LinkedIn Corporation Due Diligence

Run due diligence on LinkedIn Corporation: check compliance and get alerts when suppliers or ownership change.

United States · owned by Microsoft Corporation (United States) · linkedin.com · 38 vendors

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional networking platform with over 1 billion members. The company provides career development, professional networking, and business solutions including recruiting, marketing, and learning services.

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Services catalogue

10 services in catalogue across 6 categories; runs on 38 sub-vendors.

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Last updated 2026-08-11 · revision 27

38 direct vendors, 245 subvendors

Direct vendors by controlling owner country (sample)

Subvendors by controlling owner country (sample)

Compliance

14 in-scope frameworks identified; showing 3.

COPPA — Evidence found

Evidence: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement, https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule-coppa

PIPL — No public evidence

Evidence: https://www.reuters.com/technology/linkedin-shut-down-its-social-media-features-china-2021-10-14/, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/linkedin-china-update-2021/

ISAE 3000 (source) — No public evidence

Evidence: https://economicgraph.linkedin.com/global-impact, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability

Financials

Three-year financials

Financial Resilience Score: 9/10

LinkedIn's financial resilience is exceptionally strong due to its status as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation since December 2016. This backing provides access to Microsoft's substantial balance sheet, Azure cloud infrastructure, and enterprise sales channels, dramatically reducing financing and liquidity risk. LinkedIn has demonstrated consistent revenue growth, more than tripling from ~$5.3B in FY2018 to ~$16.4B in FY2024, though growth has decelerated from the 20-35% band to high single digits in recent years. The company benefits from strong network effects with over 1 billion members globally across 200+ countries, making it the dominant professional social network. Its diversified revenue mix across Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Premium Subscriptions, and Sales Solutions reduces single-product concentration risk. Subscription-heavy revenues from Premium Subscriptions and Sales Navigator provide recurring SaaS-style resilience. Key risks include cyclical exposure to hiring markets (impacting Talent Solutions), digital advertising competition, regulatory scrutiny (including a €310M GDPR fine in October 2024), and being blocked in China. However, standalone LinkedIn operating income, net income, cash flow, and equity are not publicly disclosed as they are consolidated into Microsoft's financials, limiting granular assessment.

Key strengths: Wholly-owned subsidiary of Microsoft with access to strong balance sheet, Over 1 billion members globally with dominant network effects, Diversified revenue across four business lines, Recurring subscription-based revenue streams, Revenue tripled since 2016 acquisition to ~$16.4B in FY2024, AI integration providing strategic tailwind

Risk factors: High sensitivity to hiring cycle in Talent Solutions, Digital advertising exposure competing with Meta, Google, TikTok, Regulatory and data privacy risks (€310M GDPR fine October 2024), Blocked in China (InJobs shut down in 2023), Loss of standalone financial transparency, FX exposure with 40%+ members outside the US, Revenue growth decelerating from 34% to single digits

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