Who owns NIO?
NIO is owned by NIO Inc. (China, NYSE: NIO).[1]
Evidence: NIO Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-10, SEC EDGAR, 10 April 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- NIO Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Shanghai
- Origin
- 🇨🇳 China
- Founded
- 2016
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Electric vehicles
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: NIO HKEX: 9866 SGX: NIO
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About NIO
NIO is the premium brand the company is named after. It arrived in 2016 with the EP9, a supercar that set the all-electric lap record at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, and began selling cars in December 2017. Its distinguishing feature is battery swapping rather than charging alone, and it is sold through 173 NIO Houses, which double as clubhouses, and 393 NIO Spaces. It delivered 178,806 vehicles in 2025.
Ownership timeline of NIO
Where NIO sits in NIO
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by NIO
NIO controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in electric vehicles, and who owns them
NIO has more brands in electric vehicles on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 23.
About the owner: NIO
NIO is a publicly listed company headquartered in Shanghai, China, founded in 2014. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: NIO, HKEX: 9866 and SGX: NIO.
NIO was founded in November 2014 as NextCar Inc., became NextEV Inc. a month later and took its present name in July 2017. It is a Cayman Islands holding company with its principal executive offices in Shanghai, and it runs a deliberate three-brand strategy: NIO for premium cars, ONVO for families and FIREFLY for small ones. It delivered 326,028 vehicles in 2025, and holds 91.8 per cent of NIO China, the Hefei company into which it injected its Chinese research, supply chain, sales and power businesses.
🇨🇳 NIO 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; NIO is not one of them.
- AION — GAC Group 🇨🇳
- AVATR — Changan Automobile 🇨🇳
- BYD — BYD 🇨🇳
- CHERY — Chery 🇨🇳
- GWM Pickup — Great Wall Motor 🇨🇳
- Geely Auto — Geely 🇨🇳
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of NIO?
The parent company of NIO is NIO Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is NIO Chinese?
Yes. NIO originated in China in 2016 and its owner, NIO Inc., is also headquartered in China.
Is NIO still owned by NIO Inc.?
Yes. As of 26 September 2026, NIO is still owned by NIO Inc. 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] NIO Inc. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-04-10 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 10 April 2026; retrieved 26 September 2026.
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