Is ADP a subsidiary of a larger company?

No. ADP is the masterbrand of its own public company, Automatic Data Processing, Inc., listed on Nasdaq under the same ticker. The brand is the company's identity, not an entity beneath another parent.

When was ADP founded?

ADP was founded in 1949 as Automatic Payrolls in Paterson, New Jersey. It renamed itself Automatic Data Processing in 1958 after adopting machine processing and went public in 1961.

Henry Taub founded the company in 1949, later joined by his brother Joe Taub and by Frank Lautenberg, who built its sales operation before serving 30 years in the U.S. Senate.

What is ADP's market position?

ADP is the global market leader in payroll processing and a top HCM provider, paying roughly one in six American workers across more than 1.1 million clients. It competes with Paychex, Workday, UKG, and Dayforce, holding unmatched scale and switching-cost advantage.

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Who Owns ADP?

Q: Is ADP publicly traded?

Yes. Automatic Data Processing trades on the Nasdaq under ticker ADP as an S&P 500 component and Dividend Aristocrat, having raised its dividend for 50 consecutive years.

ADP is owned by Automatic Data Processing, Inc., a publicly traded American payroll and human capital management company listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ADP. The brand is the company's masterbrand, founded in 1949 as Automatic Payrolls, and covers its payroll, HR, and PEO services. The parent reported $20.6 billion in fiscal 2025 revenue.

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Parent Company

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

Founded

1949

Status

Publicly Traded

Headquarters

Roseland, New Jersey, USA

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Who Owns ADP?

Parent Company: Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Ownership Type: Brand division
Company Type: Publicly Traded
Stock Ticker: NASDAQ: ADP

Brand	Parent Company	Ownership Type
ADP	Automatic Data Processing, Inc.	Brand division

History of ADP

Founded: 1949
Founders: Henry Taub, Frank Lautenberg, Joe Taub

Henry Taub founded Automatic Payrolls in 1949 in Paterson, New Jersey, processing payroll manually for local businesses. His brother Joe Taub and salesman Frank Lautenberg, who later spent 30 years in the U.S. Senate, built it into a national service. The company adopted keypunch machines in the 1950s, renamed itself Automatic Data Processing in 1958, and went public in 1961.

Expansion through the following decades added tax filing, time and attendance, benefits administration, and brokerage back-office processing, the last of which it spun off as Broadridge Financial Solutions in 2007. The 2010s rebuilt its products on cloud platforms, RUN for small business, Workforce Now for mid-market, and Vantage and GlobalView for enterprise and multinational clients, while its PEO, TotalSource, grew into the largest in the country.

The 2014 spinoff of dealer services unit CDK Global completed its focus on payroll and HCM. Under Maria Black since 2023, the brand has pushed AI across its product line through ADP Assist and crossed $20 billion in annual revenue, reaching $20.6 billion in fiscal 2025.

About Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

What does ADP own?

ADP operates under a single masterbrand, owning product lines including RUN Powered by ADP, ADP Workforce Now, ADP Vantage, ADP GlobalView, ADP TotalSource, and the ADP Assist AI layer. It previously owned Broadridge Financial Solutions and CDK Global, both spun off as independent public companies.

Is ADP publicly traded?

Yes. ADP trades on the Nasdaq under ticker ADP and is an S&P 500 component and Dividend Aristocrat, having increased its dividend for 50 consecutive years through fiscal 2025.

Who founded ADP?

Henry Taub founded the company as Automatic Payrolls in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1949. His brother Joe Taub and salesman Frank Lautenberg, who later became a U.S. Senator for 30 years, built it into the country's dominant payroll processor.

Where is ADP headquartered?

ADP is headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey, with major service centers across the United States and international operations in more than 140 countries.

How many brands does ADP own?

ADP operates a single masterbrand with named product lines rather than separate brands: RUN, Workforce Now, Vantage, GlobalView, TotalSource, and ADP Assist among them. The corporate portfolio is consolidated after the spinoffs of Broadridge in 2007 and CDK Global in 2014.