Who owns Lexus?
Lexus is owned by Toyota (Japan, NYSE: TM).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Toyota City
- Origin
- 🇯🇵 Japan
- Founded
- 1989
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Luxury cars
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lexus
Lexus was created in 1989 specifically to sell against Mercedes and BMW in America, after Toyota concluded its own badge could not carry luxury prices. Its first car was demonstrated with champagne glasses stacked on a running engine. Its dealers are held to service standards that Toyota has cited as a reason the brand consistently leads American customer satisfaction surveys.
What Toyota's annual report says about Lexus
Sentences about Lexus from Toyota's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Toyota's luxury cars are sold in North America, Europe, Japan and other regions, primarily under the Lexus brand name.
For the Lexus brand, alongside master driver Akio Toyoda, Toyota developed the LBX MORIZO PR as a high-performance model that delivers the refined signature LEXUS driving quality and sophisticated design, enhancing the dialogue between driver and car, evokes spontaneous smiles, and provides an exhilarating out-of-the-ordinary experience.
The Lexus brand unveiled the all-new 8th-generation ES as a forerunner in LEXUS's next-generation electrification lineup.
How often Toyota names Lexus 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 more often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Lexus
Where Lexus 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 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: 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.
🇯🇵 Lexus 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; Lexus is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lexus?
The parent company of Lexus is Toyota, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Lexus Japanese?
Yes. Lexus originated in Japan in 1989 and its owner, Toyota, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Lexus still owned by Toyota?
Yes. As of 10 October 2026, Lexus 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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