ClickHouse is a privately owned company headquartered in the US. Founded in 2021, the company has approximately 130 employees. Functioning as a software development firm, ClickHouse developed an open-source column-oriented database management system for online analytical processing, allowing users to generate analytical reports using SQL queries in real-time.
On April 29, 2026, ClickHouse detailed its `clickhousectl` command-line interface, which launched in March 2026. The CLI tool manages local installations, runs local servers, and operates ClickHouse Cloud.