Identity
- Category
- Company / Operating
- Legal Name
- Amazon Web Services, Inc.
- Legal Country
- US
- Immediate Parent
- AmazonUS
- Ultimate Parent
- Amazon
- Hierarchy Position
- Subsidiary
- Amazon Web Services, Inc. is named as contracting party in the Terms of Service on aws.amazon.com. - Amazon Web Services, Inc. is listed in the site footer and Privacy Notice with a United States address. - US registry and public filings are consistent with Amazon Web Services, Inc. incorporation.
AWS is described as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc. in public corporate materials (AWS About page) and public profiles (Wikipedia).
Firmographics
- Revenue
- $128.7B
- Employees
- 156,697
- Operational HQ
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- The revenue figure was obtained from Amazon.com, Inc.'s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. - The reported figure represents AWS net sales within the segment information of the parent company's financial statements. - The revenue is explicitly stated as 128,725 million USD for the full year 2025. - This figure is corroborated by Amazon.com, Inc.'s Fourth Quarter Results Exhibit (EX-99.1) for the same period. - The revenue is reported at the segment level, as no standalone financial filings for Amazon Web Services, Inc. are publicly available.
- Official filings/IR - 2026-03 - No AWS, Inc. entity-level payroll disclosed; only Amazon group/segment employee totals available - Third-party data aggregator - 2026-03 - Reported headcount 156,697 (company-profile/member-count baseline used for estimate) - Official company website/blog - 2026-03-02 - Active AWS communications (AWS blog Mar 2, 2026) confirming ongoing operations and payroll necessity - Third-party data aggregator (growth metric) - 2026-03 - Reported 12% 12-month growth implies prior-year ~139,910, consistent with 156,697 current baseline - Uncertainties/Caveats - 2026-03 - No authoritative AWS, Inc. payroll figure found; third-party counts may include contractors/affiliates and can overstate direct payroll; estimate uses third-party baseline due to lack of official entity-level disclosure
- The LinkedIn Company Page indicates United States operations with Seattle as the primary location. - The AWS Privacy Notice cites a legal mailing address in Seattle, WA, United States. - The final verdict explicitly states the primary operational location is Seattle, Washington, United States.
Corporate hierarchy
| Entity | Employees | Revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|
Amazon.com, Inc.· Global Ultimate ParentKERN ID 7968185479 | United States | 1,576,000 | $716.9B |
└ Amazon.com LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3762983180 | United States | 789,634 | $0 |
└ Amazon Fulfilment Services, LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6798863376 | United States | 324,312 | $51.0B |
└ Amazon US Services LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6855855358 | United States | 279,760 | $0 |
Amazon Web Services, Inc.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3526904742 | United States | 156,697 | $128.7B |
└ Amazon Serviços Brasil Ltda.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3106586135 | United States | 10,500 | $1.5B |
└ Amazon Web Service India Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7901828500 | United States | 3,465 | $2.0B |
└ AWS Australia Pty Ltd· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 8558943669 | United States | 3,363 | $2.7B |
└ AWS Singapore Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 3973530270 | United States | 2,000 | $953.0M |
└ Amazon Web Services Singapore Private Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 8393296540 | Singapore | 2,000 | $950.0M |
└ AWS Korea LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 4315183866 | United States | 1,391 | $600.0M |
└ AMCS Ltd.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7311343770 | Ireland | 1,300 | $79.0M |
└ Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5279412008 | United States | 1,000 | $975.0M |
└ PT AWS Indonesia· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 1201299334 | Indonesia | 753 | $900.0M |
└ AWS South Africa Proprietary Limited· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 6916588004 | South Africa | 645 | $600.0M |
| Canada | 600 | $21.3B | |
└ AWS Turkey Pazarlama Teknoloji Ve Danışmanlik Hizmetleri Limited Şirketi· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5195509879 | Turkey | 593 | $1.0B |
└ Amazon Web Services Costa Rica SRL· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 7461158214 | Costa Rica | 473 | $9.0M |
└ AWS Security Assurance Services LLC· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 2957217274 | United States | 400 | $149.0B |
└ AWS Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.· Operating SubsidiaryKERN ID 5445059137 | United States | 400 | $1.6B |
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