Client
BYTEDANCE INC
FILINGS KEY
Client Is Connected to China as Indicated in Filing
Client Is Connected to China as per Heritage Foundation Analysis
No Known Client Connection to China
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Lobbying Terminated
Based on data as of April 24, 2026
Associated Filings (6)
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD (OWNS 100% OF BYTEDANCE INC.; 100% OF TIKTOK LTD)
Cayman Islands
100
BYTETEAM LTD (OWNS APPROXIMATELY 21% OF BYTEDANCE LTD)
Virgin Islands (British)
21
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd., which owns 100 ercent of TikTok, and ByteTeam Ltd., which owns 21 percent of Bytedance Ltd., are listed as foreign entities based in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, respectably. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD
Cayman Islands
100
BYTETEAM LTD
Virgin Islands (British)
22
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd., which owns 100 percent of Bytedance, and ByteTeam Ltd., which owns 22 percent of Bytedance Ltd., are listed as foreign entities based in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, respectably. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD CAYMAN
Cayman Islands
100
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd. Cayman, which owns 100 percent of Bytedanceis listed as a foreign entity based in the Cayman Islands. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.
- ABRAMS, EDGAR M
- BARNES, FREDERIC III
- BECKERMAN, MICHAEL
- BLOOM, MICHAEL
- CALAMUG, ALBERT
- DOCKERY, DERRICK
- EBENSTEIN, ERIC
- HACKER, MICHAEL E
- HARMAN, ALEX
- LIEBER, DAVID
- LIPSKY, KIM
- LOWRY, CAROLYN
- MARTINKO, STEPHEN A
- OBLINGER, ELIZABETH
- PRICE, JESSE J
- SAMUELS, JASON
- SMITH, L'ALLEGRO H
- SZABO, CARL
- URBAN, DAVID J
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD CAYMAN
Cayman Islands
100
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd. Cayman, which owns 100 percent of Bytedanceis listed as a foreign entity based in the Cayman Islands. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD
Cayman Islands
100
BYTETEAM LTD. (OWNS APPROXIMATELY 22% OF BYTEDANCE LTD)
Virgin Islands (British)
22
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd., which owns 100 percent of Bytedance, and ByteTeam Ltd., which owns 22 percent of Bytedance Ltd., are listed as foreign entities based in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, respectably. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.
Foreign Entities Connected to Client
Entity Name
Country
Ownership %
BYTEDANCE LTD.
Cayman Islands
100
BYTETEAM LTD. (OWNS APPROXIMATELY 22% OF BYTEDANCE LTD.)
Virgin Islands (British)
22
No Chinese foreign entities are declared. Instead, Bytedance Ltd., which owns 100 percent of Bytedance, and ByteTeam Ltd., which owns 22 percent of Bytedance Ltd., are listed as foreign entities based in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, respectably. According to WireScreen, "ByteDance Ltd. is a Chinese multinational internet technology company headquartered in Beijing and legally domiciled in the Cayman Islands." It controls multiple online platforms in both China and overseas, including TikTok.