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Vocus

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Defunct American software company

Vocus was a public relations software company based in Beltsville, Maryland, United States, serving clients worldwide from 1992 to 2014. In addition to its web-based PR software suites, the company owns the online publicity services, PRWeb and Help a Reporter Out (HARO).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1992Founded1
  • Industrytechnology1
  • HeadquartersBeltsville1
  • Legal formprivately held company1

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Vocus was a public relations software company based in Beltsville, Maryland, United States, serving clients worldwide from 1992 to 2014. In addition to its web-based PR software suites, the company owns the online publicity services, PRWeb and Help a Reporter Out (HARO).2

Corporate structure

Vocus sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Vocus Beltsville
    • PRWeb Subsidiary · Ferndale
    • Help a Reporter Out Subsidiary · United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Help a Reporter Out
  • PRWeb since Aug 2006

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 2006PRWeb became a subsidiary1
  2. Succeeded by Cision1

Timeline

  1. 2004Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1992Founded Founded1

Sources

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