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Big Tech companies

Big Tech usually means five US companies: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft.

The full list

Known for advertising-funded online services 2

Search, video, social networks and messaging, paid for mainly by advertisers.

• Alphabet
• Meta

Known for selling goods, devices and software 3

Online retail and cloud, phones and computers, and business software and cloud, paid for directly by customers.

• Amazon
• Apple
• Microsoft

Not on the list

• Netflix: Part of FAANG, the stock-market acronym Jim Cramer of CNBC popularised, first as FANG in 2013 and with Apple added in 2017.
• Nvidia: Added with Tesla to make the Magnificent Seven, a stock-market label coined in 2023 by Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett.
• Tesla: Part of the Magnificent Seven, a label for the largest US growth shares.
• ByteDance: Owner of TikTok, designated a DMA gatekeeper on 6 September 2023 alongside the five, but a Chinese company and not part of the usual US Big Tech grouping.

Questions

Which companies are Big Tech?

Big Tech usually means five US companies: Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta (Facebook) and Microsoft.

Which companies are on the list?

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft.

What is an easy way to remember them?

GAMAM: Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft. FAANG swaps Microsoft for Netflix.

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Each name checked against at least two sources, one of them European Commission - Digital Markets Act: designated gatekeepers, on 9 October 2026. Next review by 9 November 2026.
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