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Souq.com

Logo: Souq.com, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

English-Arabic language e-commerce platform

Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.2 It is part of Amazon.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Oct 25, 2005Founded1

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Souq.com was the largest e-commerce platform in the Arab world. The company launched in 2005 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.2

Corporate structure

Souq.com is part of a group headed by Amazon. 220 entities, 49 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jul 3, 2017Acquired Acquired by Amazon1
  2. Oct 25, 2005Founded Founded1
  3. 2005Acquired Acquired by Maktoob1

Sources

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