Where is Ghostery located?

Ghostery is headquartered in New York City, United States.

How many employees does Ghostery have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Ghostery is 18.

Where does Ghostery rank among its competitors?

Ghostery ranks 5th amongst 153 active competitors, of which 4 are funded. It stands 5th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Boltive, which secured $7.47M in Sep, 2022.

Who are the top competitors of Ghostery?

Ghostery's top competitors include Boltive, Namogoo and Adblock Plus. Among them, Boltive secured the most recent funding round in September, 2022.

Ghostery - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding & Competitors

Ghostery is an acquired company based in New York City (United States), founded in 2009 by Scott Meyer and Colin O'malley. It operates as a Provider of browser plug in for blocking ads and tracking for individuals and businesses. The company has 153 active competitors, including 4 funded and 10 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Boltive, Namogoo and Adblock Plus.

Company Details

Ghostery is a browser plug in for blocking ads and tracking for individuals and businesses. With this free plug-in, individuals can blocks sites from gathering personal information. Businesses rely on Ghostery MCM to speed up, clean up, and lock down their websites and apps through increased visibility and control of the digital technologies used to drive conversion and revenue. Other products include Ghostery privacy compliance which gives control to customers on the kind of Ads they see and know who is collecting their data. Ghostery track map shares the data of the individuals who have blocked the brands ad campaign, this can assist them in improvising their campaigns. Clientele includes Equifax, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Nike, Netflix, etc.

Website: www.ghostery.com/
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Founded Year

2009

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Acquired

Investors

Warburg Pincus

Ranked

5^th among 153 active competitors

Employee Count

18 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Boltive & 208 more

Exit Details

Acquired by Cliqz (Feb 15, 2017)

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Ghostery is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
Ghostery GmbH CIN: HRB230794 , United States, Active		-	-	-

Ghostery got acquired by Cliqz on Feb 15, 2017.

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Ghostery is a funded company. Ghostery has 1 institutional investor.

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The founders of Ghostery are Scott Meyer and Colin O'malley.

Here are the details of Ghostery's key team members:

Scott Meyer: Founder & CEO of Ghostery and founder of 1 other company.
Colin O'malley: Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer of Ghostery and founder of 1 other company.

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Ghostery's employee count trend

Ghostery has 18 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Ghostery's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Ghostery include Boltive, Namogoo and Adblock Plus. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Ghostery, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Boltive 2016, Seattle (United States), Series A	Platform offering ad blocker software	$13.4M	BCG Digital Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs ... & 2 others	59/100
2nd	Namogoo 2014, Herzliya (Israel), Series C	Platform offering solutions to prevent unauthorized advertisements	$69M	Hanaco Ventures, Oak HC/FT & 9 others	57/100
3rd	Adblock Plus 2006, Cologne (Germany), Unfunded	Provider of open source software for blocking advertisements	-	-	54/100
4th	AdGuard 2008, Nicosia (Cyprus), Funding Raised	Provider of ad blocker, parental control and online tracking prevention solution	-	VTI Capital	52/100
5th	Ghostery 2009, New York City (United States), Acquired	Provider of browser plug in for blocking ads and tracking for individuals and businesses	-	Warburg Pincus	50/100
6th	Quetta 2003, London (United Kingdom), Unfunded	Ad blocking solutions provider	-	-	47/100
7th	PC Matic 1999, Sioux City (United States), Unfunded	Ad blocker for protection against online threats	-	-	45/100
8th	Adveritas 2012, Bentley (Australia), Public	Enterprise fraud detection solution provider	-	-	45/100
9th	Spider Labs 2011, Minato City (Japan), Funding Raised	Provider of ad fraud detection and prevention solutions	-	Orange Fab Asia, Daiwa Corporate Investment	45/100
10th	AdBlock 2010, Houston (United States), Unfunded	Extension for blocking advertisements	-	-	44/100