Register No. 106
Is JetBrains European?
Yes. JetBrains is under verified European control.
JetBrains is privately owned and has never published who owns its Amsterdam holding company. The UK company register, however, records co-founder Sergey Dmitriev, who lives in Cyprus, as the person with significant control of a JetBrains subsidiary that the holding owns outright, which under UK rules means he holds a majority stake in each company above it, the holding included. Cyprus is an EU member state.
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- Controlled by
- Co-founder Sergey Dmitriev, through JetBrains N.V.
- Control sits in
- Cyprus
- Legal entity
- JetBrains s.r.o.
- Seat
Prague, Czechia- Founded
- 2000
- Last checked
About JetBrains
JetBrains makes development environments for programmers, among them IntelliJ IDEA for Java and Kotlin and PyCharm for Python, along with AI coding tools and products for teams. Its headquarters is JetBrains N.V. in Amsterdam, and its main sales company is JetBrains s.r.o. in Prague. It says it has more than 2,600 employees in 14 offices.
Ownership
JetBrains s.r.o. in Prague, which holds the product rights and sells the products to most customers, is wholly owned by JetBrains N.V., the group's holding company and headquarters in Amsterdam. JetBrains N.V. does not publish its shareholders, but the UK company register records co-founder Sergey Dmitriev, resident in Cyprus, as holding 75% or more of the shares and votes of JetBrains UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBrains N.V.; UK rules register an indirect holder only when he has a majority stake in each company above. Before JetBrains N.V. took over in 2014, the Czech register showed Dmitriev with 58 1/3 percent of the Prague company and co-founder Valentin Kipyatkov with 41 2/3 percent.
Evidence 9
- Czech commercial register: JetBrains s.r.o., C 86211, sole shareholder JetBrains N.V. (Dutch registration 56460279) with 100%or.justice.cz ↗
- Czech collection of deeds: JetBrains s.r.o. annual report 2025 with the report on relations naming JetBrains N.V. as controlling personor.justice.cz ↗
- Czech commercial register, full extract with history: shares of Sergey Dmitriev and Valentin Kipyatkov until 2014or.justice.cz ↗
- UK Companies House: JetBrains UK Limited, person with significant control Sergey Dmitriev, place of residence Cyprus, 75% or more of shares and votesfind-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
- KVK: JetBrains N.V., KVK 56460279, naamloze vennootschap, Gelrestraat 16, Amsterdam, software development and holding activitieskvk.nl ↗
- Forbes profile of Sergey Dmitriev (updated March 2026): lives in Cyprusforbes.com ↗
- JetBrains Corporate Overview 2026: privately owned, headquarters JetBrains N.V. in Amsterdam, more than 2,600 employeesresources.jetbrains.com ↗
- JetBrains Purchase Terms, version 30: JetBrains s.r.o. is the seller for most customersjetbrains.com ↗
- JetBrains: IntelliJ IDEA pricingjetbrains.com ↗
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.
Products 2
IntelliJ IDEA
jetbrains.com ↗Java and Kotlin development environment from JetBrains
IntelliJ IDEA is an integrated development environment for Java and Kotlin from JetBrains. It combines a code editor with code completion, refactoring, a debugger, testing and Git integration, and supports build tools such as Maven and Gradle, frameworks such as Spring, and databases.
- Instead of
- Visual Studio Code and Cursor
- Pricing
- Free for the core features. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate for individual use costs 199 euro excluding VAT for the first year, 159 euro for the second and 119 euro from the third year, billed yearly. Business licences are priced separately.
- Suits
- Java and Kotlin developers who want a full IDE
Free plan
PyCharm
jetbrains.com ↗Python development environment from JetBrains
PyCharm is an integrated development environment for Python from JetBrains, with coding assistance, a debugger, testing tools and Jupyter notebook support. The Pro tier adds tools for web development and data work.
- Instead of
- Visual Studio Code and Cursor
- Pricing
- Free for the core features. PyCharm Pro for individual use costs 109 euro excluding VAT for the first year, 87 euro for the second and 65 euro from the third year, billed yearly. Business licences are priced separately.
- Suits
- Python developers who want a dedicated IDE
Free plan
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