Mercado Libre

MercadoLibre, Inc.
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	Former headquarters in Saavedra, Buenos Aires, July 2021
Native name	Mercado Libre (Spanish); Mercado Livre (Portuguese)
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: MELI; Nasdaq-100 component; B3: MELI34;
Industry	E-commerce
Founded	August 2, 1999 in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Founder	Marcos Galperin
Headquarters	Montevideo, Uruguay
Area served	18 Countries Argentina ; Bolivia ; Brazil ; Chile ; Colombia ; Costa Rica ; Ecuador ; El Salvador ; Guatemala ; Honduras ; Mexico ; Nicaragua ; Panama ; Paraguay ; Peru ; Dominican Republic ; Uruguay ; Venezuela ;
Key people	Marcos Galperin (chairman, president & CEO); Martin de los Santos (CFO); Daniel Rabinovich (COO); Osvaldo Giménez (vice president, payments); Giancarlo Moreira(board of directors)}}
Brands	Mercado Pago; Mercado Crédito; Mercado Ads; Mercado Envíos; Mercado Shops; Mercado Play; Mercado Coin;
Services	Online marketplace and e-commerce payment system
Revenue	US$28.9 billion (2025)
Operating income	US$3.20 billion (2025)
Net income	US$1.99 billion (2025)
Total assets	US$42.7 billion (2025)
Total equity	US$6.75 billion (2025)
Number of employees	123,670 (2025)
Website	mercadolibre.com
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MercadoLibre, Inc. (Spanish pronunciation: [meɾˈkaðo ˈliβɾe]), known as Mercado Livre in Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [meʁˈkadu ˈlivɾi]), literally meaning "free market" in both languages, is a company of Argentine origin headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay and incorporated in Delaware in the United States that operates online marketplaces dedicated to e-commerce and online auctions. As of 2016, Mercado Libre had 174.2 million users in Latin America, making it the region's most popular e-commerce site by number of visitors.

Aside from being the sole player in Argentina's e-commerce market, it also has operations in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In 2023, Time included Mercado Libre in the list of the 100 most influential companies in the world.