| founded = {{Start date and age|1998|09|04}} in [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], California, U.S.
| founded = {{Start date and age|1998|09|04}}{{efn|Google was originally incorporated on September 4, 1998, however, since 2002, the company has celebrated its anniversaries on various days in September, most frequently on September 27.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/3250807/google-anniversary/ |title=Google Used to Be the Company That Did 'Nothing But Search' |first=Alex |last=Fitzpatrick |date=September 4, 2014 |website=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2019/09/27/when-is-googles-21st-birthday-doodle/ |title=When is Google's birthday – and why are people confused? |author=Telegraph Reporters |date=September 27, 2019 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-birthday-surprise-spinner-date-problem-start-company-a7968951.html |title=Google birthday: The one big problem with the company's celebratory doodle |first=Andrew |last=Griffin |date=September 27, 2019 |website=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> The shift in dates reportedly happened to celebrate index-size milestones in tandem with the birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/sep/05/google.mediabusiness |title=Happy birthday Google |first=Richard |last=Wray |date=September 5, 2008 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>}} in [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]], California, U.S.
