Ancestry.com
| Company type | Private |
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| Founded | 1996 |
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| Headquarters | Lehi, Utah, U.S. |
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| Revenue | US$1 billion (2022) |
| Owner | (2021-present) |
| Members | 25 million |
Number of employees | 1,400 |
| Website | www |
Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah. The largest for-profit genealogy company in the world, it operates a network of genealogical, historical records, and related genetic genealogy websites. It is owned by The Blackstone Group, which acquired the company on December 4, 2020, in a deal valued at $4.7 billion.
As of 2022, the company said it had provided access to 30 billion historical records, tripling its November 2018 figure of 10 billion records. In 2018 it also reported having 3 million paying subscribers, and to have sold 18 million DNA kits to customers. By 2023, Ancestry was the largest provider of consumer DNA testing in the world with a network of over 25 million users, and Ancestry DNA testing is now available in 128 countries.
As well as its main website, Ancestry operates country-specific versions for Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden and the United Kingdom.