma Huateng

CEO

63/100
1,373
- -
$24.1M
9

Jeff Weiner

CEO

82/100
10,038
$693.6M
$5.3B
10

Ben Silbermann

Co-Founder & CEO

69/100
1,797
$2.8B
$1.1B
The top 10 competitors in Facebook's competitive set are Google, Apple, Amazon, YouTube, Twitter, Microsoft, Snap, WeChat, LinkedIn and Pinterest. Together they have raised over 15.4B between their estimated 1.1M employees. Facebook has 35,587 employees and is ranked 5th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 97,133.

Quarterly and Annual Revenue

Trailing 12-Months Trend (TTM)

Annual Revenue

$66.5B

Facebook's revenue is the ranked 5th among it's top 10 competitors. The top 10 competitors average 82.6B. Over the last four quarters, Facebook's revenue has grown by 4.4%. Specifically, in Q3 2019's revenue was $17.7B; in Q2 2019, it was $16.9B; in Q1 2019, it was $15.1B; in Q4 2018, Facebook's revenue was $16.9B.

Acquisitions

COMPANY ACQUIRED
ACQUISITION DATE
AMOUNT
DESCRIPTION
CTRL-labs

Sep 2019

Source »
$500M
CTRL-labs designs and develops neural interface systems to translate electrical muscle impulses into machine-interpretable commands.
Servicefriend

Sep 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Servicefriend develops and provides AI-based chatbots for aviation, broadband, healthcare, retail and transportation sectors.
Sonics, Inc.

Mar 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Sonics designs and manufactures on-chip network, security, power and memory subsystems for semiconductor and electronics product companies.
Chainspace

Feb 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Chainspace develops a distributed ledger platform that offers transaction processing and integrated solutions through blockchain technology.
Grokstyle, Inc.

Feb 2019

Source »
undisclosed
Grokstyle develops an AI based visual search platform that helps users to purchase furniture and home decor products.

These are all the companies that Facebook has acquired. Facebook has acquired 63 companies and its latest acquisition was CTRL-labs in Sep 2019. CTRL-labs designs and develops neural interface systems to translate electrical muscle impulses into machine-interpretable commands.

Facebook Funding History

Since Facebook was founded in 2004, it has participated in 4 rounds of funding. In total Facebook has raised $31.3B. Facebook's last funding round was on Oct 2014 for a total of $13.8B

ROUND

FUNDING DATE

AMOUNT

INVESTORS

Equity
Oct 2014
$13.8B
-
IPO
May 2012
$16B
-
Unattributed
Jan 2011
$1.5B
Series A
May 2005
$12.7M

Accel Partners

Total Funding: $31.3B

Since Facebook was founded in 2004, it has participated in 4 rounds of funding. In total Facebook has raised $31.3B. Facebook's last funding round was on Oct 2014 for a total of $13.8B

Investments

COMPANY

DESCRIPTION

AMOUNT

INVESTMENT DATE

ROUND

EXIT DATE

Meesho designs and develops a mobile-based application that enables users to resell apparel and home decor products on social media platforms.
$125.1M
Aug 07, 2019
Series D
-
Meesho designs and develops a mobile-based application that enables users to resell apparel and home decor products on social media platforms.
$25M
Jun 12, 2019
Series D
-
HopBucket is an online cross platform that allows users to plan, manage and save their itinerary and travel experiences.
$40K
Feb 13, 2017
Grant
-
FINPIN is an online platform that provides financial planning and investment navigator services.
$40K
Feb 05, 2017
Grant
-
Bookbhook is a mobile application that posts short summaries of non-fiction books.
$40K
Feb 05, 2017
Grant
-

These are all the companies that Facebook has invested in. Facebook has invested 63 companies and its latest investment was CTRL-labs in Sep 2019. CTRL-labs designs and develops neural interface systems to translate electrical muscle impulses into machine-interpretable commands.

Facebook News

Today 5:32 AMInternational Business Times

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November 16, 2019Business Insider India

Facebook is quietly setting the stage for an unprecedented new chapter in its business

Erin Scott/ReutersFacebook is doubling down on its payments and ecommerce business.An array of newly ... See more »
November 16, 2019News Gram

Facebook Loves Your Data, and Rakes in Moolah Every Year

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November 16, 2019Telecomlive

India ranks 2nd in govt requests for Facebook user data, spike in emergency requests in H1'19

India came in second after the US in terms of nations asking Facebook to divulge information related ... See more »

Facebook Blogs

April 20, 2018Facebook Blog

How Condé Nast Built Communities Using Facebook Groups Across Eight Publications

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April 20, 2018Facebook Blog

Inside The Local News Subscriptions Accelerator: How The Boston Globe Used Cliffhangers to Generate Email Leads

By Joseph Lichterman, Senior Business Associate, The Lenfest Institute In November 2016, Boston Globe... See more »
April 20, 2018Facebook Blog

Spotlight on Local News: A Local Swedish Paper Connects Commuters and Affects Change Through Facebook Groups

By John Severinson, News Partnerships Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT), a Swedish paper serving the city of U... See more »
April 20, 2018Facebook Blog

A Diverse Music Community is a Very Good Thing

By Tamara Hrivnak, Head of Music Business Development and Partnerships, Facebook Independent artists ... See more »
April 16, 2018Facebook Blog

How CrowdTangle Became the Colts' 12th Man

By Carlin Scrudato, CrowdTangle Partnerships The Indianapolis Colts demonstrate exactly what it looks... See more »
April 16, 2018Facebook Blog

Inside the Local News Subscriptions Accelerator: How to Optimize Your Website to Drive Subscriptions

By Joseph Lichterman, Senior Business Associate, The Lenfest Institute Executives from 14 U.S. metro ... See more »
April 14, 2018Facebook Blog

Webedia's 5-Step Process to Maximizing the Branded Content Filter in CrowdTangle

By Carlin Scrudato, CrowdTangle Partnerships CrowdTangle helps many audience development and social m... See more »

Facebook Press Releases

October 1, 2019PR Newswire

Facebook to Announce Third Quarter 2019 Results

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) announced today that the... See more »
October 1, 2019Accesswire

Pablo Soria de Lachica Examines the Impact of Facebook's Cryptocurrency Libra on Financial Services Sector

MEXICO CITY, MX / ACCESSWIRE / October 1, 2019 / The arrival of Bitcoin a decade ago was hailed as a ... See more »
September 20, 2019PR Daily

Businesses close for global climate protests, Facebook's new ad formats, and major brand communicators offer storytelling lessons

Also: Instagram cracks down on weight-loss ads, Facebook announces new content oversight board, cleve... See more »
September 17, 2019MarketersMedia

Facebook Live Training Launching at Arvee Robinson's 3-day Speaker Training

Facebook Live training has been added to the annual Million Dollar Speaker Summit. Arvee Robinson wil... See more »
September 16, 2019PR Newswire

Facebook and Google Offer Haven for Sale of Illegal Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs, Investigation Finds

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Americans who rely on illegal and potentially dangerous ap... See more »
September 9, 2019PR Newswire

Digital Marketing Company, fishbat, Discusses How Small Businesses Can Benefit From Using Facebook's Innovative Augmented Reality

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook is one of the biggest names to both use and continua... See more »
September 5, 2019O'Dwyer's PR News

Facebook Continues Cryptocurrency Lobbying Blitz

Facebook has doubled down in its political battle over the network's controversial cryptocurrency ven... See more »

Facebook Videos

September 25, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Here to Help: How to Report Someone on Facebook" on YOUTUBE

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September 9, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Global Operations Anthem" on YOUTUBE

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July 25, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Internship Program Facebook Latin America 2020" on YOUTUBE

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July 9, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Diversity inside Facebook" on YOUTUBE

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July 9, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Diversity at Facebook" on YOUTUBE

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July 9, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"2019 Diversity Report" on YOUTUBE

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July 9, 2019Facebook Youtube Channel

"Facebook Resource Groups" on YOUTUBE

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Social Statistics

Headquarters

1 Hacker Way

Menlo Park, California94025

650-618-7714

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Summary

ABOUT

Overview

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) is an online social networking service headquartered at 1 Hacker Way in Menlo Park, California (CA), that currently has over 1B monthly active users. It was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, D...

CEO

Facebook's Chairman & CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, currently has an approval rating of 69%. Facebook's primary competitors are Google, Apple & Amazon.

Website

facebook.com

Frequently Asked Questions about Facebook

  1. When was Facebook founded?

    Facebook was founded in 2004

  2. Who is Facebook's CEO?

    Facebook's CEO is Mark Zuckerberg

  3. How much revenue does Facebook generate?

    Facebook generates $66.5B in revenue

  4. How much funding does Facebook have?

    Facebook has historically raised $31.3B in funding

  5. Where is Facebook's headquarters?

    Facebook's headquarters is in Menlo Park California, USA

  1. How many employees does Facebook have?

    Facebook has 35,587 employees

  2. What sector does Facebook operate in?

    Facebook is in Internet Software, Application Software

  3. Who are Facebook's competitors?

    Facebook's top competitors are Google, Apple, Amazon

  4. Who has Facebook invested in?

    Facebook's has invested in companies such as Meesho, Meesho, HopBucket
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