Google LLC Due Diligence

Run due diligence on Google LLC: check incident history and compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.

United States · owned by Alphabet Inc. (United States) · about.google · 28 vendors

Google LLC is a global technology company whose mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. It offers a wide range of products and services including Search, Google Workspace, Google Cloud, Android, and AI research through Google DeepMind. Google is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and operates offices and data centers around the world.

Resilience scores

Disruption prediction

Google LLC's riskiest service, Firebase: 2 critical incidents expected in the next three months.

Highest of the 11 Google LLC services with critical incidents of their own on record.

Forecast estimates are rounded up to whole numbers.

No active incident reported (its status page, as of 2026-11-09 23:55 UTC)

14 of Google LLC's 28 vendors have incident tracking.

Technology vendors

Services catalogue

263 services in catalogue across 14 categories; runs on 28 sub-vendors.

Insights

Last updated 2026-10-23 · revision 28

28 direct vendors, 233 subvendors

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Compliance

12 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

ISO 27001 (source) — Evidence found

ISO 27001 is a globally recognized standard for information security management. Certification demonstrates to customers and partners that Google has a robust Information Security Management System (ISMS) in place.

Evidence: https://ocd-tech.com/platform-compliance/is-google-cloud-iso-27001-compliant, https://business.safety.google/compliance/, https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/3407084?hl=en, https://mapsplatform.google.com/resources/trust-center/iso-iec-27001/, https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/7255171?hl=en, https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/pci-dss

SOC 2 (source) — Evidence found

As a major provider of cloud services (Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace), SOC 2 is essential for demonstrating the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of its systems to customers.

Evidence: https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/soc-2

GDPR (source) — Evidence found

Google LLC has extensive operations and a large employee base within numerous EU countries, and processes the personal data of millions of EU residents through its various services, making GDPR directly applicable.

Evidence: https://help.adjust.com/en/article/google-compliancy-with-the-dma, https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-designated-a-gatekeeper-under-eu-rules-what-it-means/495614/, https://blog.google/company-news/outreach-and-initiatives/public-policy/building-for-compliance-with-the-digital-markets-act/, https://cloud.google.com/security/compliance/dma, https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/gatekeepers-portal_en

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 9/10

Alphabet demonstrates exceptional financial resilience underpinned by massive scale of cash generation ($164.7B in operating cash flow for FY2025), $126.8B in cash and short-term marketable securities, and an additional $10B revolving credit facility. Revenue grew 15% in FY2025 to $402.8B with operating margins holding at 32%, and net income surged 32% to $132.2B. Growth has continued to accelerate into 2026 with Q1 revenue up 22% and Q2 up 24% YoY, marking the 12th consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth. The company's diversification is improving as Google Cloud scaled dramatically (operating income from $1.7B in 2023 to $13.9B in 2025, an 8x expansion) with a backlog reaching $514B by Q2 2026. However, advertising still represents more than 70% of revenues, creating concentration risk. The company has also taken on significantly more debt (senior unsecured notes of $48.5B at end of 2025 vs $11.9B a year earlier) and issued $49.6B in stock in June 2026, indicating aggressive capital raising to fund AI infrastructure buildout. The primary near-term pressure is extraordinary capex commitments ($91.4B in FY2025, guided to $195-205B for the current year), which led to the first negative quarterly free cash flow (-$5.86B) in disclosed history. Regulatory pressure is also material with a $3.5B EC fine, a $1.4B legal accrual, and a December 2025 final antitrust judgment imposing distribution restrictions and data-sharing requirements. Despite these pressures, the scale of cash generation, balance sheet strength, and diversified growth engines support a very strong resilience profile.

Key strengths: Operating cash flow of $164.7B in FY2025, $126.8B in cash and short-term marketable securities plus $10B revolver, Revenue growth accelerating to 24% YoY in Q2 2026, Google Cloud operating income scaled 8x from 2023 to 2025, Cloud backlog of $514B provides strong future revenue visibility, Operating margin stable at 32% in FY2025, Retained earnings of $324B despite $45.4B buybacks and $10B dividends, R&D investment exceeding $200B over the last five years

Risk factors: Advertising concentration - more than 70% of revenues from online advertising, Extraordinary capex commitment of $195-205B guided for current year, First negative quarterly free cash flow (-$5.86B) in disclosed history, Rising debt load - senior unsecured notes grew from $11.9B to $48.5B in one year, December 2025 antitrust final judgment imposing distribution restrictions and data-sharing requirements, $3.5B EC fine accrued Q3 2025 and $1.4B legal accrual in Q2 2025, April 2025 ad-tech ruling that publisher tools unfairly excluded rivals, Concentrated voting control - founders hold 52.7% of voting power

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