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 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.
Shares free to trade
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
