Who owns Rivian?
Rivian is owned by Rivian Automotive, Inc. (the United States, NASDAQ: RIVN).[1]
Evidence: Rivian Automotive, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12, SEC EDGAR, 12 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Rivian Automotive, Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Irvine, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Irvine, California
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Electric vehicles
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: RIVN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Rivian
Rivian is the marque for the R1T pickup and R1S three-row, seven-passenger SUV, built on its R1 platform at the Normal, Illinois factory. A midsize platform carrying the R2 SUV is expected to begin customer deliveries in the second quarter of 2026, followed by the R3 crossover. The Electric Delivery Van was developed with Amazon for commercial fleets.
Ownership timeline of Rivian
Where Rivian sits in Rivian
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Rivian
Rivian controls 2 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in automotive.
Also in automotive
Other brands in electric vehicles, and who owns them
The 23 brands in electric vehicles on Brandtree belong to 15 owners. The largest is NIO, with 3; Rivian has 2.
About the owner: Rivian
Rivian is a publicly listed company headquartered in Irvine, California, United States, founded in 2015. Brandtree records 2 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: RIVN.
Rivian Automotive was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on 26 March 2015 and is headquartered in Irvine, California. It builds the R1T pickup, R1S SUV and a commercial electric delivery van developed with Amazon, and operates its own charging network. Its annual report describes an equally owned joint venture with Volkswagen Group for electrical architecture and software, which is a shared technology venture rather than a Rivian-branded or Volkswagen-branded vehicle line.
🇺🇸 Rivian and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Rivian is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Rivian?
The parent company of Rivian is Rivian Automotive, Inc., a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Rivian American?
Yes. Rivian originated in the United States and its owner, Rivian Automotive, Inc., is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Rivian still owned by Rivian Automotive, Inc.?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Rivian is still owned by Rivian Automotive, 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] Rivian Automotive, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-12 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 12 February 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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