Register No. 042
Is Homey European?
No. Homey is controlled from South Korea.
Athom is based in the Netherlands, but South Korea's LG Electronics owns 80 percent and has agreed to acquire the remainder. Homey no longer passes the European-control test.
Latest
Nothing new on file since the check on 4 September 2026. Seen news about Homey? Send it with a source.
- Controlled by
- LG Electronics (80%, remaining 20% contracted)
- Control sits in
- South Korea
- Seat
Netherlands- Last checked
About Homey
Homey is a smart home platform from Athom B.V. in Enschede, the Netherlands, founded in 2014. Homey Pro is a local hub that speaks Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread and Matter, infrared and 433 MHz, with thousands of community apps for individual brands; Homey Cloud is the variant that works without a hub. Automations are built visually with Flows and Advanced Flows, and Insights charts energy use.
Evidence 1
Sources were opened and read on the date of the check. Registers and websites change; if one of these no longer says what we cite it for, tell us.
Product
Homey
homey.app ↗Smart home platform from the Netherlands
Homey Pro still runs many automations locally, but LG Electronics acquired 80 percent of Athom in 2024 and contracted to acquire the remaining 20 percent. Homey is therefore no longer counted as a European-controlled alternative.
- Instead of
- Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, Google Home and Samsung SmartThings
- Suits
- Homes with devices from many different brands
Operations
Who runs the parts of the service we could observe from outside, checked 4 September 2026. A provider's control can differ from where its servers stand.
| Part | Provider | Provider control | What we saw |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public website | Amazon Web Services | Not European | A 99.80.129.139, 34.255.44.246, 54.77.50.160 · AS16509 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Google Workspace | Not European | MX 10 aspmx.l.google.com · 20 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com · 20 alt2.aspmx.l.google.com · 30 aspmx2.googlemail.com · 40 aspmx3.googlemail.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Amazon SES | Not European | SPF amazonses.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Google Workspace | Not European | SPF _spf.google.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Mailchimp Mandrill | Not European | SPF spf.mandrillapp.com [1] |
| Outgoing email | Mailchimp | Not European | SPF servers.mcsv.net [1] |
| Outgoing email | HubSpot | Not European | SPF 6928871.spf07.hubspotemail.net [1] |