Who owns Alphabet (GOOGL)?
140 holders named in SEC filings declare between 46.0% and 61.9% of Alphabet's shares outstanding, as of Sep 14, 2026. The largest are Vanguard (7.9%), BlackRock (6.8%) and Sergey Brin (5.9%); the five largest hold 27.2% together. Another 6,139 institutions hold small positions worth 10.3%. At least 27.7% of the shares appear in no ownership filing: investors who do not have to report, mostly individuals. From Mar 31, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, institutions that filed both quarters bought 2.8% and sold 1.4% of the shares, a net purchase of 1.4%; 168 opened a position, 2,558 added, 2,865 reduced and 86 sold out. Biggest buyers: Berkshire Hathaway Inc (+48.1M shares) and JPMorgan (+39.0M shares). Biggest sellers: Franklin Templeton (-10.2M) and Barclays (-7.7M). Directors and officers, from their latest Form 4: Sergey Brin (5.9%) and L. John Doerr (0.33%). Over time, 6,229 managers declared Alphabet in their 13F for Q2 2026, against 3,145 for Q4 2019: together at most 65.6% of the shares outstanding, against 71.1%.
| Holder | Filing | Share of capital | As of | Holding since (13F) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanguard | 13F | 7.9% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| BlackRock | 13F | 6.8% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Sergey Brin | Form 4 | 5.9% | Aug 7, 2026 | — |
| State Street | 13F | 3.5% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Fidelity (FMR) | 13F | 3.0% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Capital Group | 13F | 2.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Geode Capital | 13F | 2.2% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| JPMorgan | 13F | 1.9% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Morgan Stanley | 13F | 1.6% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| T. Rowe Price | 13F | 1.4% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Invesco | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Norges Bank | 13F | 1.3% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| UBS | 13F | 0.97% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Northern Trust | 13F | 0.96% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | 13F | 0.87% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q3 2025 |
| Bank of America | 13F | 0.86% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Goldman Sachs | 13F | 0.75% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Charles Schwab | 13F | 0.60% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Legal & General | 13F | 0.55% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| BNY | 13F | 0.55% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Nuveen | 13F | 0.52% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Wellington | 13F | 0.50% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | 13F | 0.48% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| Amundi | 13F | 0.44% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 13F | 0.40% | Jun 30, 2026 | Q4 2019 or earlier |
Alphabet institutional ownership over time
| Quarter | 13F managers | Share of the company (upper bound) | Value declared | Held by stock pickers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2019 | 3,145 | 71.1% | $624.8B | 63.2% |
| Q4 2020 | 3,529 | 68.3% | $787.2B | 62.3% |
| Q4 2021 | 4,160 | 65.9% | $1.3T | 61.8% |
| Q4 2022 | 4,249 | 61.6% | $716.7B | 57.6% |
| Q4 2023 | 4,799 | 62.2% | $1.1T | 56.5% |
| Q4 2024 | 5,487 | 63.1% | $1.5T | 54.1% |
| Q4 2025 | 6,180 | 64.1% | $2.5T | 51.8% |
| Q2 2026 | 6,229 | 65.6% | $2.9T | 51.8% |
From SEC Form 13F, every quarter since the end of 2019, read like the current quarter: entities of a house summed, a value contradicting its share count set aside. The share of the company is an upper bound — two managers can declare the same shares — over the shares outstanding at that date.