Mercedes-Benz Group: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Mercedes-Benz Group (XETRA: MBG) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
Mercedes-Benz descends from the two men who independently invented the petrol car in 1886, whose companies merged in 1926. It was called Daimler until 2022, when it renamed itself after its own product following the separation of its truck business.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Stuttgart, Germany
- Founded
- 1926
- Tickers
- XETRA: MBG
- Wikidata
- Q26678851
- Website
- group.mercedes-benz.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Mercedes-Benz Group in numbers
- Mercedes-Benz Group owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is automotive with 4 brands.[1]
Everything Mercedes-Benz Group owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
Full portfolio, 4 brands, with sources → · Competitors by shared categories →
Mercedes-Benz Group in the global legal-entity registry
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.
- Legal entity identifier (LEI)
- 529900R27DL06UVNT076
- Registered name
- Mercedes-Benz Group AG (DE)
- Registration status
- Pending_archival · record updated 21 October 2026
- Parent
- None named: it reports that no person or entity controls it.
- Retrieved
- · GLEIF record (JSON)
Frequently asked questions
What brands does Mercedes-Benz Group own?
Mercedes-Benz Group owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Mercedes-Benz, Mercedes-Maybach, Mercedes-AMG and smart.
Is Mercedes-Benz Group a German company?
Yes. Mercedes-Benz Group is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany and was founded in 1926.
Who owns Mercedes-Benz Group?
Mercedes-Benz Group is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as MBG on the XETRA.
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] Mercedes-Benz Group AG Annual Report 2025 — Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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