Who owns Daihatsu?
Daihatsu is owned by Toyota (Japan, NYSE: TM), which has owned the brand since 1 August 2016.[1]
Evidence: Toyota Motor Corporation Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-06-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 June 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Toyota Motor Corporation verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Toyota City
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Osaka
- Founded
- 1907
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Mass-market cars
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Daihatsu
Daihatsu is Japan's oldest carmaker and specialises in kei cars, the tiny vehicles that qualify for lower tax and insurance under Japanese law. Toyota took full ownership in 2016, having held a majority since 1998. Its own emissions testing scandal in 2023 halted shipments of dozens of models and forced Toyota to suspend production at the subsidiary entirely for a period.
What Toyota's annual report says about Daihatsu
Sentences about Daihatsu from Toyota's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
For instance, at the consolidated subsidiary level, Hino and Daihatsu announced vehicle model certification issues in March 2022 and in April 2023, respectively.
He also attended meetings of Daihatsu dealer representatives to gather input from dealers and customers so as to better understand actual conditions and issues on a genchi genbutsu (on-site, hands-on experience) basis.
Toyota Motor Corporation's subsidiary, Daihatsu, produces and sells mini-vehicles and compact cars.
How often Toyota names Daihatsu 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 Daihatsu
Where Daihatsu sits in Toyota
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Toyota
Toyota controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in mass-market cars, and who owns them
The 53 brands in mass-market cars on Brandtree belong to 24 owners. The largest is Stellantis, with 9; Toyota has 3.
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|---|---|---|
| Chrysler | Stellantis | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| GWM Pickup | Great Wall Motor | 🇨🇳 China |
| CHERY | Chery | 🇨🇳 China |
| BDS Suspension | Fox Factory | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Buick | General Motors | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Roewe | SAIC Motor | 🇨🇳 China |
| SEAT | Volkswagen Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Grand Design | Winnebago Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Toyota
Toyota is a publicly listed company headquartered in Toyota City, Japan, founded in 1937. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: TM.
Toyota is the largest carmaker in the world by units and grew out of a loom manufacturer. Its production system, built on eliminating waste and stopping the line whenever a fault appears, has been copied far beyond the car industry into hospitals and software.
🇯🇵 Daihatsu and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 448 brands that began in Japan. 22 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Daihatsu is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Daihatsu?
The parent company of Daihatsu is Toyota, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Daihatsu Japanese?
Yes. Daihatsu originated in Japan in 1907 and its owner, Toyota, is also headquartered in Japan.
Since when has Toyota owned Daihatsu?
Toyota has owned Daihatsu since 1 August 2016.
Is Daihatsu still owned by Toyota?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Daihatsu is still owned by Toyota. 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] Toyota Motor Corporation Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-06-10 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 10 June 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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