Private company

OCLC, Inc.

Global library cooperative

OCLC, Inc. is a US-based nonprofit cooperative organization "that provides shared technology services, original research, and community programs for its membership and the library community at large".2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 16, 2026.

Overview

Jul 5, 1967Founded1
  • Industryinformation technology, libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities, library administration, library and archives activities1
  • HeadquartersDublin1
  • Websitewww.oclc.org
  • Legal form501(c)(3) organization1

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The story

Founded by Fred Kilgour on Jul 5, 1967.1

Leadership

Who has led OCLC, Inc., and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Also owns

  • Dewey Decimal Classification
  • Virtual International Authority File
  • WorldCat

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

OCLC, Inc. revenue by year1$248.0M in 2023−1% since 2014
0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M2014: $250.9M$250.9M20142015: $216.6M$216.6M2015−14%2016: $204.4M$204.4M2016−6%2017: $210.1M$210.1M2017+3%2018: $228.9M$228.9M2018+9%2019: $236.0M$236.0M2019+3%2020: $212.2M$212.2M2020−10%2021: $265.2M$265.2M2021+25%2022: $187.5M$187.5M2022−29%2023: $248.0M$248.0M2023+32%
  • 2023$248.0M1
  • 2022$187.5M1
  • 2021$265.2M1
  • 2020$212.2M1
  • 2019$236.0M1
  • 2018$228.9M1

Timeline

  1. Jul 5, 1967Founded Founded1

Sources

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