{"id":"ce70e376-0b5d-4240-a7ce-bd040dd01c31","companyId":"5277230a-a5c5-4370-bf0d-ac1eaeea41aa","summary":"DoorDash, Inc. (NASDAQ: DASH) is a San Francisco-based local commerce platform that operates food, grocery, and retail delivery marketplaces across more than 30 countries through the DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo brands. Its advertising business — branded as DoorDash Ads and repositioned in June 2026 as a Global Commerce Media Platform — offers merchants, restaurants, and CPG brands sponsored placements, promotions, and offsite media tools across that combined network. The company sits at the intersection of on-demand logistics, marketplace commerce, and retail media advertising.","sections":[{"body":"DoorDash, Inc. operates a commerce platform that connects merchants, consumers, and independent delivery couriers (Dashers) in the United States and internationally [1]. Through its Marketplace and Commerce Platform, the company provides services including customer acquisition, demand generation, order fulfillment, payment processing, and customer support [2]. Its advertising product line — DoorDash Ads — allows restaurants, grocery and convenience brands, and CPG companies to run Sponsored Listings, promotional campaigns, banner placements, and Featured Listings across the DoorDash app and partner surfaces [3][4]. The company also offers consumer membership subscriptions (DashPass, Wolt+, Deliveroo Plus) and white-label delivery fulfillment services [2]. As of June 2026, DoorDash consolidated its advertising operations across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo into a single global commerce media platform serving more than 400,000 advertisers [5].","heading":"Overview"},{"body":"DoorDash was founded in January 2013 by Stanford University students Tony Xu, Stanley Tang, Andy Fang, and Evan Moore, initially operating as PaloAltoDelivery.com before incorporating as DoorDash in June 2013 [1]. The company received $120,000 in seed funding from Y Combinator in the summer of 2013 [2], followed by a $17.3 million Series A in 2014, $40 million Series B in March 2015, and $127 million Series C in March 2016 [3]. By June 2020, DoorDash had raised more than $2.5 billion across multiple financing rounds from investors including Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Group, Khosla Ventures, and Kleiner Perkins [4]. In December 2020, DoorDash became a public company via an IPO, raising $3.37 billion [4]. In November 2021, the company acquired Finnish delivery platform Wolt for over $8.1 billion [5]. In October 2019 it had acquired Caviar from Square for $410 million [5]. In April 2025, DoorDash agreed to acquire UK-based Deliveroo for approximately £2.9 billion; the acquisition was completed on October 2, 2025, following court sanction under the UK Companies Act [6]. In May 2025, DoorDash also announced the $1.2 billion all-cash acquisition of restaurant booking platform SevenRooms [5]. DoorDash launched its self-serve advertising suite, including Sponsored Listings, in October 2021 [7], and in June 2026 formally rebranded the advertising unit as a Global Commerce Media Platform [8].","heading":"History"},{"body":"DoorDash holds approximately 56% market share in U.S. food delivery and roughly 60% in the U.S. convenience delivery category [1]. The company made its debut on the Fortune 500 list in 2024, ranking No. 443 [1]. For fiscal year 2025, DoorDash reported annual revenue of approximately $13.72 billion, up approximately 27.9% year-over-year [2]. In fiscal year 2024, the company generated its first full year of positive GAAP net income and drove nearly $60 billion in sales for local merchants across more than 30 countries [3]. Monthly active users reached over 42 million by December 2024, while DashPass and Wolt+ combined membership exceeded 22 million subscribers [4]. On the advertising side, DoorDash's CEO stated in 2024 that the platform was the fastest in history to surpass a $1 billion advertising annualized run rate [5], and by June 2026 the combined DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo network supported more than 400,000 advertisers [6]. Notable advertising partners have included PepsiCo, Dollar General, and Magnum Ice Cream [6].","heading":"Market Position"},{"body":"DoorDash's primary competitors in the U.S. food delivery and retail media space include Uber Eats, Instacart, and Grubhub. In U.S. food delivery, market share of DoorDash remained above 50% of platform gross order value in many metros in 2024, with Uber Eats as its closest rival and Grubhub's share compressed to an estimated 8–10% range [1]. On the retail media and CPG advertising front, Instacart's Carrot Ads platform supports more than 7,000 brands and is used by over 220 retail banners for their media businesses [2], while Uber Advertising passed a $1 billion annualized advertising run rate by 2024 and a $2 billion run rate by mid-2026 [3]. Instacart and Uber Eats deepened their advertising partnership in April 2025, integrating Instacart's Carrot Ads measurement capabilities into Uber Eats' grocery marketplace [2]. In contrast to those two, DoorDash's advertising unit has focused on its restaurant merchant base as a primary use case, while also expanding into CPG and grocery categories [4]. Analysts have noted that competing for CPG advertising budgets puts DoorDash against entrenched retail media networks including Amazon, Walmart, Kroger, and Target, in addition to fellow delivery platforms [4]. Internationally, DoorDash faces Uber Eats and regional players in European markets through its Wolt and Deliveroo subsidiaries [5].","heading":"Competition"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Founded","value":"January 2013 (incorporated June 2013)","sourceIndex":1},{"label":"Headquarters","value":"San Francisco, California","sourceIndex":2},{"label":"Stock Symbol","value":"NASDAQ: DASH","sourceIndex":3},{"label":"Revenue (FY 2025)","value":"$13.72 billion","sourceIndex":4},{"label":"IPO Date","value":"December 2020 (raised $3.37 billion)","sourceIndex":5},{"label":"Key Acquisitions","value":"Wolt (2021, ~$8.1B); Deliveroo (October 2025, ~£2.9B); SevenRooms (2025, $1.2B all-cash)","sourceIndex":6},{"label":"Advertising Advertisers (as of June 2026)","value":"400,000+ across DoorDash, Wolt, and Deliveroo","sourceIndex":7},{"label":"U.S. Food Delivery Market Share","value":"~56%","sourceIndex":8}],"sources":[{"url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoorDash","date":"2026","title":"DoorDash","publisher":"Wikipedia"},{"url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/DASH/profile/","date":null,"title":"DoorDash, Inc. 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The exact annualized advertising revenue figure for DoorDash alone (excluding Wolt and Deliveroo) for FY2025 was not independently verified in a filing retrieved during this session. The SevenRooms acquisition closing date was not confirmed; only the announcement was sourced.","model":"claude-sonnet-4-6","generatedAt":"2026-09-18T09:34:21.677Z","fieldCitations":[]}