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Booking Holdings
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Booking Holdings company profile

CEO
Glenn D. Fogel
Employees
25,550
Headquarters
800 Connecticut Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06854, US
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Travel Services
IPO date
31 Mar 1999
Stock exchange
NASDAQ
ISIN
US09857L1089

Website:bookingholdings.com

About the company

Booking Holdings Inc. is a leading global provider of online travel and dining reservation services. The company manages a portfolio of well-known digital platforms. Among these, Booking.com specializes in online accommodation bookings, while Rentalcars.com is dedicated to facilitating vehicle rentals. Priceline offers a comprehensive range of online travel booking options, encompassing hotels, flights, rental cars, vacation packages, and cruises, alongside hotel distribution services. Agoda also provides online lodging reservations, further expanding into flights, ground transportation, and activity bookings. For travelers seeking the best deals, KAYAK functions as an online price comparison service, enabling users to search and contrast prices for airline tickets, hotels, and car rentals. Additionally, OpenTable allows for convenient online restaurant reservations. Beyond its core booking services, Booking Holdings Inc. also supplies travel-related insurance products and restaurant management solutions to individual consumers, travel service providers, and restaurants. Established in 1997, the company is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut. It officially adopted its current name, Booking Holdings Inc., in February 2018, having previously operated as The Priceline Group Inc.

Employees

Booking Holdings had about 24,300 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 0.0% more than a year before.

Employees Change on the year
Fiscal yearEmployeesChange on the yearRevenue per employeeNet income per employee
FY202524,3000.00%1.11M USD222.39K USD
FY202424,300+2.97%976.91K USD242.06K USD
FY202323,600+9.26%905.30K USD181.74K USD
FY202221,600+6.40%791.20K USD141.57K USD
FY202120,3000.00%539.80K USD57.39K USD
FY202020,300-23.11%334.78K USD2.91K USD
FY201926,400+7.76%570.68K USD184.28K USD
FY201824,500+6.99%592.94K USD163.18K USD
FY201722,900+23.78%553.76K USD102.23K USD
FY201618,500+19.35%580.70K USD115.41K USD
FY201515,500+22.05%595.10K USD164.60K USD
FY201412,700+33.68%664.72K USD190.69K USD
FY20139,500+35.71%715.08K USD199.23K USD
FY20127,000+40.00%751.57K USD202.80K USD
FY20115,000+47.06%871.12K USD211.27K USD
FY20103,400+69.15%907.33K USD155.16K USD
FY20092,010+12.92%1.16M USD243.52K USD
FY20081,780+34.44%1.06M USD102.39K USD
FY20071,324+90.23%1.06M USD117.47K USD
FY2006696+30.83%1.61M USD106.99K USD
FY2005532+21.46%1.81M USD362.27K USD
FY2004438+49.49%2.09M USD71.94K USD
FY2003293+1.03%2.95M USD40.67K USD
FY2002290-19.44%3.46M USD-66.15K USD
FY2001360+0.28%3.25M USD-20.29K USD
FY2000359-3.75%3.44M USD-877.84K USD
FY1999373—1.29M USD-2.83M USD

Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.

Who owns Booking Holdings

Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 94.3% of Booking Holdings's shares on 30 June 2026, 2,033 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.

Institutions 94.3%Other shareholders 5.7%

Shares free to trade

Free float 742.09M shares ·99.8% Closely held 1.61M shares ·0.2%

Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.

Common questions about Booking Holdings

Source: Financial Modeling PrepVerified against SEC filings