When did GOOG join the S&P 500?

Alphabet Inc. (Class C) joined the S&P 500 index on 2014-04-03.

What sector is GOOG in?

GOOG is in the Communication Services sector, Interactive Media & Services industry.

GOOG — Alphabet Inc. (Class C)

Name: GOOG Institutional Holdings (13F) — 2026Q1
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Interactive Media & Services · Communication Services

Alphabet Inc. is the holding company of Google and its subsidiaries, established in 2015 following a corporate restructuring. Google is focused on providing online advertising and cloud-based solutions, offering infrastructure and platform services to enterprise customers, communication and collaboration tools, and selling other products and services such as in-app purchases, hardware, and product subscriptions. Google's services include Advertising, Android, Chrome, Hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. Google Cloud provides Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace.

Key Facts

Status	Active
Sector	Communication Services
Industry	Interactive Media & Services
Joined	2014-04-03
Tenure	12 yrs

S&P 500 Timeline

2014-04-03Joined S&P 500

Industry Peers

GOOGL META

Sector Peers

CHTR CMCSA DIS EA ECHO FOX FOXA GOOGL LYV META

Institutional Holdings (13F)

6,061 institutions hold GOOG, totaling 10.07B shares ($2.64T) · As of 2026Q1

Rank	Institution	Shares	Value
1	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	1.36B	$391.0B
2	BlackRock, Inc.	811.7M	$233.2B
3	MORGAN STANLEY	578.9M	$162.9B
4	STATE STREET CORP	412.0M	$118.3B
5	FMR LLC	345.1M	$99.2B
6	BARCLAYS PLC	512.7M	$84.0B
7	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	263.5M	$75.4B
8	JPMORGAN CHASE & CO	190.7M	$52.1B
9	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	173.4M	$49.8B
10	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	165.6M	$49.6B

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Data source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · SEC EDGAR 13F · Updated 2026-07-10