Who owns Opel?
Opel is owned by Stellantis (the Netherlands, NYSE: STLA), which has owned the brand since 16 January 2021.[1]
Evidence: Stellantis N.V. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26, SEC EDGAR, 26 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Stellantis N.V. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands, Amsterdam
- Origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany, Rüsselsheim
- Founded
- 1862
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Mass-market cars
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: STLA
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Opel
Opel started making sewing machines in 1862 and bicycles before cars, and was owned by General Motors for nearly ninety years. PSA bought it in 2017 and returned it to profit within a year, which GM had failed to do for two decades.
What Stellantis's annual report says about Opel
Sentences about Opel from Stellantis's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Our passenger car product portfolio includes vehicles such as the Opel and Vauxhall Mokka, Fiat 500, Fiat Grande Panda, Alfa Romeo Giulia, Citro n C3, Lancia Ypsilon, Dodge Charger and Peugeot 308, and minivans such as the Chrysler Pacifica.
How often Stellantis names Opel 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 Opel
- 2021 – present Stellantis [1] verified
Where Opel sits in Stellantis
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Stellantis
Stellantis controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 11 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in mass-market cars, and who owns them
Stellantis has more brands in mass-market cars on Brandtree than any other owner: 9 of 53.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| GWM Pickup | Great Wall Motor | 🇨🇳 China |
| CHERY | Chery | 🇨🇳 China |
| BDS Suspension | Fox Factory | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Buick | General Motors | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Roewe | SAIC Motor | 🇨🇳 China |
| Daihatsu | Toyota | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| SEAT | Volkswagen Group | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Grand Design | Winnebago Industries | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Stellantis
Stellantis is a publicly listed company headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2021. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: STLA.
Stellantis was formed in 2021 by merging Fiat Chrysler with the French PSA Group, bringing fourteen car marques from three countries under one Dutch-registered owner. It is the clearest illustration on the road that badge rivalry and corporate ownership are unrelated things.
🇩🇪 Opel and other German brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 252 brands that began in Germany. 93 of them (37%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Opel among them.
- Audi — Volkswagen Group 🇩🇪
- BMW — BMW Group 🇩🇪
- Mercedes-AMG — Mercedes-Benz Group 🇩🇪
- 3 Glocken — Princes Group 🇬🇧
- A. Lange & Söhne — Richemont 🇨🇭
- ABOUT YOU — Zalando 🇩🇪
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Opel?
The parent company of Opel is Stellantis, a publicly listed company headquartered in the Netherlands.
Is Opel German or Dutch?
Opel originated in Germany in 1862, but it is owned today by Stellantis, which is headquartered in the Netherlands. So Opel is a German-origin brand under Dutch ownership.
Since when has Stellantis owned Opel?
Stellantis has owned Opel since 16 January 2021.
Is Opel still owned by Stellantis?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Opel is still owned by Stellantis. 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] Stellantis N.V. Annual Report on Form 20-F filed 2026-02-26 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 20-F, published 26 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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