Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. BABA

What this company does

Alibaba provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach that merchants, brands, retailers and other businesses use to engage with their users and customers and to run their operations. Its businesses comprise Alibaba China E-commerce Group, Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, AI + Cloud businesses, and others. Within the China e-commerce group, Taobao Instant Commerce lets consumers order meals, groceries, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, electronics, flowers and apparel through the Taobao, Taobao Instant Commerce and Alipay apps. The same group runs 1688.com, a domestic wholesale marketplace that connects wholesale buyers and sellers across a wide range of categories. Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group operates retail and wholesale platforms through which brands, merchants and small and medium-sized enterprises sell to buyers and consumers worldwide. Over 47 million buyers from over 190 countries sourced business opportunities or completed transactions on Alibaba.com, its international wholesale marketplace. Cloud Intelligence Group sells cloud services to customers worldwide on a three-tiered architecture of infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service and model-as-a-service. Among the other businesses, Amap supplies mobile digital map, navigation and real-time traffic information in China, giving users access to navigation, local services and ride-hailing.

Written from the business description in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 20 May 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.