# Etsy founding date

entity: /record/etsy.md  
predicate: founded  
page: /record/etsy/founded  
as_of: 2026-11-02  

As of November 2, 2026, Etsy's founding date on the AsOf record is June 18, 2005, dated June 18, 2005, from 2 secondary sources (crunchbase.com and startupsavant.com). The record holds 1 claim on Etsy's founding date, 1 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founding date

What the record asserts on 2026-11-02.

- [Etsy](/record/etsy.md) | founded | 2005-06-18 | valid 2005-06-18 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_1042766DD298](/claim/clm_1042766DD298.md)
  sources: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/etsy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353939, https://startupsavant.com/startup-center/etsy-strategy-story

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Etsy](/record/etsy.md) | founded | 2005-06-18 | valid 2005-06-18 to present | conf 0.85 | valid | [clm_1042766DD298](/claim/clm_1042766DD298.md)
  sources: http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/etsy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353939, https://startupsavant.com/startup-center/etsy-strategy-story

## Questions this record answers

### What is Etsy's current founding date?

June 18, 2005, dated June 18, 2005, from 2 secondary sources (crunchbase.com and startupsavant.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 2, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.85).


## Get this data

- JSON: /v1/entities/etsy/founded (this fact) · /v1/entities/etsy?predicates=founded (with the entity's coverage; add as_of=YYYY-MM-DD for a date)
- MCP: timeline(entity: "etsy", predicates: ["founded"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/etsy/founded.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/etsy.md · timeline: /timelines/etsy.md

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