It is part of PA Media Group Limited,[1] a private company with 26 shareholders, most of whom are national and regional newspaper publishers.

PA Media Group also encompasses Globelynx, which provides TV-ready remotely monitored camera systems for corporate clients to connect with TV news broadcasters in the UK and worldwide; TNR, a specialist communications consultancy; Sticky, a digital copywriting and content strategy agency; and StreamAMG, a video streaming business.

The news agency's founders sought to produce a more accurate and reliable alternative to the monopoly service of the telegraph companies.

[5] In 1995, PA moved from Fleet Street to Vauxhall Bridge Road, enabling the company to rapidly expand its output particularly in the sports and new media divisions.

[12] Alamy, a global stock photo agency with over 125 million images, was wholly acquired by PA Media in February 2020.