Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart

Maplebear Inc., operating as Instacart, is a public American retail media and delivery company headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded on July 1, 2012, Instacart became publicly traded on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "CART" in September 2023. As of March 31, 2026, the company reported a trailing 12-month revenue of $3.86 billion and a market capitalization of approximately $10.8 billion as of June 23, 2026. Instacart has approximately 3,600 employees, in addition to a network of 500,000 to 600,000 independent shoppers.

Instacart's primary operations center on its online grocery marketplace, which allows customers in the United States and Canada to order groceries and other essentials from participating retailers via a website or mobile app. These orders are fulfilled by personal shoppers for delivery or pickup, with services including alcohol delivery where legally permitted. Beyond its core consumer-facing marketplace, Instacart also offers the Instacart Platform, an end-to-end technology solution providing e-commerce, fulfillment, and advertising services to retailers, and Instacart Ads, which enables consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands to advertise directly on the marketplace. The company also offers Instacart+, a subscription service providing benefits like unlimited free delivery for eligible orders.

In terms of patent litigation, Instacart operates as a defending company. The company has been involved in one tracked patent lawsuit, in which it appeared as a defendant. This posture indicates that Instacart is an operating company that has faced patent infringement claims rather than an entity primarily asserting patent rights.

The single tracked case involving Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart is Consumero, LLC v. Maplebear Inc. d/b/a Instacart, filed on August 6, 2021, in the Delaware District Court.