Who owns Cadillac?
Cadillac is owned by General Motors (the United States, NYSE: GM), which has owned the brand since 29 July 1909.[1]
Evidence: General Motors Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-27, SEC EDGAR, 27 January 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- General Motors Company verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Detroit, Michigan
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1902
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Luxury cars
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: GM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Cadillac
Cadillac was named after the French officer who founded Detroit, and the phrase about something being the Cadillac of its category entered English as a synonym for the best available. It introduced the electric starter in 1912, which made cars usable without hand cranking.
What General Motors's annual report says about Cadillac
Sentences about Cadillac from General Motors's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Our Cadillac brand, which continues to grow, services the global luxury segment, while also maintaining strong market presence in North America.
How often General Motors names Cadillac in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Cadillac
- 1909 – present General Motors [1] verified
Where Cadillac sits in General Motors
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by General Motors
General Motors controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in luxury cars, and who owns them
The 19 brands in luxury cars on Brandtree belong to 14 owners. The largest is Volkswagen Group, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| BMW | BMW Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Denza | BYD | 🇨🇳 China |
| Mercedes-Benz | Mercedes-Benz Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Jaguar | Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles | 🇮🇳 India |
| Audi | Volkswagen Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Lincoln | Ford | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hyptec | GAC Group | 🇨🇳 China |
| Volvo Cars | Geely | 🇨🇳 China |
About the owner: General Motors
General Motors is a publicly listed company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States, founded in 1908. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: GM.
General Motors was the largest carmaker in the world for seventy-seven consecutive years. It went through a government-backed bankruptcy in 2009 that eliminated Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Oldsmobile, leaving four American brands where there had been eight.
General Motors: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Cadillac and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Cadillac is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Cadillac?
The parent company of Cadillac is General Motors, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Cadillac American?
Yes. Cadillac originated in the United States in 1902 and its owner, General Motors, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has General Motors owned Cadillac?
General Motors has owned Cadillac since 29 July 1909.
Is Cadillac still owned by General Motors?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Cadillac is still owned by General Motors. 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] General Motors Company Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-01-27 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 27 January 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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