Who owns Toyota?
Toyota is owned by Toyota Motor Corporation (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, Toyota City
- Founded
- 1937
- Category
- Automotive › Cars › Mass-market cars
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: TM
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Toyota
The Corolla is the best-selling car nameplate in history, past fifty million units since 1966. The Prius made hybrids mainstream from 1997, a decade before other manufacturers took the technology seriously. Its Hilux pickup has a reputation for durability sufficient that it appears in conflict zones worldwide, a fact the company has never been able to market around.
Ownership timeline of Toyota
Where Toyota 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.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 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.
🇯🇵 Toyota and other Japanese brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 449 brands that began in Japan. 23 of them (5%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Toyota is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Toyota?
The parent company of Toyota is Toyota Motor Corporation, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Toyota Japanese?
Yes. Toyota originated in Japan in 1937 and its owner, Toyota Motor Corporation, is also headquartered in Japan.
Is Toyota still owned by Toyota Motor Corporation?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Toyota is still owned by Toyota Motor Corporation. 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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