20 Brands Owned by IAC

IAC is one of the most unusual companies in American corporate history. Founded by Barry Diller in the 1990s, IAC has spent three decades acquiring internet brands, building them to maturity, then spinning them off as independent public companies. Match Group, Expedia, Ticketmaster, LendingTree, and Vimeo all started inside IAC before becoming separate publicly traded entities. What remains inside IAC is a portfolio of media, home services, and information brands generating approximately $3.4 billion in annual revenue as of FY2024.

Understanding IAC requires understanding the spin-off model. Unlike conglomerates that accumulate brands permanently, IAC treats subsidiaries as incubators: it acquires or builds companies, adds scale through follow-on acquisitions, and eventually separates them when they are large enough to stand alone. This makes IAC's current portfolio a snapshot of what it has built most recently rather than a permanent catalogue of owned assets.

How IAC Operates

IAC Inc. trades on the NASDAQ under ticker IAC and is headquartered in New York City. Barry Diller, who founded the company by acquiring Home Shopping Network in 1992, remains executive chairman. As of early 2026, IAC's portfolio is structured around two primary operating segments: Dotdash Meredith (digital and print publishing) and Angi Inc. (home services).

The company's strategy, described internally as building "compounders," involves acquiring media or technology brands in categories with durable consumer interest, integrating them into shared content or technology platforms, and monetizing through advertising, subscriptions, or marketplace fees.

The Dotdash Meredith Portfolio

In September 2021, IAC's digital publishing unit Dotdash acquired Meredith Corporation's national media group for approximately $2.7 billion, creating Dotdash Meredith, the largest digital and print publisher in the United States by unique monthly visitors. The combined entity publishes content across more than 40 digital brands and a portfolio of print magazines.

1. People People magazine is the most commercially significant brand in the Dotdash Meredith portfolio. Founded in 1974 by Time Inc., People was acquired as part of the Meredith transaction. The magazine generates substantial advertising revenue and licensing income from celebrity content and cover photographs. People.com is among the most-visited entertainment news websites in the United States.

2. Allrecipes Allrecipes is the world's largest food content site by traffic, with approximately 60 million unique monthly visitors as of 2024. Allrecipes was founded in 1997 and sold to Meredith Corporation in 2012 for approximately $175 million. It passed to Dotdash Meredith through the Meredith acquisition. The site generates revenue primarily through display advertising and affiliate commerce links.

3. Better Homes & Gardens Better Homes & Gardens was founded in 1922 and is one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States. Meredith acquired the title in 1985. The brand generates both publishing revenue and significant licensing income through a partnership with Walmart that covers home furnishings and garden products sold under the Better Homes & Gardens name.

4. InStyle InStyle is a fashion and lifestyle magazine launched by Time Inc. in 1994. It became one of the leading fashion magazines in the United States before passing to Meredith and then Dotdash Meredith. Dotdash Meredith discontinued the print edition of InStyle in January 2023 as part of a broader rationalization of print assets in favor of digital publishing.

5. Food & Wine Food & Wine is a culinary magazine founded in 1978 and acquired by American Express Publishing before passing to Time Inc. and then Meredith. The brand covers food, wine, travel, and restaurant culture, generating both advertising and events revenue through the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, which it co-produces.

6. Investopedia Investopedia was founded in 1999 as a financial education website. IAC acquired it in 2010 through its About.com content network. Investopedia is among the most-visited financial information sites globally, with approximately 40 million unique monthly visitors as of 2024. The site generates revenue through advertising and affiliate links to brokerage and financial product partners.

7. Verywell Verywell is a health content brand that encompasses Verywell Health, Verywell Mind, Verywell Fit, and Verywell Family. The network was built by IAC from the health content previously housed at About.com and now serves approximately 150 million visitors annually across its sub-brands. Verywell is among the most-visited health information properties in the United States.

8. The Spruce The Spruce is a home and garden content brand covering decorating, cooking, and home improvement. Along with The Spruce Eats, The Spruce Pets, and The Spruce Crafts, it forms a network of consumer lifestyle content properties built within the Dotdash content infrastructure.

9. Dotdash (core publishing platform) The Dotdash brand itself represents IAC's approach to content publishing: performance-optimized editorial websites built for search traffic, with deliberately minimal advertising clutter compared to legacy media publishers. The original Dotdash properties (Investopedia, The Spruce, Verywell, Byrdie, and others) were built or acquired individually before the Meredith transaction added the legacy print portfolio.

10. Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly is a weekly entertainment magazine founded by Time Inc. in 1990. It covers film, television, music, and books. The print edition has been significantly reduced in frequency as Dotdash Meredith shifted resources toward digital content distribution.

The Angi / Home Services Portfolio

Angi Inc. was spun off from IAC as a separate public company in 2021, but IAC retains a controlling interest of approximately 84% as of early 2026. Angi trades on the NASDAQ under ticker ANGI and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

11. Angi (formerly Angie's List) Angi was created from the 2017 merger of HomeAdvisor (an IAC-owned platform) and Angie's List. Angie's List was founded in 1995 in Columbus, Ohio by Angie Hicks and William Oesterle as a subscription-based contractor review service. IAC merged Angie's List with its HomeAdvisor marketplace and rebranded the combined entity as Angi Homeservices, subsequently shortened to Angi. Angi connects homeowners with home service professionals and generates revenue through lead fees paid by service providers.

12. HomeAdvisor HomeAdvisor is the underlying platform that powers much of Angi's marketplace business. IAC built HomeAdvisor through a series of acquisitions of home services lead generation businesses and rebranded it as the professional-facing complement to the Angi consumer platform.

13. Handy Handy is an on-demand home services platform founded in 2012 that focuses on recurring cleaning, handyperson services, and TV mounting. IAC acquired Handy in 2018 for approximately $89 million and integrated it into the Angi platform as a booking and fulfillment component.

The Information and Search Portfolio

14. Ask.com Ask.com began as Ask Jeeves, a natural language search engine founded in 1997 in Emeryville, California. The butler character Jeeves was dropped in 2006 as the service pivoted toward conventional search. IAC acquired Ask Jeeves in 2005 for approximately $1.85 billion. As of early 2026, Ask.com operates primarily as a question-and-answer and consumer information platform rather than a competitive general-purpose search engine, with Google handling the majority of its search results.

15. About.com (Dotdash origin) About.com was acquired by IAC through its New York Times Company transaction in 2012 for approximately $300 million. IAC restructured About.com into vertical content brands including Investopedia, Verywell, The Balance, The Spruce, and others, effectively dismantling the original brand in favor of category-specific sites with stronger search intent targeting. About.com as a standalone destination was retired.

Other Notable IAC Assets

16. Care.com Care.com is a marketplace connecting families with childcare, senior care, pet care, and tutoring providers. IAC acquired Care.com in February 2020 for approximately $500 million. Care.com was founded in 2006 in Waltham, Massachusetts and was publicly traded before the IAC acquisition.

17. Mosaic Group Mosaic Group is a portfolio of subscription app businesses covering astrology, wellness, and self-improvement applications. IAC acquired Mosaic as part of its expansion into mobile app subscription businesses, a category that has grown with the broader adoption of subscription-based consumer software.

18. Vivid Seats (former stake) IAC previously held a stake in Vivid Seats, the secondary ticket marketplace, before divesting it. The Vivid Seats relationship illustrates IAC's pattern of taking stakes in marketplace businesses and divesting them as they mature or as better capital allocation opportunities arise.

Brands Previously Spun Off From IAC

IAC's history of spin-offs is as important as its current portfolio. The following companies were incubated inside IAC before becoming independent public companies:

Match Group is the most commercially significant of IAC's spin-offs by valuation. Tinder, which IAC developed internally after acquiring its founding team, had approximately 75 million monthly active users globally as of 2024 and represents the dominant monetization engine within Match Group.

What the IAC Model Means for Brands

IAC's approach differs fundamentally from traditional media companies or consumer goods conglomerates. Most conglomerates acquire brands and hold them permanently, extracting value through shared distribution or scale. IAC acquires, builds, and divests. For the brands that remain inside IAC, the operational reality is one of integration into shared technology and advertising infrastructure. For the brands that have been spun off, the IAC incubation period typically represents a phase of rapid growth funded by IAC's capital before the brand stands alone on public markets.

For consumers, IAC ownership is largely invisible. Whether you read a Verywell Health article, search for a contractor on Angi, or browse People.com, the IAC corporate structure does not affect the user experience. What it does affect is the advertising model and the data infrastructure that supports content monetization across the portfolio.

For more context on how internet holding companies differ from traditional brand conglomerates, see our post on what is a holding company and which brands they own.

FAQ

Is IAC the same company as InterActiveCorp? Yes. IAC Inc. is the successor to InterActiveCorp, the name Barry Diller used for the company through its early history. The company shortened its name to IAC as the business evolved beyond its early focus on interactive television and e-commerce.

Does IAC still own Match Group and Tinder? No. IAC fully separated from Match Group in June 2020 through a spin-off distribution to IAC shareholders. Match Group trades independently on the NASDAQ under the ticker MTCH. IAC retains no ongoing ownership stake in Match Group.

Why does IAC keep spinning off businesses? Barry Diller has described IAC's spin-off strategy as a way to unlock value that is obscured when a high-growth asset is valued inside a diversified holding company. Separate public companies trade at multiples reflecting their specific growth profiles rather than being discounted as part of a conglomerate. Spin-offs also allow IAC to redeploy capital into new acquisitions while returning value to shareholders through the distributed shares.

Explore Related Brands

• Investopedia - IAC's financial education platform with approximately 40 million monthly visitors
• Angi - IAC-controlled home services marketplace, publicly traded (NASDAQ: ANGI)
• Ask.com - Former Ask Jeeves search engine, acquired by IAC in 2005
• Verywell - IAC's health content network with approximately 150 million annual visitors
• People - Celebrity and entertainment magazine, acquired through Dotdash Meredith

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Sources

1. IAC Annual Report 2024 — https://ir.iac.com/ 2. Dotdash Meredith: Acquisition of Meredith Corporation, September 2021 — https://www.dotdashmeredith.com/ 3. Angi Inc. Annual Report 2024 — https://ir.angi.com/ 4. SEC EDGAR: IAC/InterActiveCorp 10-K Filing — https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar 5. Bloomberg: IAC acquires Care.com, February 2020 — https://www.bloomberg.com 6. Match Group Annual Report 2024 — https://ir.mtch.com/ 7. Wikidata: IAC entity page — https://www.wikidata.org

All brand ownership data verified through WhoBrands.com research methodology. Last updated: February 2026.