Who owns BYD?
BYD is owned by BYD Company Limited (China, HKEX: 1211).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: BYD Company Limited — 2026 Interim Results Announcement (including the 2026 Interim Report), Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEXnews), 28 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- BYD Company Limited reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Shenzhen
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China, Shenzhen
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Electric vehicles
- Parent ticker
- HKEX: 1211 SZSE: 002594
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About BYD
BYD is the mainstream brand of BYD Company's new-energy passenger vehicle business, aimed at the mass market. The 2026 interim report says it is built on two product series, Dynasty (with "Loong Face Aesthetics" styling) and Ocean (with "Ocean Aesthetics"), covering battery-electric and plug-in hybrid models, and that during the half-year it launched flash-charging models on its second-generation Blade Battery, including the Seal 07 EV, Song Ultra EV and Grand Tang EV.
Ownership timeline of BYD
Where BYD sits in BYD
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by BYD
BYD controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in electric vehicles, and who owns them
The 23 brands in electric vehicles on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is NIO, with 3; BYD has 2.
About the owner: BYD
BYD is a publicly listed company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as HKEX: 1211 and SZSE: 002594.
BYD Company Limited is a Shenzhen-based Chinese group listed in Hong Kong (1211) and Shenzhen (002594). Its 2026 interim report says its new-energy passenger vehicle business is run as a multi-brand portfolio of BYD, Fangchengbao, Denza and Yangwang, covering the range from family cars to luxury and from mass-market to personalised vehicles. The group also reports businesses outside cars, which this site does not yet cover.
🇨🇳 BYD and other Chinese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 319 brands that began in China. 39 of them (12%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; BYD is not one of them.
- AION — GAC Group 🇨🇳
- AVATR — Changan Automobile 🇨🇳
- CHERY — Chery 🇨🇳
- FIREFLY — NIO 🇨🇳
- GWM Pickup — Great Wall Motor 🇨🇳
- Geely Auto — Geely 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of BYD?
The parent company of BYD is BYD Company Limited, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is BYD Chinese?
Yes. BYD originated in China and its owner, BYD Company Limited, is also headquartered in China.
Is BYD still owned by BYD Company Limited?
Yes. As of 2 October 2026, BYD is still owned by BYD Company Limited. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] BYD Company Limited — 2026 Interim Results Announcement (including the 2026 Interim Report) — Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEXnews), Stock exchange filing, published 28 August 2026; retrieved 2 October 2026.
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