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Company type | Public |
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NYSE: SEMR | |
Industry | Search engine marketing |
Founded | 2008 |
Founders | Oleg Shchegolev Dmitri Melnikov |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | |
Revenue | $254.3 million (2022) [2] |
Number of employees | 1,004 (2022) [3] |
Website |
www |
Semrush Holdings, Inc. is an American public company that has a SaaS platform known as Semrush. [4] [5] The platform is used for keyword research, competitive analysis, site audits, backlink tracking, and comprehensive online visibility insights. [6] The keyword research tool provides various data points on each keyword. [7] The platform also collects information about online keywords gathered from Google and Bing search engines. [8] [9] It was released by Boston-based company Semrush Inc, founded by Oleg Shchegolev and Dmitri Melnikov. [10] [11]
As of 2022, the company has 1000+ employees and offices in Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Yerevan, Limassol, Prague, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Trevose. [12] [13] It went public in March 2021 and trades on NYSE: SEMR. [14]
Oleg Shchegolev and Dmitri Melnikov started out as SEO enthusiasts, interested in industry developments and new technologies, and wanted to create a tool to identify market trends and industry best practices. [10]
The software was released as Seodigger before becoming an extension of Firefox, then renamed SeoQuake Company in 2007, [15] before landing on SEMrush. In 2016, the software broke the one million user mark with customers in more than 100 countries. [10]
In April 2018, the company received $40 million in funding as part of a financing transaction co-led by venture capital firms Greycroft, E.ventures and Siguler Guff, in preparation for its expansion into various platforms of research, including those owned by Amazon, Microsoft, and Baidu. [16] [17]
In December 2020, the company rebranded with a new visual identity, updating its name from "SEMrush" to "Semrush". [18]
In March 2021, Semrush had an initial public offering and went public on NYSE under the symbol NYSE: SEMR. [19] The S-1 form revealed that the company had sales of $213 million and more than 82,000 customers. [20] [21]
In June 2022, the company launched a beta tool for content generation called Content Outline Builder. The tool will suggest ideas for article writing and blog posts. [22] Semrush also announced on June 27, 2022, that their Backlinks insights data is now integrated with SurferSEO, a marketing tool focused on content creation. [23] [24]
Semrush has acquired multiple companies. In the year 2022, Semrush acquired Backlinko from Brian Dean. [25] In March 2022, Semrush acquired intelligence and sales platform Kompyte, marking the companies first acquisition of a non search focused platform. [26]
In March 2023, SEO community Traffic Think Tank was also acquired. [27]
This article contains content that is written like
an advertisement. (February 2024) |
Company type | Public |
---|---|
NYSE: SEMR | |
Industry | Search engine marketing |
Founded | 2008 |
Founders | Oleg Shchegolev Dmitri Melnikov |
Headquarters | , |
Key people | |
Revenue | $254.3 million (2022) [2] |
Number of employees | 1,004 (2022) [3] |
Website |
www |
Semrush Holdings, Inc. is an American public company that has a SaaS platform known as Semrush. [4] [5] The platform is used for keyword research, competitive analysis, site audits, backlink tracking, and comprehensive online visibility insights. [6] The keyword research tool provides various data points on each keyword. [7] The platform also collects information about online keywords gathered from Google and Bing search engines. [8] [9] It was released by Boston-based company Semrush Inc, founded by Oleg Shchegolev and Dmitri Melnikov. [10] [11]
As of 2022, the company has 1000+ employees and offices in Barcelona, Belgrade, Berlin, Yerevan, Limassol, Prague, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Austin, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Trevose. [12] [13] It went public in March 2021 and trades on NYSE: SEMR. [14]
Oleg Shchegolev and Dmitri Melnikov started out as SEO enthusiasts, interested in industry developments and new technologies, and wanted to create a tool to identify market trends and industry best practices. [10]
The software was released as Seodigger before becoming an extension of Firefox, then renamed SeoQuake Company in 2007, [15] before landing on SEMrush. In 2016, the software broke the one million user mark with customers in more than 100 countries. [10]
In April 2018, the company received $40 million in funding as part of a financing transaction co-led by venture capital firms Greycroft, E.ventures and Siguler Guff, in preparation for its expansion into various platforms of research, including those owned by Amazon, Microsoft, and Baidu. [16] [17]
In December 2020, the company rebranded with a new visual identity, updating its name from "SEMrush" to "Semrush". [18]
In March 2021, Semrush had an initial public offering and went public on NYSE under the symbol NYSE: SEMR. [19] The S-1 form revealed that the company had sales of $213 million and more than 82,000 customers. [20] [21]
In June 2022, the company launched a beta tool for content generation called Content Outline Builder. The tool will suggest ideas for article writing and blog posts. [22] Semrush also announced on June 27, 2022, that their Backlinks insights data is now integrated with SurferSEO, a marketing tool focused on content creation. [23] [24]
Semrush has acquired multiple companies. In the year 2022, Semrush acquired Backlinko from Brian Dean. [25] In March 2022, Semrush acquired intelligence and sales platform Kompyte, marking the companies first acquisition of a non search focused platform. [26]
In March 2023, SEO community Traffic Think Tank was also acquired. [27]