Within a few years the company moved out of Mertz's basement into an office building and started hiring staff. Its first mailings were of 10,000 envelopes from Mertz's home in Long Island, New York, and offered 20 magazine subscriptions. The company started in Mertz's basement with help from his first wife LuEsther and daughter Joyce. Publishers Clearing House was founded in 1953 in Port Washington, New York, by Harold Mertz, a former manager of a door-to-door sales team for magazine subscriptions. The company acquired search company Blingo in 2006, online gaming company Funtank in 2010, mobile marketing company Liquid Wireless in 2012, and internet news aggregator Topix in 2019. By 2010, the company had reached settlements with all 50 states. In the early 1990s, the company was the subject of concerns and legal actions regarding whether consumers were misled about their odds of winning the sweepstakes and whether purchases increased their chances. It was founded in 1953 by Harold Mertz to replace door-to-door magazine subscription sales by a single vendor offering multiple subscriptions by mail.

Publishers Clearing House ( PCH) is a direct marketing company that markets merchandise and magazine subscriptions with sweepstakes and prize-based games.

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