EU-controlledchecked 2026-10-18
A primary document names a controlling owner based in the EU.
- Legal entity
- Spotify AB (operator); group parent Spotify Technology S.A. (LU, RCS B123052) (SE)
- Register id
- 556703-7485 (Bolagsverket)
- LEI
- 5493004INDUJX1TDHI57 · ISSUED · renews 2027-03-07
- What GLEIF shows
- Names a parent. Spotify Technology S.A. (549300B4X0JHWV0DTD60, LU), direct and ultimate; the parent's LEI is LAPSED (renewal due 2022-08-17) and the parent reports NON_CONSOLIDATING
- Controlling owner, from documents
- Co-founders Daniel Ek (28.8% of votes) and Martin Lorentzon (40.5% of votes), 69.3% combined, mostly through beneficiary certificates (SE (Ek's business address Stockholm); both founders' holding vehicles are in Cyprus (EU); EU)
- Control type
- founder-held
- Listed on
- buy-european.net, european-alternatives.eu, europeanpurpose.com, goeuropean.org, only-eu.eu
- Category
- Music, video and media
- Source
- sec.gov
- GLEIF record
- 5493004INDUJX1TDHI57
Our notes
Source: Form 20-F FY2025, Item 7.A Major Shareholders, as of 31 Dec 2025. Checked: Ek holds via D.G.E. Investments (D.G.E. Holding, Larnaca, Cyprus); Lorentzon via Rosello (Nicosia, Cyprus), owned by Amaltea S.a r.l. The filing says the founders have control 'if our founders act together'. Neither holds a majority alone, and Lorentzon's residence is not stated, so confidence is medium, not high. Every non-founder holder is small: Tencent has 8.1% of ordinary shares but no beneficiary certificates, so about 3% of votes. No non-EU party can reach control on these numbers. Listed on NYSE. GLEIF trap: Spotify AB rolls up to a parent whose LEI lapsed in 2022.
