Is Paycom owned by another company?

No. Paycom is an independent publicly traded company that owns itself. It trades on the NYSE under PAYC and has no parent corporation.

When was Paycom founded?

Paycom was founded in 1998 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It began as a regional payroll provider and grew into a national HCM software company.

What is Paycom's market position?

Paycom is a leading mid-market payroll and HCM provider in the United States, competing with ADP, Paychex, Paylocity and UKG. Its single-database platform and Beti automation are its primary differentiators.

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Who Owns Paycom?

Q: Is Paycom publicly traded?

Yes. Paycom Software, Inc. trades on the NYSE under the ticker PAYC and is a member of the S&P 500. It went public in 2014.

Q: Who founded Paycom?

Chad Richison founded Paycom in 1998 after working in payroll sales at ADP. He remains CEO and a major shareholder.

Paycom is owned by Paycom Software, Inc., a publicly traded company listed on the NYSE under the ticker PAYC. The brand provides cloud-based payroll and human capital management software for American businesses, best known for Beti employee-driven payroll and a single-database platform covering the full employee lifecycle. Founded in 1998 by Chad Richison in Oklahoma City, it served approximately 39,200 clients as of the end of 2025.

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Parent Company

Paycom Software, Inc.

Founded

1998

Status

Publicly Traded

Headquarters

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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Who Owns Paycom?

Parent Company: Paycom Software, Inc.
Ownership Type: Brand division
Company Type: Publicly Traded
Stock Ticker: NYSE: PAYC

Brand	Parent Company	Ownership Type
Paycom	Paycom Software, Inc.	Brand division

History of Paycom

Founded: 1998
Founders: Chad Richison

Chad Richison founded Paycom in Oklahoma City in 1998 after working in payroll sales at ADP, where he became convinced the industry needed cloud-based software rather than the batch-processing systems dominant at the time. He started the company with minimal capital, selling payroll services to Oklahoma businesses.

Through the 2000s Paycom expanded nationally while keeping operations centralized in Oklahoma City. Its defining architectural decision was building the entire platform on a single database, in contrast to competitors assembled through acquired point solutions, which became its central marketing claim.

Paycom went public on the NYSE in 2014 and grew into the mid-market, joining the S&P 500 in 2020. In 2021 it launched Beti, the employee-driven payroll tool that reframed payroll as something workers could verify themselves rather than a process owned entirely by HR departments. The company extended the automation strategy with the IWant AI query engine announced in 2024, allowing employees to retrieve data through natural language.

About Paycom Software, Inc.

What does Paycom own?

Paycom owns the Paycom HCM platform and its proprietary products including Beti employee-driven payroll and the IWant AI query engine. It does not own separate consumer or business brands; everything operates under the Paycom name.

Is Paycom publicly traded?

Yes. Paycom trades on the NYSE under the ticker PAYC and is a member of the S&P 500. It went public in 2014.

Who founded Paycom?

Chad Richison founded Paycom in Oklahoma City in 1998 after working in payroll sales at ADP. He remains CEO and a significant individual shareholder.

Where is Paycom headquartered?

Paycom is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, where it maintains a large corporate campus housing its operations, product development and data centers.