Register No. 076
Is Qwant European?
Yes. Qwant is under verified European control.
Since 2023 Qwant has been fully owned by Synfonium, a French holding company. The Klaba brothers, who founded OVHcloud, hold 75 percent of Synfonium and the French public bank Caisse des Dépôts holds 25 percent.
Latest
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- Controlled by
- Octave and Miroslaw Klaba, founders of OVHcloud, who hold 75 percent of the parent company Synfonium through Jezby Ventures and Deep Code
- Control sits in
- France
- Legal entity
- Qwant SAS
- Company register
- RCS Paris · 532 867 256
- Seat
Paris, France- Founded
- 2011
- Last checked
About Qwant
Qwant is a French search engine with a focus on privacy. Qwant SAS is based in Paris and was founded in 2011. With Ecosia it runs a shared European search index through a joint venture called European Search Perspective.
Ownership
Qwant SAS (Paris) is 100 percent owned by Synfonium SAS, which is registered as Qwant's president. Synfonium is 75 percent held by Octave Klaba's Jezby Ventures and Miroslaw Klaba's Deep Code, and 25 percent by the Caisse des Dépôts (Banque des Territoires). Jezby Ventures is registered as Synfonium's president.
Evidence 5
- Qwant legal notice (Qwant SAS, RCS Paris 532 867 256)help.qwant.com ↗
- Official French company register data for Qwant: Synfonium is presidentrecherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr ↗
- Official French company register data for Synfonium: Jezby Ventures is presidentrecherche-entreprises.api.gouv.fr ↗
- Caisse des Dépôts, 28 June 2023: Synfonium buys 100 percent of Qwant, 75 percent Klaba, 25 percent Banque des Territoirescaissedesdepots.fr ↗
- Le Monde Informatique, 4 May 2026: Klaba brothers still majority shareholders (75 percent) of Synfoniumlemondeinformatique.fr ↗
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
Qwant
qwant.com ↗Privacy focused search engine from France
A French operator makes Qwant a European alternative to the American search engines, and the privacy stance means searches are not tied to a profile. It suits people who want to search without being tracked and families looking for a safer option for kids.
- Instead of
- Google Search, Microsoft Bing and Yandex Search
- Suits
- People who want search results without tracking
Free plan
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 | OVHcloud | European | A 51.91.211.91 · AS16276 [1] [2] |
| Incoming email | Google Workspace | Not European | MX 1 smtp.google.com [1] |
| Search results | Microsoft Bing and other third-party sources | Not European | Qwant says some results supplement its own crawling through third-party indexing services and APIs including Microsoft Bing [1] |
| Search results | Staan / European Search Perspective · Europe | European | Qwant's 2025 transparency report says the service relies partly on Staan [1] |
Qwant's January 2026 indexing disclosure names Microsoft Bing among third-party APIs, while its 2025 transparency report says the service relies partly on the European Staan index.
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