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Who owns Wayfair?
Wayfair.com is run by WAYFAIR, INC., a company based in the United States and incorporated in Delaware. As of our check of 28 October 2026, Wikidata and the LEI register show it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange as W and has no parent company named, with the facts coming from Wikidata, the LEI register and an SEC filing.
Checked on by AnyFact's AI Business Check, with a fresh look at Wikidata, the LEI register and the sources linked below.
Ownership chain
From wayfair.com to its owner
Website
wayfair.com
Wayfair's website
Runs the site · top of the chain
WAYFAIR, INC.
US company, incorporated in Delaware, headquartered in Boston, founded 2002
Sources:search.gleif.orgwikidata.org
Leaders and founders
The people behind Wayfair
Niraj Shah · CEO, co-founder and co-chairman
Source:aboutwayfair.com
Steve Conine · Co-founder and co-chairman
Source:aboutwayfair.com
Kate Gulliver · Finance chief
Source:en.wikipedia.org
What the registers say
- Register and LEI records
The GLEIF LEI record lists WAYFAIR, INC. under jurisdiction US-DE with an active status, entity created on 2011-05-01. Its registered number is 4973523 and its headquarters address is in Boston. An SEC filing gives the registrant as WAYFAIR INC., Delaware.
Sources:search.gleif.orgsec.gov
- Registry record in our check
WAYFAIR, INC. · GLEIF (LEI register) · 54930027N9ZAVYFDHK53 · active
Source:search.gleif.org
- Wikidata, in our check
Known organisation: Wayfair (Wikidata), founded 2002, country United States, listed on NYSE (W)
Source:wikidata.org
- Company register, in our check
4 web results mention Wayfair with registration terms (not verified)
Source:sec.gov
Dated, from the sources
How Wayfair's ownership changed
2002
Niraj Shah and Steve Conine founded Wayfair.
Source:investor.wayfair.com
2011
The LEI record shows the legal entity WAYFAIR, INC. was created on 1 May 2011.
Source:search.gleif.org
October 2014
Wayfair raised over $300 million in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker W.
Source:en.wikipedia.org
July 2015
Wayfair sold its Australian business to Temple & Webster.
Source:en.wikipedia.org
Our method
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Questions about who owns Wayfair
Who owns Wayfair?
Wayfair is run by WAYFAIR, INC., which is listed on the NYSE. One search result says it has no parent and no controlling corporate owner, and our sources name no parent company.
Sources:revenuememo.comwikidata.org
Is Wayfair an American company?
Yes. Wikidata gives the country as United States, and the LEI record shows WAYFAIR, INC. incorporated in Delaware with headquarters in Boston.
Sources:wikidata.orgsearch.gleif.org
Who is the CEO of Wayfair?
Niraj Shah is CEO and co-chairman of Wayfair, according to the company's leadership page. He is also a co-founder, and he started the business with Steve Conine. Before Wayfair, the page says he was CEO and co-founder of Simplify Mobile.
Source:aboutwayfair.com
Who founded Wayfair?
Niraj Shah and Steve Conine founded Wayfair in 2002. The company's leadership page also lists both men as co-founders.
Sources:en.wikipedia.orgaboutwayfair.com
Is Wayfair publicly traded?
Yes. Wayfair shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker W, following an IPO in October 2014. Wikipedia says the offering raised over $300 million, and Wikidata also lists the company as listed on the NYSE under W.
Sources:en.wikipedia.orgwikidata.org
Do the founders still control Wayfair?
One profile says the company has a dual-class structure. Class A shares trade publicly, while Shah and Conine hold super-voting Class B shares. We could not confirm this from a filing.
Source:umbrex.com
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