List of mergers and acquisitions by Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc. is an American conglomerate headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994, as an online bookstore, Amazon went public after an initial public offering on May 15, 1997, during the midst of the dot-com bubble.^[1] The funds gained from the IPO allowed Amazon to grow quickly, making its first three acquisitions on April 27, 1998, less than a year after the company had gone public.^[2]

Amazon logo

The Amazon Spheres, part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle

After the dot-com bubble burst on March 11, 2000, several companies that Amazon had invested in went bankrupt, with Amazon's stock price itself sinking to record lows.^[3] Despite Amazon's survival, the company made very few investments for the next several years, only acquiring two companies between 2000 and 2004. The company returned to making multiple acquisitions per year in 2005, focusing on acquiring digital retailers and media websites. Starting in 2011, Amazon began shifting its focus to buying technology startups to develop and improve Amazon Echo and grow its Amazon Web Services division.

Amazon has diversified its acquisition portfolio into several market sectors, with its largest acquisition being the purchase of the grocery store chain Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion on June 16, 2017.^[4][5]

Acquisitions

Number	Company	Country	Acquired on	Acquired for (USD)	Used as or integrated with	References
1	Bookpages	United Kingdom	April 27, 1998	55,000,000	Amazon UK	[2][6][7]
2	Telebook	Germany	April 27, 1998	55,000,000 stock payment	Amazon Germany	[2][6][7]
3	IMDb	United Kingdom	April 27, 1998	55,000,000	IMDb	[2][6][7]
4	Junglee	United States	August 4, 1998	250,000,000		[8][9][10][11]
5	PlanetAll	United States	August 4, 1998	280,000,000		[8][9][10][11]
6	LiveBid.com	United States	April 12, 1999	300,000,000		[12]
7	Accept.com	United States	April 27, 1999	101,700,000		[13][14][15]
8	Alexa Internet	United States	April 27, 1999	250,000,000	Alexa Internet	[13][14][15]
9	e-Niche Incorporated	United States	April 27, 1999	—		[13][14][15]
10	Convergence Corporation	United States	October 4, 1999	23,000,000		[4]
11	Tool Crib of the North (Online and Catalog Sales Division)	United States	November 9, 1999	—		[16][17]
12	Back to Basics Toys	United States	November 30, 1999	—		[18][19][20]
13	Leep Technology Inc.	United States	December 31, 1999	—		[4]
14	MindCorps Incorporated	United States	1999	—		[4][21]
15	Egghead Software	United States	December 5, 2001	6,100,000		[22][23][24]
16	OurHouse.com	United States	December 2001	—		[4][25]
17	Joyo.com	China	August 19, 2004	75,000,000	Amazon China	[26][27]
18	BookSurge	United States	April 4, 2005	—	CreateSpace	[28][29][30]
19	Mobipocket	France	April 21, 2005	—	Mobipocket	[31][32]
20	CustomFlix	United States	July 6, 2005	—	CreateSpace	[33][34]
21	smallparts.com	United States	2005	—	Amazon Business	[35][36]
22	Shopbop	United States	February 27, 2006	—	Shopbop	[37][38]
23	TextPayMe	United States	October 1, 2006	3,000,000	Amazon Payments	[39][40]
24	Digital Photography Review	United Kingdom	May 14, 2007	—	Digital Photography Review	[41]
25	Brilliance Audio	United States	May 23, 2007	—	Brilliance Audio	[42][43]
26	Withoutabox	United States	January 16, 2008	—		[44][45]
27	Audible	United States	January 28, 2008	300,000,000	Audible	[46][47]
28	Fabric.com	United States	June 25, 2008	—	Fabric.com	[48][49]
29	AbeBooks	Canada	August 1, 2008	—	AbeBooks	[50][51][52]
30	Shelfari	United States	August 26, 2008	—	Goodreads	[53]
31	Reflexive Entertainment	United States	October 21, 2008	—	Reflexive Entertainment	[54]
32	Box Office Mojo	United States	December 17, 2008	—	Box Office Mojo	[55][56]
33	Lexcycle	United States	April 27, 2009	—	Amazon Kindle	[57][58][59]
34	SnapTell	United States	June 18, 2009	—		[60][61]
35	Zappos	United States	November 2, 2009	1,200,000,000	Zappos	[62][63]
36	Touchco	United States	February 3, 2010	—	Amazon Kindle	[64][65][66]
37	Woot	United States	July 2, 2010	110,000,000	Woot	[67][68]
38	Amie Street	United States	September 8, 2010	—	Songza	[69][70][71][72]
39	BuyVIP	Spain	October 4, 2010	100,000,000	BuyVIP	[73][74]
40	Quidsi	United States	November 8, 2010	545,000,000	Amazon Prime Now - Amazon Fresh	[75][76]
41	Toby Press	United States	November 18, 2010	—		[77]
42	LoveFilm	United Kingdom	January 20, 2011	312,000,000	Amazon Prime Video	[78][79][80]
43	The Book Depository	United Kingdom	July 4, 2011	—	Book Depository	[81][82][83]
44	Pushbutton	United Kingdom	July 28, 2011	—		[84]
45	Yap	United States	September 2011	—	Amazon Echo	[85][86][87]
46	Double Helix Games	United States	September 5, 2011	—	Double Helix Games	[88][89]
47	Teachstreet	United States	February 2, 2012	—		[90]
48	Kiva Systems	United States	March 19, 2012	775,000,000	Amazon Robotics	[91][92][93][94]
49	Evi	United Kingdom	April 17, 2012	26,000,000	Amazon Echo	[95][96]
50	Avalon Books	United States	April 17, 2012	—	Amazon Publishing	[97][98][99][100]
51	UpNext	United States	July 2, 2012	—	UpNext	[101][102][103]
52	IVONA Software	Poland	January 24, 2013	—	Amazon Echo, Amazon Polly	[104][105][106]
53	Goodreads	United States	March 28, 2013	—	Goodreads	[107][108][109]
54	Liquavista	Netherlands	May 13, 2013	—	Amazon Kindle	[110]
55	TenMarks Education, Inc.	United States	October 10, 2013	—	TenMarks Education, Inc.	[111][112]
56	ComiXology	United States	April 10, 2014	—	ComiXology	[113][114]
57	Amiato	United States	May 2014	—	Amazon Web Services	[115][116][117]
58	Twitch Interactive	United States	August 25, 2014	970,000,000	Twitch Interactive	[118][119][120][121]
59	Rooftop Media	United States	August 25, 2014	—	Audible	[122][123][124]
60	GoodGame	United States	December 9, 2014	—	Twitch Interactive	[125][126][127]
61	Annapurna Labs	Israel	January 22, 2015	350,000,000	Annapurna Labs	[128][129][130]
62	2lemetry	United States	March 12, 2015	—	Amazon Web Services	[131][132][133]
63	Shoefitr	United States	April 10, 2015	—		[134][135]
64	ClusterK	United States	April 29, 2015	35,000,000	Amazon Web Services	[136][137]
65	AppThwack	United States	July 14, 2015	—	Amazon Web Services	[138][139][140]
66	Elemental Technologies	United States	September 3, 2015	500,000,000	AWS Elemental	[141][142]
67	Safaba Translation Systems	United States	September 25, 2015	—	Amazon Web Services	[143]
68	Biba Systems	United States	September 2015	—	Amazon Chime	[144][145]
69	Orbeus	United States	December 1, 2015	—	Amazon Web Services	[146][147][148]
70	Colis Privé	France	January 11, 2016	—		[149][150][151]
71	NICE	Italy	February 12, 2016	—	Amazon Web Services	[152][153][154]
72	Emvantage Payments	India	February 16, 2016	—	Amazon Web Services	[155][156][157]
73	Cloud9 IDE	United States	July 14, 2016	—	Amazon Web Services	[158][159]
74	Curse, Inc.	United States	August 16, 2016	—	Curse LLC	[160][161][162]
75	Westland	India	October 28, 2016	—	Westland	[163]
76	Partpic	United States	November 2, 2016	—		[164][165]
77	harvest.ai	United States	January 9, 2017	20,000,000	Amazon Web Services	[166][167]
78	Thinkbox Software	United States	March 6, 2017	—	Amazon Web Services	[168][169][170]
79	Do.com	United States	March 8, 2017	—	Amazon Web Services	[171][172]
80	Whole Foods Market	United States	June 16, 2017	13,700,000,000	Whole Foods Market	[5][173][174]
81	Souq.com	United Arab Emirates	July 3, 2017	580,000,000	Souq.com	[175][176]
82	Graphiq	United States	July 20, 2017	50,000,000	Amazon Echo	[177][178][179]
83	GameSparks	United Kingdom	July 28, 2017	10,000,000	GameSparks	[180][181][182]
84	Wing.ae	United Arab Emirates	September 6, 2017	0. subsidiary of souq.com	Souq.com	[183][184]
85	Body Labs	United States	October 3, 2017	60,000,000	Body Labs	[185][186][187]
86	Goo Technologies	United States	November 28, 2017	—	Amazon Sumerian	[188]
87	Dispatch	United States	November 2017	—	Amazon Scout	[189]
88	Blink Home	United States	December 2017	90,000,000	Blink Home	[190][191][192]
89	Sqrrl	United States	January 23, 2018	40,000,000	Amazon Web Services	[193][194]
90	Ring	United States	February 27, 2018	839,000,000	Ring	[195][196][197]
91	PillPack	United States	June 28, 2018	753,000,000	Amazon Pharmacy	[197][198][199]
92	Tapzo	India	August 28, 2018	40,000,000	Amazon Pay	[200][201][202]
93	CloudEndure	Israel	January 10, 2019	250,000,000	Amazon Web Services	[203][204]
94	TSO Logic	Canada	January 14, 2019	—	TSOLogic	[205][206]
95	Eero	United States	February 11, 2019	97,000,000	Eero	[207][208][209][210]
96	Canvas Technology	United States	April 10, 2019	—	Amazon Robotics	[211][212][213]
97	Sizmek Ad Server and Sizmek Dynamic Creative Optimization	United States	May 31, 2019	—		[214][215][216]
98	Bebo	United States	June 18, 2019	25,000,000	Twitch Interactive	[217][218]
99	E8 Storage	Israel	July 31, 2019	—	Amazon Web Services	[219][220][221]
100	IGDB	Sweden	September 17, 2019	—	Twitch Interactive	[222]
101	INLT	United States	September 24, 2019	—		[223]
102	Zoox	United States	June 26, 2020	1,200,000,000		[224]
103	Wondery	United States	December 30, 2020	300,000,000	Amazon Music	[225]
104	Umbra 3D	Finland	January 22, 2021	—	Amazon Robotics	[226][227]
106	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	United States	May 26, 2021	8,450,000,000	Amazon MGM Studios/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	[228][229][230]
107	Art19	United States	June 24, 2021	—	Amazon Music	[231]
108	Wickr	United States	June 25, 2021	—	Amazon Web Services	[232]
109	Veeqo	United Kingdom	November 1, 2021	—		[233]
110	Strio.AI	United States	March 7, 2022	—	Zoox	[234]
111	GlowRoad	India	April 21, 2022	—		[235]
112	One Medical	United States	July 21, 2022	3,900,000,000		[236][237]
113	Cloostermans	Belgium	September 9, 2022			[238][239]
114	Spirit.ai	United Kingdom	November 22, 2022	—	Twitch Interactive	[240]
115	Fig	United States	August 28, 2023	—	AWS	[241]
116	MX Player	India	October 7, 2024		Amazon Prime Video	[242]

Stakes

Date	Company	Business	Country	% stake	Value (USD)	Refs
February 18, 1999	GeoWorks	Technology	United States	7%	$5,000,000	[243]
February 24, 1999	Drugstore.com	E-commerce	United States	40%poes	—	[244][245][246]
May 19, 1999	Homegrocer.com	Grocery delivery	United States	35%	$42,500,000	[247]
July 15, 1999	Gear.com	Retail	United States	49%	—	[248]
December 1, 1999	Ashford.com	Retail	United States	16.6%	$10,000,000	[249][18]
1999	Della.com	Gift registry	United States	20%	—	[250]
1999	Kozmo.com	Delivery	United States	21.7%	—	[251]
1999	Naxon Corporation		United States	61%	—	[251]
March 29, 1999	Pets.com	Retail	United States	54%	—	[4]
February 3, 2000	Greg Manning Auctions, Inc.	Auctioneering	United States	—	$5,000,000	[252]
March 28, 2000	Eziba.com	Retail	United States	20%	$17,500,000	[253][254]
2000	Basis Technology	Technology	United States	11%	—	[253][255]
2000	Greenlight.com	Car retailer	United States	5%	—	[253][256]
2001	Altura International		United States	20%	$5,000,000	[257]
2001	Daksh.com		United States	11%	—	[257]
August 7, 2007	Amie Street	Music streaming	United States	—	—	[258][259]
March 8, 2016/March 8, 2021	Air Transport Services Group	Cargo airline	USA	19.999%	$131,000,000	[260][261]
February 22, 2018	Greenlight Financial Technology Inc	Financial services	United States	—	—	[262]
May 3, 2018	Embodied	Robotics	United States	—	—	[263]
September 20, 2018	More	Supermarket chain	India	49%	$280,000,000	[264][265]
October 17, 2018	SevenRooms	Software	United States	—	—	[266]
February 15, 2019	Rivian	Autonomous driving	United States	18%	—	[267][268][269][270]
2019	YES Network	Sports television network	United States	15%	—	[271]
September 25, 2023	Anthropic	Artificial intelligence	United States	—	$1,250,000,000[a]	[272]

Divestitures

Date	Acquirer	Target company	Target business	Acquirer country/nationality	Value (USD)	Refs
September 24, 2003	Scholastic	Back to Basics Toys	Toy retail	United States	$4,750,000	[273]
December 13, 2018	Wikia, Inc.	Curse LLC	Gaming websites	United States	—	[274][275]

See also

• List of largest mergers and acquisitions
• Lists of corporate acquisitions and mergers

Notes

1. With an option to invest up to $4 billion