Who Owns GitLab?
Updated onExplore the ownership hierarchy of GitLab. See parent companies, holding structures, and ultimate controllers.
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GitLab
GitLab is a publicly traded DevSecOps platform company that unifies source code management, CI/CD, and application security in a single application, offered as SaaS, self-managed, and dedicated solutions.
Starts at $0 / user / month
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GitLab appears to be independent with no known parent company.
GitLab
GitLab is a publicly traded DevSecOps platform company that unifies source code management, CI/CD, and application security in a single application, offered as SaaS, self-managed, and dedicated solutions.
Starts at $0 / user / month
Has a free trial
GitLab appears to be independent with no known parent company.
Major Shareholders
GitLab
Major Shareholders
| Name | Type | Ownership | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
Sytse (Sid) Sijbrandij Co‑founder and Executive Chair of GitLab. Schedule 13G/A filed on November 7, 2025 reports beneficial ownership of 17.67M shares (primarily Class B) representing about 10.7% of GitLab’s Class A shares outstanding as of September 30, 2025. Subsequent Form 4 filings and aggregated ownership data indicate his position declined to roughly 15.4M shares (~9.15%) by December 10, 2025, still making him the largest individual shareholder. GitLab has a dual‑class structure where each Class B share carries 10 votes versus one vote for Class A, so his voting power is significantly higher than his economic stake. | Founder | 9.2% | Dec 2025 |
The Vanguard Group, Inc. Largest institutional shareholder. Fiscal.ai’s ownership table shows Vanguard holding about 15.3M GitLab shares, equating to roughly 9.08% of the company as of September 30, 2025, based on 13F filings. This is consistent with major‑holder summaries from Nasdaq and Yahoo Finance, which list Vanguard as the top institutional owner. | Institutional | 9.1% | Sep 2025 |
ICONIQ Strategic Partners III, L.P. Growth‑equity fund advised by ICONIQ Capital and one of GitLab’s key pre‑IPO venture investors. WallStreetZen’s 2025 ownership breakdown lists ICONIQ Strategic Partners III LP as holding about 9.27M shares, or approximately 5.51% of GitLab, classifying it as an insider holder. This position is supported by a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC in early 2025 for ICONIQ Strategic Partners III, L.P. | Institutional | 5.5% | — |
BlackRock, Inc. Global asset manager and a major index‑fund owner of GitLab. Fiscal.ai reports BlackRock owning roughly 8.2M shares, corresponding to an approximate 4.85% stake as of September 30, 2025. Yahoo Finance’s major‑holders page similarly shows BlackRock near this level and among the largest institutional shareholders. | Institutional | 4.8% | Sep 2025 |
Eminence Capital, LP Hedge fund manager with a sizable active position in GitLab. According to Fiscal.ai’s top‑holders data, Eminence Capital owns about 7.2M shares, or roughly 4.28% of GitLab, as of September 30, 2025. This is consistent with institutional‑ownership summaries derived from 13F filings (e.g., Nasdaq and Quiver/other institutional databases), which place Eminence among the largest non‑index fund shareholders. | Institutional | 4.3% | Sep 2025 |
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