FORM 10-K/A(Amendment No.1) (Mark One) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025Or TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission file number: 001-41453 GETTY IMAGES HOLDINGS, INC.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 87-3764229 State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorterperiod that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during thepreceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). YesNo Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of“large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previouslyissued financial statements. Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers duringthe relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). YesNo The aggregate market value of voting stock held by non-affiliates of Getty Images Holdings, Inc. on June 30, 2025, based on the closing price of $1.66 for shares of Class A common stock of Getty ImagesHoldings, Inc. as reported by the New York Stock Exchange on June 30, 2025, was approximately $82,569,950. For purposes of this calculation, shares of Class A common stock beneficially owned by eachexecutive officer, director, and holders of 5% or more of our Class A common stock have been excluded since those persons may under certain circumstances be deemed to be affiliates. This determinationof affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes. As of March11, 2026, 417,765,616 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of Getty Images Holdings, Inc. were issued and outstanding. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None EXPLANATORY NOTE Getty Images Holdings Inc. (“Getty”, “Getty Images”, the “Registrant”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A (“Amendment No. 1”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K forthe fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 16, 2026 (the “Original Form 10-K” and as amended by AmendmentNo. 1, the “Annual Report”). This Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A is being filed for the sole purpose of amending Part III of the Original Form 10-K to include the information required by Part III(Items 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14) of Form 10-K. This information was previously omitted from the Original Form 10-K in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, which permits the informationrequired by Part III to be incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s definitive proxy statement if such statement is filed no later than 120 days after the end of its fiscal year. In addition, pursuant to applicable SEC rules, Item 15 of Part IV has been amended to include contemporaneously dated certifications of the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financialofficer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “302 Certifications”), which are filed as Exhibits 31.3 and 31.4 hereto. Because this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A does notcontain any financial statements or other financial information, nor does it contain or amend any disclosure with respect to Items 307